[OMS_MANAGERS] Idea for a downtown color palette

[David Snider]

Hi Rowan --

The City of Sandy added an official color palette when we added
prescriptive building standards to our municipal code back in 2008.  Use of
colors from the "Sandy Style" color palette is required, and initially we
did have some local business owners and builders gripe about it but the
design standards are pretty universally liked now and supported strongly by
our city council.  After 14 years, the theme is really visible and the
colors from the palette are the norm around town.

To propagate the style in non-Sandy Style buildings (pre-2008) as well as
to incentivize our commercial building owners to fix up their buildings, we
created a facade grant program funded through our urban renewal district
that offers reimbursement of a percentage of the cost of pretty much any
improvements to the exterior of a commercial building except the roof.  The
only caveat is that there must be at least one Sandy Style element (SS
colors, heavy timbers, metal bracketing, stone wrapping to the base of
buildings or posts, adding windows, etc.) added during the project.  The
facade program is targeted towards small projects -- for projects under
$5,000 the City reimburses 80%, with the reimbursement percentage
decreasing as the cost of the project increases.

Not sure if this helps or not, but looking back on it (and on pictures of
our downtown from 15 years ago) we definitely think adding an official
color palette was the right choice.  :)

All best,

*-- David C. Snider*
*Economic Development Manager*
*City of Sandy*
*39250 Pioneer Boulevard*
*Sandy, OR  97055*
*(503) 489-2159*
*dsnider at ci.sandy.or.us <dsnider at ci.sandy.or.us>*



On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 3:51 PM ROWAN FAIRFIELD <
rowan.fairfield at cavejunctionoregon.us> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Main Street Cave Junction is thinking about establishing a downtown color
> palette. A few of our businesses are looking to repaint their exteriors
> soon, and we thought it could be a good way to develop the downtown
> aesthetic over time, and give design guidance to other property/business
> owners. It would be completely voluntary, but maybe our Main Street org
> could incentivize with funds or labor for buildings that do participate, or
> even apply for the OMSR Grant for this. Has anyone in the OMS network done
> something similar or have insights to share?
>
> Thank you!
> -Rowan
>
> *Rowan Fairfield*
> Community Outreach Coordinator
> via RARE AmeriCorps
> 222 Lister Street
> Cave Junction, OR 97523
> 541-415-6767
> rowan.fairfield at cavejunctionoregon.us
>

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