[OMS_MANAGERS] Good news to share

[Nancy Hoffman]

Congratulations to Karen and the creative crew in Port Orford. Well
deserved!

Nancy Hoffman
Main Street Executive Director
Estacada Development Association
475 Main Street/PO Box 1057
Estacada, OR 97023

office    503-303-8920
mobile  503-803-1956


Sign up this week for Cascading Rivers Ride (dot.com)! Then ride with us
Sept. 16-17.

On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 3:01 PM, STUART Sheri * OPRD <Sheri.Stuart at oregon.gov
> wrote:

> ·        *Congratulations to Port Orford Main Street Revitalization
> Association!*: AARP awarded the Port Orford Main Street Revitalization
> Association a challenge grant of $ 6,080 to build benches with attached
> planters for trees and flowers.   This AARP grant is one of 89 grants
> awarded nationwide for projects that make places more livable for all ages
> and only one of two grants awarded to a project in Oregon. The
> benches/planters will help Port Orford have places for people to stop,
> rest, and enjoy the surroundings – a pleasant place to sit down while
> walking a dog or tie a shoe.  These additional benches/planters help
> provide a healthy, pedestrian friendly Main Street – the heart and soul of
> a community.
>
>
>
> ·        *Early-bird deadline to register for Oregon Main Street
> Conference is fast approaching!* Don’t forget to register for the
> conference by Sept. 15 for the early bird conference rate – ticket prices
> will go up after this date. You can register for the conference here
> <https://omsconference.ticketleap.com/2017/>. One of the highlights of
> our conference is the opportunity for walking tours to learn more about our
> host communities (register on-site at conference registration, first come
> first serve). This year promises to be equally entertaining – here’s what
> our conference partner, Downtown Oregon City Association, has lined up:
>
>
>
> o   *Willamette Falls Legacy Project Tour*
>
> Join Willamette Falls Legacy Project representatives for a walk through
> the abandoned Blue Heron Paper Mill and out onto the PGE damn to experience
> Willamette Falls. Willamette Falls is the second most powerful waterfall in
> North America and an important Oregon historical and cultural treasure. For
> more than 150 years, the awe-inspiring beauty of Willamette Falls has been
> closed to the public. Soon, it won’t be. The tour will bring to life the
> preferred concept design that is the result of a years-long public input
> process and the creativity and expertise of world renowned architecture
> firm Snøhetta.
>
>
>
> o   *Oregon City Ghost Tour*
>
> The history of Downtown Oregon City is told through ghost stories. Tour
> guide Rocky Smith, a lifelong resident of Oregon City has become well known
> as a local historian and paranormal investigator. Rocky has documented
> close to 100 haunted places within the city. Rocky teaches art at Oregon
> City High School and is the director of the growing Oregon Ghost Conference
> which is hosted annually in Seaside, Oregon. The tour appeals to believers
> and non-believers, exploring architectural and Oregon City history since
> many of the sites attribute their paranormal activity to prior uses,
> buildings, and even cemeteries that used to be located in downtown.
>
>
>
> o   *Nine Years of Revitalization of Downtown Oregon City*
>
> Led by DOCA executive director Jonathan Stone and Denyse McGriff, local
> resident and board member of the Bosco-Milligan Foundation. This tour will
> highlight major investments that have been made including the 2012
> streetscape project and revitalization of our historic arch bridge, the
> painting and upgrades to the Oregon City Municipal Elevator, a chat with
> SuperGenius CEO Paul Culp about creative industry in Downtown, a visit with
> Andy Busch about his family’s ongoing adaptive reuse of the historic
> Weinhard building, and other notable sites. The tour will also talk about
> DOCA’s work with tourism development and current efforts to bolster the
> retail base.
>
>
>
> We will be having some great conversations at the conference this year and
> we hope you will all join us! You can view the preliminary schedule here
> <http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/SHPO/docs/2017OMSConference/Schedule_at_a_Glance%202017.pdf>
> to see the topics being discussed and to begin to plan your conference
> experience. For more information and details on the conference, visit
> http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/SHPO/Pages/2017-Oregon-
> Main-Street-Conference.aspx, or contact Sheri Stuart at Sheri.
> Stuart at oregon.gov.
>
>
>
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