[OMS_MANAGERS] Carnival Recruiting

[Lizzy Caston]

Great! I can send any info you way if I hear of anything.

On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 8:10 AM Reedsport Mainstreet Program <
mainstreet at cityofreedsport.org> wrote:

> Thank you. We are looking at this for next summer for those very reasons.
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> Reedsport Main Street Program | City of Reedsport
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> 451 Winchester Ave | Reedsport, OR 97467
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> *From:* OMS_MANAGERS [mailto:oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov] *On
> Behalf Of *Lizzy Caston
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 5, 2021 3:25 PM
> *To:* Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
> *Subject:* Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Carnival Recruiting
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> my only caution is to not bet that our state/counties/cities will be
> allowing public events or that you'll be able to get permits, another risk
> is to spend a bunch of money and time only to have to suddenly cancel or
> shut down due to Covid at the County or state level.
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> This is why Alberta Main Street is not holding our Street Fair again this
> summer. I'm not willing to spend staff time or hire an event coordinator,
> have other money go out the door to insurance, marketing, vendors,
> deposits, security, etc only to have to cancel.
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> Not to be a Debbie Downer or anything, but we keep seeing districts here
> spending time and money and applying for events only to be denied or told
> last minute they have to cancel. Every City/town/county is different though
> so I wish you the best of luck. I love a good carnival. Mmmm...fried
> elephant ears.
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> Lizzy
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> On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 2:38 PM Business Outreach & Community Coordinator <
> coordinator.goldbeachmainstreet at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Good afternoon,
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> I know from talking to our Event Center (Fairgrounds) manager briefly that
> the previous carnival they used wasn't coming to the area anymore (I'm not
> sure what the reasoning is there). She also priced out the cost of a
> Circus-type carnival, and that was going to cost $40,000 for them
> initially.  I can go ahead and put you in touch with her since I have
> minimal knowledge if you are interested.
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> *Lyndsey Dixon*
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> 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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> On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 2:27 PM Reedsport Mainstreet Program <
> mainstreet at cityofreedsport.org> wrote:
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> Good afternoon,
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> One of our City Councilor’s has asked me to look into getting a carnival
> to our town, since we have a large gravel lot that has served for a
> carnival in the past. I was curious if any of you have been able to do so
> for your programs and if you had any advice for such? Thank you in advance.
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> Reedsport Main Street Program | City of Reedsport
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> 451 Winchester Ave | Reedsport, OR 97467
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> (541) 271-3603 x1005
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> www.reedsportmainstreet.com
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> www.facebook.com/reedsportmainstreet/
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> www.polarengraving.com/reedsportmainstreetprogram\
> <http://www.polarengraving.com/reedsportmainstreetprogram/>
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> Alberta Main Street
> Cell 503.803.3326
> albertamainst.org
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