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

[David Snider]

Sheldon, I don't think Sarah was referring to people with medical issues.

We have had a similar problem here in Sandy from time to time, and it has
to do with people's perception of what is an acceptable amount of on-street
parking.  We get complaints all the time that there isn't enough on-street
parking in Sandy and that we need to provide more parking.  However, ODOT
describes a parking capacity issue as when your on-street parking is
something like 80% full.  The latest parking study we've done has indicated
that at the *busiest* time of the day, our on-street parking was at *35%
capacity*, and we couldn't identify anywhere in our downtown where a
citizen would not be able to find an on-street parking spot within 2 city
blocks of their destination, and in almost every case there was an
available parking spot on the same block.

* -- David C. Snider*
*Economic Development Manager*
*City of Sandy*
*39250 Pioneer Boulevard*
*Sandy, OR  97055*
*(503) 489-2159*
*dsnider at ci.sandy.or.us <dsnider at ci.sandy.or.us>*


On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Sheldon Delph <s_delph at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Sarah, I, most of the time, find that, due to medical conditions, find
> that walking 100 yards is difficult. 15 yards is roughly the length of 2
> cars. The concept that walking 10 blocks round trip to participate in a
> Farmer's Market or go to a business with no nearby parking, solely because
> someone believes that we are supposed to walk a mile a day, is, frankly,
> discriminatory, and very much against both the intent and the letter of the
> Americans with Disabilities Act. Your concept is good, but far too narrow.
> Perhaps the conversation needs to be around how to best serve all people in
> the community to access the most services.
>
> --Sheldon Delph, Weston, Oregon Main Street
>
> Sent from my U.S. Cellular® Tablet.
> On Aug 24, 2017 12:07 PM, Sarah Lu Heath <sarah at astoriadowntown.com>
> wrote:
>
> 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@
> 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
>
>
>
> *This email is being distributed over the OMS listserv. All responses will
> also go over the listserv.*
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> 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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