[OMS_MANAGERS] FW: Awesome walking tours scheduled for OMS Conference - conference registration now open

[STUART Sheri * OPRD]

I had a call about signing up for the tours. In case others have this question, the cost of tours are included in the full conference registration. Sign-up for tours is on-site at the conference, first come first served. We have found this method of tour registration works best.

From: OMS_MANAGERS [mailto:oms_managers-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On

Hi all - We are getting really excited about our upcoming Oregon Main Street Conference, October 2-4! The Tillamook Chamber of Commerce & Main Street Program are hard at work getting ready for us. They have 3 terrific walking tours lined up as part of the conference schedule:


·         Women in Business is sponsored in partnership with the Small Business Development Center. The tour will loop through downtown with stops at several businesses where women owners will talk about their experience and growth as entrepreneurs, and how their networking with one another continues to grow and improve their individual businesses. Each one of the women we will visit with has had a unique path to where they are now, and each has a different vision of where they are going. Arlene Soto from SBDC will be on hand to talk about some of the programs that the SBDC offers specifically designed for female entrepreneurs, and how to access them in your community.


·         Downtown Tillamook Traffic Improvement Project will highlight a radical reconfiguration of the downtown streetscape and show how the process led to the growth of the district and created an opportunity to spin the project in to a way that allowed for the promotion of the downtown district weekly for two solid years. The project included the closure of a street block for a pedestrian plaza, the beginning of the under-grounding of utilities in downtown, a reduction in the quantity of parking but an improvement in the quality and safety of the parking, a new four lane bridge that replaced a undersized two lane bridge, a walking trail that makes up the first completed stretch of the massive Salmonberry Trail Project, the addition of bioswales and rebuilding of an inadequate stormwater system, and a unification of the downtown businesses in a way that had never happened before. The project had numerous unanticipated complications, and this is a tour of advocacy, survival, and growth.


·         Urban Renewal Loop highlight  the broad range of experiments that have been attempted by the “TURA” (Tillamook Urban Renewal Agency), tracing back to the early days and the adoption of the plan to the decision to redraw the district, and take us through projects public and private in a range of arenas- from the repair of lateral lines to pedestrian connectivity to business incubation space, TURA has been an ever-evolving experiment that is in the midst of yet another transitional period, and we will have speakers on the tour to share the entire story.

Click here<https://oregon-main-street.ticketleap.com/conference/> to register for the conference (full registration includes the walking tours). And, all information on the conference can be found here<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/SHPO/Pages/2019-OMS-Conference.aspx> including session descriptions, hotel information, and registration.

A big thank you to our platinum & gold level conference sponsors: DLCD Transportation Growth Management<https://www.oregon.gov/lcd/TGM/Pages/index.aspx>, Pacific Power<https://www.pacificpower.net/index.html>, Indow<https://indowwindows.com/>, Business Oregon<https://www.oregon4biz.com/>

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Sheri or Katie.

Best,

Sheri & Katie

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