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

[Pamela Semas]

David:  Absolutely agree!

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From:  OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> on
behalf of David Snider <dsnider at ci.sandy.or.us>
Reply-To:  Oregon Main Street program managers
<oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Date:  Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 4:35 PM
To:  Oregon Main Street program managers
<oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject:  Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] We welcome your ideas on a interactive session
at the OMS Conference

Hi all -- 

For my money, I think the first bullet point there -- property owners that
use historic buildings as "storage" -- is what I would really like to see.
And if possible considering the extreme shortage of vacant commercial
properties for lease around the state right now, perhaps don't limit the
discussion to just historic buildings.  We have both historic buildings and
really desirable commercial buildings being used for this purpose right
now....probably almost as many of those as we have vacant commercial spaces
for lease.  It is absolutely maddening.

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

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 11:19 AM, STUART Sheri * OPRD
<Sheri.Stuart at oregon.gov> wrote:
> 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
>  
> Here¹s 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 ³storage²
> 
> ·       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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