[OMS_MANAGERS] Christmas Lights

[Melanie Fisher]

  Thank you for your response, greatly appreciated.
*Melanie Fisher*
*Executive Director *
*Dallas Downtown Association*

*M.Fisher.DDA at gmail.com <M.Fisher.DDA at gmail.com>*
*971-707-2335*


On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 10:47 AM Calvin LeSueur <LeSueurC at canbyoregon.gov>
wrote:

> In Canby, our Parks Dept installs lights on street trees and in the City
> park every year. This year we were able to order extra lights to double-up
> the strands on street trees and we are moving to using a warmer white. I
> encourage business owners to create window displays and put up their own
> lights on buildings – especially this year!
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> Sincerely,
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> *Calvin LeSueur*
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> *Economic Development and Tourism Coordinator*
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> City of Canby
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> 222 NE 2nd Ave. |PO Box 930
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> Canby, OR 97013
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> *Phone: 503-266-0772*
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> LeSueurC at CanbyOregon.gov
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> *From:* OMS_MANAGERS [mailto:oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov] *On
> Behalf Of *Melanie Fisher
> *Sent:* Friday, October 16, 2020 9:18 AM
> *To:* Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
> *Subject:* Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Christmas Lights
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> Yes, we have pole lights already established and are managed by the City.
> As for the lights on the buildings, we have other organizations willing to
> help donate funds to accomplish this initial purphas of lights and
> installation by professionals but the DDA is being asked to hold the
> contract for annual installment. Before my board votes on this contract I
> wanted to see what other mains street ED's are doing. Thank you so much for
> your input. I greatly appreciate it.
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>
> *Melanie Fisher*
>
> *Executive Director *
>
> *Dallas Downtown Association*
>
> *M.Fisher.DDA at gmail.com <M.Fisher.DDA at gmail.com>*
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> *971-707-2335*
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> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 9:07 AM Don Warren <donwarren214 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> in The Dalles in the run up to christmas lights in 2019
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> our holiday light string were in bad shape
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> so we did a fund raiser and bought new multi-colored strings at 30$ each
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> with the intention to have them up year round and change colors for
> different holidays/events/parades
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> the City Manager was at first against the notion. Somehow we got traction
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> and subsequently established an agreement to keep them up year round.
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> The Dalles Main Street Program has one of the board members leading "The
> Light Brigade"
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> a group of 5 or so volunteers that changes light colors from time to time
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> and replaces the failing strands.
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> our 30$ strings are experiencing about 15% failure rate.
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> So, we are now replacing as the old ones fail with new 55$ strands
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> we have 240 old timey style lightpoles around town on which the strands
> are mounted
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> our initial fundraising campaign
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> got people to donate so that they could "Adopt a Pole"
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> and we put a laminated 2" x 3" card on those poles with the name of the
> person they wanted to recognize
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> grand kids , kids, or even businesses
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> when we put up the strings in 2019, we had the help of the local PUD boom
> trucks to get em up.
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> give a shout if you need more info
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> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 8:53 AM Melanie Fisher <m.fisher.dda at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Our businesses downtown buildings are in need of Christmas lights and we
> have an opportunity to have some installed and maintained by a professional
> company. The proposed contract is being presented to the Dallas Downtown
> Association and if accepted would be responsible for annual installation.
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> My question is, who in your district manages the Christmas lights on Main
> St buildings and do you have to pay for installation every year or do your
> lights stay up throughout the year?
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> If you do, what do you do to support those efforts? Is there a business
> that you go through that has competitive pricing and lastly, how many
> quotes did you receive before making a determination?
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> Thank you in advance for all your input.
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>
>
> *Melanie Fisher*
>
> *Executive Director *
>
> *Dallas Downtown Association*
>
> *M.Fisher.DDA at gmail.com <M.Fisher.DDA at gmail.com>*
>
> *971-707-2335*
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