[OMS_MANAGERS] We welcome your ideas on a interactive session at the OMS Conference

[Sarah Lu Heath]

How change perceptions about parking. IE: We don't have a parking problem, we have people with philosophical problems walking more than 15 yards.

Sarah Lu Heath
Executive Director
Astoria Downtown Historic District Association
No.1-12th Street, Suite 114
PO Box 261
Astoria, OR 97103
503.791.7940
www.AstoriaDowntown.com<http://www.astoriadowntown.com/>

From: OMS_MANAGERS [mailto:oms_managers-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of STUART Sheri * OPRD
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2017 11:19 AM
To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: [OMS_MANAGERS] We welcome your ideas on a interactive session at the OMS Conference

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We will be wrapping up the Oregon Main Street Conference, Oct. 4-6, in Oregon City, with an interactive session to Trouble Shoot Issues on Main Street. The idea is to help a community address an issue in their downtown. In 5-minutes or less, towns will present their issue to a panel of experts and then the experts will brainstorm solutions. Our awesome facilitator is Michele Reeves from Civilis Consulting - you might know her as a presenter at several of our previous conferences. We have some ideas submitted from a few communities already, but we still have room for a few more. You can respond over the listserv or email me directly at: sheri.stuart at oregon.gov<mailto:sheri.stuart at oregon.gov>

Here's some of the issues towns have mentioned (we welcome feedback on these topics as well - which are you most interested in hearing some ideas and ways to assist?):


  *   Property owners that use historic buildings as "storage"
  *   Strategies for filling up vacant buildings in an historic small Oregon town.
  *   Creating a collaborative relationship between Downtown Associations, Chambers, Visitors Centers & regional tourism NGOs when the missions overlap and the players see the dynamic as a "zero-sum-game"
  *   Funding a downtown organization to include a paid downtown manager on a stable basis. What are the tools and how are they employed to convince skeptics?
  *   Educating local business owners on running their business like a business and not like a hobby.  (i.e., meeting the needs of the community and not the personal needs of the owner.

Regards, Sheri
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