[OMS_MANAGERS] FW: [New post] Revitalize Ontario! Successfully Navigates the Grant Process

Charlotte Fugate charfugate at fmtc.com
Sat Feb 4 15:41:15 PST 2017


Thanks


On 1/24/2017 1:32 PM, Dala Johnson wrote:
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> You rock Ontario, nice to see the small communities succeed.
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> Successfully Navigates the Grant Process
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> Nice Job Ontario!!  It's so exciting for you and your community to 
> start seeing those changes!
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> Kelly
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> Downtown Dayton
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> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 11:32 AM, STUART Sheri * OPRD 
> <Sheri.Stuart at oregon.gov <mailto:Sheri.Stuart at oregon.gov>> wrote:
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>     oregonheritage posted: "By Charlotte Fugate, President of
>     Revitalize Ontario!, an Oregon Main Street network community and
>     recipient of a 2016 Oregon Heritage Diamonds in the Rough Grant
>     Ontario is a small rural community of about 11,500 and we rely on
>     agriculture for our main "
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>         Revitalize Ontario! Successfully Navigates the Grant Process
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>     /By Charlotte Fugate, President of Revitalize Ontario!, an Oregon
>     Main Street network community and recipient of a 2016 Oregon
>     Heritage Diamonds in the Rough Grant/
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>     Ontario is a small rural community of about 11,500 and we rely on
>     agriculture for our main industry. We border the Snake River and
>     Idaho and we are on the far eastern side of the state. The town
>     was platted in 1883 just after the railroad came to Oregon. Two
>     years ago we organized a grass root group, Revitalize Ontario!
>     <https://www.facebook.com/RevitalizeOR/>, to develop and promote a
>     healthy prosperous downtown within the context of cultural and
>     historic preservation. To this end we started working with
>     Oregon’s Main Street Program
>     <http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/SHPO/Pages/mainstreet.aspx>.
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>     After setting our boundaries and phases, we formally joined Main
>     Street as an “Exploring Downtown” member. We identified a cluster
>     of large buildings in the core of our old town, two were in good
>     shape, the third not so much. We selected the “not so much”
>     building, the Lackey Building, to revive because it would have the
>     biggest impact in enhancing our
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>     before-competition
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>     The Lackey Building before the facade improvement.
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>     historical downtown. We leveraged three different grants,
>     including Oregon Heritage’s Diamonds in the Rough Grant, to take
>     the building back to 1967 (although the Lackey Building was built
>     in 1906). We couldn’t afford to take it back any further but felt
>     we would preserve the building for future generations and the
>     bones would be visible once again.
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>     The grant application was relatively easy to fill out. I would
>     suggest that you review what information is required before
>     tackling the process and try to gather as much of the information
>     as possible before starting. Kuri Gill, the Grant and Outreach
>     Coordinator, was always available and walked us through the
>     process. When our application was completed, Sheri Stuart, the
>     Oregon Main Street Coordinator, reviewed our application and made
>     a few suggestions that made our efforts more cohesive. The most
>     difficult part was gathering old photos to show examples of our
>     goals. Fortunately, a business that occupied the building in 1967
>     had an extensive photo album which they shared with us. We waited
>     with great anticipation for the grant committee to review our
>     application, then came the announcement… we were selected!
>
>     In the next few weeks we awarded the bids, set the construction
>     schedule, and had a meeting with the major contractors and
>     volunteers. We didn’t get off to a very good start since the
>     volunteer who was going to demolition all the faux shingles and
>     faux brick decided that he needed to be paid. We figured we could
>     make that up with having volunteers do some of the paid tasks. We
>     had to borrow $10,000 from the bank to cover one of the
>     contractor’s bills, since they wanted to be paid when their work
>     was complete. We had a visit near the project’s completion from
>     Oregon Heritage's Restoration Specialist, Joy Sears, to see our
>     finished project and she was very pleased.
>
>     downtown-after
>
>     Downtown Ontario after the work was completed on the Lackey
>     Building (right).
>
>     We completed our façade grant in four months (coming in under
>     budget) and sent in our final report along with copies of
>     invoices, receiving a reimbursement check within three weeks. I
>     can’t praise the Oregon Heritage grant staff enough. They were
>     helpful, encouraging, conscientious and really cared about our
>     mission. A great group to work with! As for the Ontario community,
>     we get accolades every day for the beautiful building and the
>     improvements to the downtown. We have had several more downtown
>     businesses take applications for city facade grants and have had
>     one building owner inquire about the process to get their building
>     on the National Historical Register
>     <http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/NATREG/Pages/index.aspx>. We are
>     on our way!
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>     /Oregon Heritage has 5 grants currently open for applications,
>     including a new grant only available to communities in the Oregon
>     Main Street network. For more information visit here
>     <http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/FINASST/Pages/grants.aspx>. There
>     are several free upcoming grant workshops available across the
>     state. Visit the calendar
>     <http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/pages/calendar.aspx>to find one
>     near you. You can also contact Kuri Gill, Grants and Outreach
>     Coordinator, at Kuri.Gill at oregon.gov <mailto:Kuri.Gill at oregon.gov>
>     or (503) 986-0685 <tel:%28503%29%20986-0685>./
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