[OMS_MANAGERS] Good News to Share

Fri Oct 16 10:25:07 PDT 2020

Oh – that is a great idea! I will check in with them and see what we can arrange. Might be a good topic at one of our Mornings on Main calls.

From: Janel Ruehl <jruehl at coic.org>
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 10:10 AM
To: STUART Sheri * OPRD <Sheri.Stuart at oregon.gov>; Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
Subject: Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Good News to Share

Hi Sheri,

This is great news! Congrats to the RDI team. I wonder if it might be possible for them to give a little presentation on this program to the Main Street Network? I would love to understand more about their program and any outcomes realized after the first round of pilot projects! Perhaps a future webinar?

Thanks,

Janel

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 9:31 AM STUART Sheri * OPRD via OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov<mailto:oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>> wrote:
You might recall that Rural Development Initiative (RDI) applied for a USDA Rural Community Development Initiative grant to provide enhanced Economic Vitality assistance to main street hub communities and surrounding areas last year. It was close but the project wasn’t funded. RDI moved forward with other funding to pilot the workshop series and assistance in two hubs, Stayton and Coos Bay which included other communities in their region, this year. It was scheduled to kick-off in spring, but due to Covid moved to a virtual roll-out in early summer. RDI applied once again for the USDA grant which has been awarded (see press release below). The hub communities for this round are:

  *   Chiloquin
  *   La Grande
  *   Milton-Freewater
  *   Ontario
  *   Stevenson (WA) but will capture our communities in the Gorge area

The workshop series will help build the capacity of the local main street organizations to undertake economic development activities. Each workshop builds on the concepts from the previous session and at the end, communities have the tools to formulate their own economic enhancement plans.

Hooray for the great partnership with RDI!

Best, Sheri

From: USDA Rural Development Oregon <ruraldevelopment at public.govdelivery.com<mailto:ruraldevelopment at public.govdelivery.com>>
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 8:01 AM
To: STUART Sheri * OPRD <Sheri.Stuart at oregon.gov<mailto:Sheri.Stuart at oregon.gov>>
Subject: USDA Invests $110,000 to Fuel Economic Recovery in Five Rural Oregon and Washington Counties

Investment will support business retention and growth in Klamath, Malheur, Skamania, Umatilla, and Union counties

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USDA Invests $110,000 to Fuel Economic Recovery in Five Rural Oregon and Washington Counties
Investment will support business retention and growth in Klamath, Malheur, Skamania, Umatilla, and Union counties

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 16, 2020 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development is investing $110,000 to help the nonprofit Rural Development Initiatives (RDI)<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDEwMTYuMjg4NTU2MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3JkaWluYy5vcmcvIn0.zVx2ZGJYfOsQGsetrSGtdZ2Bk7q4N1FNn6QT-SQYl9U/s/671392863/br/86994603415-l> fuel the economic recovery in rural Oregon and Washington communities, announced State Director John Huffman today.

"Rural Development is committed to working with our partners to help rural areas recover from the economic downturn spurred by the pandemic," said Huffman. "With this grant, we are supporting a local nonprofit's efforts to increase economic vitality in the rural Pacific Northwest."

Rural Development Initiatives will use the grant to establish a program to build the capacity of community main street organizations and equip them to serve key functions in the local business support ecosystem. This technical assistance will give them greater resources and support, help them build more productive relationships among businesses, and assist communities with implementing economic vitality initiatives in their downtown areas. The program will span multiple states, and the USDA funding will be used to enable five main street hubs based in Klamath, Malheur, Umatilla, and Union counties in Oregon, as well as Skamania County in Washington State, to provide technical assistance to multiple rural communities.

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