[OMS_MANAGERS] Community Christmas Trees

[W Darin Rutledge, Executive Director]

We have three community trees downtown. One is a very old fir tree that stands live in Veterans Memorial Park. Another is a slightly younger fir tree that stands at City Hall. The third is about a 30’ “fake” tree installed at Klamath Commons Park. It’s kind of the best of both worlds, if you will. 

 

I know, I’m not a huge fan of fake trees either, but it is an option and there are some advantages:

 
People are mostly looking at the lights anyway
One-time expense
Our City bought a scalable tree so that they can add a 5’ section to it every year
Way easier to anchor to the ground than a live cut tree. 😊
 

Good luck!

 

 

From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> on behalf of Sarah Lu Heath <sarah at astoriadowntown.com>
Reply-To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 8:21 AM
To: april vorhauer <apriljoy1982 at yahoo.com>, Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
Subject: Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Community Christmas Trees

 

We looked at this and decided against it. Graveyard of the Pacific and all….

 

What we THOUGHT might be feasible would be:
Hole in the ground, as mentioned, with guy-lines of braided stainless steel attached to the ground attaching to the tree at about mid-height.

 

As to someone else’s note on fundraising – we only considered this because we had a tree donor. 

 

At this time we use a fake metal tree that doesn’t need to be watered with significantly different physics than a live tree. This would be our recommendation for cost and safety reasons, although they are very expensive to acquire. We found a nearby municipality looking to toss theirs because of minor damage. We did a fairly easy repair and got a tree for free.

 

 

 

SL

 

Sarah Lu Heath

Executive Director

Astoria Downtown Historic District Association

No.1-12th Street, Suite 114

PO Box 261 

Astoria, OR 97103

503.791.7940

www.AstoriaDowntown.com

 

From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> On Behalf Of april vorhauer via OMS_MANAGERS
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 4:27 PM
To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
Subject: Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Community Christmas Trees

 

Wind is the enemy of the community tree and we have tried a variety of systems that have not worked well.  This year we installed a pipe that is 10 inches wide and a couple feet deep in the ground.  We hope it will keep the very large tree in place.  Good luck.

 

April Vorhauer-Flatt

Athena Mainstreet Association

 

On Monday, November 23, 2020, 03:53:55 PM PST, HARVEY W SCHUBOTHE <ninerharv2 at msn.com> wrote: 

 

 

Sorry, Lyndsey, spell checks strikes again!

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From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> on behalf of HARVEY W SCHUBOTHE <ninerharv2 at msn.com>
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 3:52:14 PM
To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
Subject: Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Community Christmas Trees 

 

Lindsey,

 

Bandon used to do this and we anchored it in a large and deep hole at our visitor center. After going through the hassle of finding and cutting down and hauling in large trees year after year, GBA started a campaign to raise money to purchase a live tree.

 

We agreed to put up $800 if twelve investors from the community put up $200 apiece, that is tripled our commitment. With that we found a tree farm in Gresham that delivered the tree to us in Bandon.

 

It was a major win for us and the community as a significant minority had questioned the waste of cutting down very mature trees for what mounted to a four week celebration.

 

This will be our third year with a live tree.

 

Harv Schubothe

 

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From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> on behalf of Business Outreach & Community Coordinator <coordinator.goldbeachmainstreet at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 3:37:13 PM
To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
Subject: [OMS_MANAGERS] Community Christmas Trees 

 

Good afternoon everyone, 

 

Our local fairgrounds is hoping to install a large community tree this year.  The only problem is that they don't have one planted, they are cutting it down and bringing it in.  Do any of your towns do this, and if so, how do they secure it at the base?'

 

Thank you,


Lyndsey Dixon

Business Outreach & Community Coordinator | Gold Beach Main Street 
541 247 7029 ext. 106 | goldbeachmainstreet.org
PO Box 1203, Gold Beach, OR 97444

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