[OMS_MANAGERS] ADVOCACY, PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT, HERITAGE TOURISM WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 4

[STUART Sheri * OPRD]

Just a reminder of the really terrific workshops offered next week! If you have vacant buildings in your downtown that need to find new life, the half-day Developer for a Day workshop ($10) will offer practical tips on property redevelopment. Grab your property owners and bring them to this session! This will also be a good tool to help you identify good candidates for the Oregon Main Street grant available next year.

And, communicating your message at the local, state, and national level is a priority for every organization. Learn how to advocate for issues that impact your organization at the full-day Advocacy: Local and Beyond workshop ($15/full-day).

There's also a terrific half-day session on Heritage Tourism. See below for additional info on all three workshops.

Here's the link to register for one or more workshops: https://store.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=event.eventMain

9:00 am to Noon & 1:30 - 4:30 PM         Advocacy: Local & Beyond Workshop, Capitol Hearing Rm E
Join this interactive and hands-on workshop to help you build public support, identify priority issues and develop strategies to communicate effectively. Public officials and veteran advocates will present their experiences and tips about advocacy. You will leave knowing basic things you can do to be an advocate every day and to balance advocacy with nonprofit status. The workshop includes both morning and afternoon sessions. Chris D'Arcy, Organizer
1:30 - 4:30 PM       Developer for a Day Workshop, Capitol Hearing Rm D
In this crash course on adaptive reuse, you will roll up your sleeves and take a 7,000 square-foot building on a 40,000 square-foot lot and envision turning it into a micro-enterprise ecosystem serving low-income immigrant entrepreneurs.  Participants will put together a building program and project pro forma to make this vision a reality.  Plans will be compared with data on how this business incubator was implemented.   Steeped in real world case studies, participants will learn the basics of redevelopment that every jurisdiction needs to know to leverage existing historic infrastructure to create stronger towns. Michele Reeves, Civilis Consultants
1:30 - 4:30 PM       Heritage Tourism-Making Your Organization Part of the Draw, Capitol Hearing Rm C
We have all heard about heritage tourism bringing money into a community, but how do you develop your community to attract tourists? This interactive workshop will help you identify opportunities and provide examples of successful heritage tourism projects in Deschutes County, Salem and Clackamas County. Travel Oregon, Oregon Travel Experience and other organizational representatives will also give information about heritage programs and grants available to communities. Speakers: Kelly Cannon-Miller, Deschutes County Historical Society; Kimberli Fitzgerald, City of Salem; Danielle Cowen, Clackamas County Tourism and Cultural Affairs; Annie Von Domitz, Oregon Travel Experience

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