[OMS_MANAGERS] Downtown Hermiston Wins Edward Jones Placemaking on Main Crowdfunding Challenge!

[STUART Sheri * OPRD]

Hermiston Downtown District's pocket park is one of the projects selected for the Edward Jones Placemaking on Main Crowdfunding Challenge! These Main Street America programs will be connected with ioby, the nonprofit crowdfunding platform, to raise funds for placemaking projects downtown and build local fundraising and crowdfunding capacity. This opportunity includes a $2,500 matching grant to be applied towards each project, thanks to the generous support of Edward Jones. The full list of projects include:

A Place, A Meal, A Strategy for Vitality in Downtown Metuchen * Metuchen Downtown Alliance * Metuchen, New Jersey
Art in the Alley * Main Street Van Wert * Van Wert, Ohio
Artsy Alleys Wilson * Historic Downtown Wilson, Downtown Development Corporation * Wilson, North Carolina
Chalk Park * Downtown Las Cruces Partnership * Las Cruces, New Mexico
Downtown Hermiston Pocket Park * Hermiston Downtown District * Hermiston, Oregon
Maker Trail * Main Street Enid, Inc. * Enid, Oklahoma
Temporary Greenspace Pilot Project * MainStreet of Fremont * Fremont, Nebraska
The Mural Project at Ground Floor Farm * Stuart Main Street * Stuart, Florida
The People's Stage * Main Street Steamboat Springs * Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Washington Boulevard Gateway Project * Pigtown Main Street * Baltimore, Maryland

Congratulations to Hermiston for their efforts!
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