[OMS_MANAGERS] North Bend Names Downtown Main Street Manager

[Anna Marie Curtis]

Congrats!!! This is wonderful news!

On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 12:11 PM David Milliron <dmilliron at northbendcity.org>
wrote:

> Stephanie Wilson has been hired as North Bend’s Main Street Manager. She
> will be responsible for working with downtown merchants, property owners,
> and other stakeholders to continue our downtown revitalization and
> renaissance while collaborating to enhance economic vitality through
> sustainable tourism and urban renewal.
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> Downtown North Bend is an economic generator for the city and the
> community. As Main Street Manager, Stephanie will be responsible for
> collaboratively working with economic development, tourism, and urban
> renewal partners to further the City Council’s goal of supporting,
> sustaining, and seeking economic vitality for our local businesses.
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> The Main Street program helps sharpen existing business owners’
> competitiveness, helps foster entrepreneurial start-ups and expansions, and
> recruits compatible new businesses and new economic uses to build a
> commercial district, create jobs and respond to today’s consumers.
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> Stephanie will work with the City Council to appoint a Main Street Board
> dedicated to serving the central downtown business district and supporting
> our local community. The Board of Directors will then be tasked with
> developing and executing a Main Street Work Plan, fundraising and grant
> opportunities, and downtown projects and events.
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> Stephanie is a North Bend High School graduate and attended Southwestern
> Oregon Community College. Stephanie has won the “Best of the South Coast
> Woman’s Boutique” award for the past ten years running. She was also a
> national winner in the first annual Microsoft Small Business video contest.
> In 2009, she opened Painted Zebra in the historic Odd Fellows Building in
> downtown North Bend during the great recession.
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> North Bend’s participation in the Oregon Main Street Network gave it
> access to the Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant program, which funds
> building improvement projects that spur economic development. North Bend is
> among 28 Oregon Main Street Network organizations to receive matching
> grants for building projects that encourage economic revitalization in
> central downtown business districts across the state. Last week, Oregon
> Heritage, a division of Oregon Parks and Recreation, awarded funding to
> install a 24-foot neon blade sign at the Liberty Theatre, home of the
> Little Theatre on the Bay.
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> Stephanie can be reached at 541-756-4613 or swilson at northbendcity.org.
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> David A. Milliron, Credentialed City Manager (ICMA-CM)
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> City of North Bend, 835 California Ave, OR 97459-0014
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> 541-756-8536 | *dmilliron at northbendcity.org <dmilliron at northbendcity.org>*
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