[OMS_MANAGERS] FW: Question for the network

[Charlotte Fugate]

Our City government has given us major support.  They passed a facade 
grant fund to give out $50,000 in matching funds which generated over 
$900,000 in downtown improvements.  Hopefully it will be renewed next 
year.  The Planning Department has assisted us in many ways, from 
recommending a Cad operator to draw up plans for our proposed Gateway 
Arch to researching historical buildings in our Main Street boundaries, 
the department also guided us thru city codes. Their staff is always 
eager to help us solve our problems.

The Public Works Department has sent crews out to clean up the downtown 
for our scheduled events and their employees volunteered on a weekend to 
help us spruce up the downtown corridor.   They shared the City 
engineer's time for guidance on structural recommendations for projects.

The City Manager includes us on meetings for city beautification, 
strategic planning and wayfinding for Ontario and one of the city 
employees is planning to write a city grant requesting funds to assist 
us in the construction of the Gateway sign.

I cannot say enough about our city support, we couldn't have done any of 
our work without the cooperation of our City Government. They have not 
had funds to hand us money but they have been a significant tool to make 
our pathway a success over the past five years.  We are fortunate to 
have great city fathers who have the same goal as Revitalize Ontario! to 
promote and develop a healthy prosperous community.  Our focus is on 
Ontario's Historic downtown while the City has a much larger challenge 
of bringing  prosperity and improvement of quality of life for the whole 
city.  Together we can make our community better.  Charlotte Fugate, 
President of Revitalize Ontario!

On 11/17/2019 9:51 AM, STUART Sheri * OPRD via OMS_MANAGERS wrote:
>
> FYI – please see info request from Susie below.
>
> *From:*Downtown Roseburg [mailto:downtownroseburg at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, November 15, 2019 6:00 PM
> *To:* STUART Sheri * OPRD
> *Subject:* Question for the network
>
> Hi Sheri,
>
> Could you please send out an inquiry to the network for me? I would 
> like to know how much financial support Main Street programs receive 
> from their city governments. Thanks!
>
> Susie
>
> /Susie Johnston-Forte/
>
> Executive Director
>
> 541-673-3352
>
> downtownroseburg at gmail.com <mailto:downtownroseburg at gmail.com>
>
> Picture
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