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

[Kendall Bell]

We have some very similar discussions in Klamath Falls regarding the parking issue.     I would love to be pointed to some studies with best practices for smaller communities regarding this.  
I would be interested to hear how other communities have funded Comprehensive Downtown Strategic Planning?  Ours is over 30 years old now and it is time for another one.
The subjects below are very relevant to us as well and I look forward to the discussion.
Thank you!  Kendall

> On Aug 24, 2017, at 11:19 AM, STUART Sheri * OPRD <Sheri.Stuart at oregon.gov> wrote:
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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>
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> 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?):
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> ·        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.
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> Regards, Sheri
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