[OMS_MANAGERS] Main Street Recovery Action Plan Webinar

[STUART Sheri * OPRD]

Main Street
Recovery Action Plan


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Main Street programs across the nation have been deploying their trademark creativity and resourcefulness in the face of the unprecedented challenges presented by the coronavirus. We know that Main Street was made for this work - bringing community members together to support one another and build (and rebuild) healthy local economies.

Three state Main Street programs - Iowa, Oregon, and Washington - joined forces to create a tool to help local Main Street organizations focus their priorities and establish themselves as key players in economic recovery. The Recovery Action Plan is a flexible work plan, complete with assessment tools, action ideas, and work plan templates for each committee. And it's simple - one document, easy to edit, yours to use.

We plan to roll out the document early next week. Main Street leaders (executive directors, board members, and volunteers!) from our three states are invited to a 45-minute presentation by the Recovery Action Plan team on Wednesday, May 27 at 1:00 p.m. PST. Join us!

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Team members on why this tool matters:

"As directors, we've been struggling with a fire-hose approach to assimilating the massive amounts of pandemic-related information, ideas, webinars, and strategies that might help our downtowns. This Recovery Action Plan distills the vast number of great ideas out there to a useful and meaningful context within the tried and true Main Street Approach. It's a tool both directors and volunteers can sink their teeth into."
- Deb Sprecker, Woodbine Main Street (Iowa)

"The strength and structure of the Main Street Approach has prepared us to handle this and future emergencies our local downtown business' will face. This Action Plan provides a set of tools and strategies for every downtown to emerge stronger and better prepared for the future."
-Erin McCardle, Historic Downtown Chelan Association (Washington)

"As the landscape of our districts change, it is critical that Main Street organizations are positioned to lead the way to revitalization. This tool empowers Main Street leaders through a holistic, intentional, and proactive methodology for response planning, allowing new and bold outcomes to be defined while mission, vision and values remain front-and-center."
- Darin Rutledge, Klamath Falls Downtown Association (Oregon)

"Leaders in Main Street environments need to be both dreamers and do-ers. This Action Plan offers a balance of both, with the flexibility to fit your particular environment."
- Todd Cutts, Olympia Downtown Alliance (Washington)


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