[OMS_MANAGERS] Updates and Reminders from Oregon Main Street

[Sheri Stuart]

Please note: This email is coming over the Oregon Main Street
listserve. 
 
See below for important information about:
1. EXCELLENCE IN DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION AWARDS
2. MAKING YOUR STOREFRONTS POP! WORKSHOP
3. HPLO OFFERS NATIONAL PRESERVATION CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS
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1. EXCELLENCE IN DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION AWARDS
Oregon Main Street, administered by the State Historic Preservation
Office (Oregon Parks and Recreation Department), is now accepting
nominations for the 2012 Excellence in Downtown Revitalization Awards.
All communities participating in the Oregon Main Street Network
(Performing Main Street, Transforming Downtown, Exploring Downtown, and
Affiliate) may submit nominations. Awards will be presented during a
special ceremony at the Oregon Main Street Conference, October 3-5, in
Corvallis. 
  
To be eligible, all projects, activities, or events submitted for
recognition must be completed between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012.
Nominations are due by 3 pm July 30, 2012 to: Sheri Stuart, Oregon Main
Street, 725 Summer St. NE, Ste. C, Salem, OR 97301 
  
To be considered for an award, please complete the attached nomination
form. Only complete applications will be considered. Additional
information is in the attached RFP. 
  
Award categories open to all levels of Oregon Main Street include:
Outstanding Partnership, Outstanding Facade or Building Rehab Project,
Outstanding Design Project, Best Public Improvement,
Sustainability/Green Award, Business Success Story, Best Business
Retention/Recruitment Program, Outstanding Organizational Project,
Innovation Award 
  
Award categories open to Performing Main Street and Transforming
Downtown levels only: Main Street Manager of the Year and Volunteer of
the Year 
  
Please contact Sheri Stuart, 503.986.0679, for additional information.

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2. MAKING YOUR MAIN STREET STORES POP!
 
Join us for our Summer Oregon Main Street Workshop - Making Your Main
Street Stores Pop! - on Wednesday, July 18, 8 am to noon, Port Orford
Library, Port Orford. Please feel free to distribute this email to your
downtown business owners, fellow community organizations, or others you
think might be interested.
This is an interactive workshop for both small and large store owners.
It is a combination of a 1.5 hour visual merchandising and store design
presentation with approximately 2 hours "hands on" small group exercise
to design a store. This is a powerful, fun, challenging, and exciting
workshop! 
Click on the link below to register for the workshop:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3663266930
This free workshop will cover:
Introduction to Store Design 
Emotional & Sensory Merchandising & the Basics of Store Design 
Small Group Exercise: Creating a Store Design

Speaker Info: Linda Cahan has been in Visual Merchandising, Store
Design, and Display since 1971. She is an internationally recognized
expert in visual merchandising with extensive marketplace experience.
Linda’s breadth of experience has included all segments of retail
including: fashion, technology, tools, gifts, accessories, furniture,
independents, and corporations. Cahan & Company focuses on delivering
solutions aided by smart and appropriate Visual Merchandising, training
staff and VM teams, and working with independent, regional, and national
retailers on enhancing and improving their images and sales.
 
As a seminar leader, Linda speaks on a wide variety of retail topics
nationally and internationally and is a member of the National Speakers
Association. Her seminars are consistently rated in the “above average”
and “excellent” category by attendees at conferences and trade shows.
Linda writes for several B-to-B retail magazines. She has authored: “100
Displays Under $100”, “Feng Shui for Retailers”, “A Practical Guide to
Visual Merchandising,” as well as seven custom corporate visual
standards manuals for major corporations in the USA and South America.
Currently Linda’s expertise is shared part-time with students at The Art
Institute of Portland, OR. Formerly, she taught at Parsons School of
Design in NYC for 12 years. To learn more about Linda, see:
 
http://lindacahan.com/ 
 
Lodging Information: Let them know you are in town for the Oregon Main
Street Workshop!
 
Motels: Castaway Motel by the Sea, 541.332.4502 and Sea Crest Motel,
541.332.3040
 
Historic house vacation rentals in town: Joan of Arc (House and two
cottages), 541.332.0516  and Powder House, 541.332.5039
Bed & Breakfast: Compass Rose, 541.332.7076
Most of these have websites - see
http://www.enjoyportorford.com/lodging.html- for additional info.
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3. HPLO OFFERS NATIONAL PRESERVATION CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS 
The Historic Preservation League of Oregon (HPLO) is offering
scholarships to Oregon residents and full-time students in an Oregon
university to attend the 2012 National Preservation Conference in
Spokane. 
 
The conference, which runs October 31 through November 3, will feature
a range of educational sessions, field trips, affinity programs, and
activities all related to the preservation of historic places. This
year, the annual conference will focus heavily on sustainability,
diversity, public lands, and reimagining historic sites. 
 
The scholarship will provide reimbursement for costs associated with
attending the conference, including registration fees, travel, lodging,
and food. HPLO will accept applications from June 18 - July 15 and will
announce decisions by phone on July 27. Those awarded a scholarship
should plan to attend a special Northwest Regional Scholarship
Orientation in Spokane on Oct. 31 from 3 – 4 p.m.  To download an
application, visit www.historicpreservationleague.org/forms/Scholarship
Form.pdf (
http://www.historicpreservationleague.org/forms/Scholarship%20Form.pdf
) . 
 
For conference information, visit
http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/training/npc .
Sheri Stuart, Coordinator

Oregon Main Street
725 Summer St., Suite C
Salem, OR  97301
503.986.0679
www.oregonheritage.org ( http://www.oregonheritage.org/ )

 
 
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