[OMS_MANAGERS] OMS Round-up

Wed Mar 9 10:03:43 PST 2022

Mornings on Main

  *   This week we will cover the draft Oregon Main Street strategic plan as well as the new Tier structure. Documents will be posted on the website to review tomorrow. We invite comments and suggestions before the structure goes into effect in June via email: sheri.stuart at oprd.oregon.gov.

Updates from Main Street America™

  *   Main Street America™ wants to hear about the innovative ways you celebrated Small Business Saturday® as an American Express Neighborhood Champion in 2021. How did you encourage your community to Shop Small® and support small businesses not only on Small Business Saturday, but also throughout the holiday season? If you were a Neighborhood Champion, fill out our short Neighborhood Champion Innovation Contest form by 3/18/22 for an opportunity to win. The Main Street program that had the best celebration and/or promotions will receive $5,000; one second-place winner will receive $2,500, and three third-place winners will receive $1,000 in recognition of their Small Business Saturday innovation. Winners will be announced and receive their awards at the 2022 Main Street Now Conference.

Fill out the short form here ><https://www.mainstreet.org/blogs/national-main-street-center/2022/03/08/neighborhood-champion-innovation-contest-applicati>

*No purchase necessary. Applicants must have signed up and been approved to be a Neighborhood Champion in 2021 and be members of Main Street America to be eligible to win. Void where prohibited. For Official Rules see here.<https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/NMSC/390e0055-2395-4d3b-af60-81b53974430d/UploadedImages/Amex/Small_Business_Saturday_Neighborhood_Champion_Innovation_Contest_Terms.pdf>
  *   Main Street Online: Main Street America™ has updated this innovative tool for use by local businesses to improve their online presence. This assessment was designed by industry experts to provide consultative recommendations to businesses of all stages and ages with 20 or fewer employees in the following sectors: retail, service providers, and food and beverages. Businesses simply answer a series of questions and receive a customized list of tools and resources on everything from POS systems, website platforms, and content creation software to help their business succeed. Please feel free to share the link with local businesses: https://mainstreetonlinetool.org/ Educational Opportunities
  *   Main Street Now Conference: Registration is Open – Early bird deadline fast approaching (March 15)!  Registration for the 2022 Main Street Now Conference<https://www.mainstreet.org/howwecanhelp/mainstreetnow/now2022> in Richmond, Virginia, is open! View the full schedule here<https://www.mainstreet.org/howwecanhelp/mainstreetnow/main-street-now-2022-schedule>. Held May 16 - 18, the conference will celebrate the community resilience and reinvestment championed by our Main Street programs through the COVID-19 pandemic and begin envisioning strategic opportunities to strengthen and expand our commercial districts as we emerge into a new economic future. Head to mainstreet.org/now2022<https://www.mainstreet.org/howwecanhelp/mainstreetnow/now2022> for more details on the conference, including registration rates and hotel information.
2022 Virtual Oregon Heritage Conference - REGISTRATION OPEN!

Registration is now OPEN (finally!) for the 2022 Virtual Oregon Heritage Conference & Heritage Excellence Awards, April 27-29!

The power of heritage has never before been made so clear as it has in recent times. In 2020 we had planned to inspire heritage organizations at the conference, to help you realize and enact your organization's power within your communities. Instead, you blew us away the past two years with your proactive actions, your steadfastness, and most of all, your resilience. From proactive collecting for historic events, providing information about similar historic events, responding to civil unrest, saving historic sites from fires, to just surviving financial uncertainty. You harnessed the power, now let's embrace it and multiply it. Join us April 27-29 as we explore ways in which heritage preservation empowers communities, uncovers untold stories, preserves history in the making, creatively engages audiences, and proves its value.

This conference engages participants in all areas of heritage preservation in Oregon including historic preservation, museums, historical societies, city/county commissions, main streets, archaeology, historic cemeteries, and more. Whether you want to strengthen your organization, identify tools and resources for your efforts, engage with the community, advocate for support, or create new appreciation for Oregon heritage in its many forms, you will want to attend.

More information:

  *   Check out the preliminary schedule and session descriptions here<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/heritageconference.aspx#schedule>.
  *   Last week we announced the Plenary Speakers: Vu Le, author of NonprofitAP, and Willie Richardson, heritage preservationist in Oregon. You can learn more about these speakers here<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/heritageconference.aspx#keynote>.
  *   For information on the 2022 Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards visit here<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/heritageconference.aspx#awards>. A big thank you to Oregon Historical Society, sponsor of the 2022 Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards.

Registration:

  *   You can register by visiting here<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/heritageconference.aspx#registration> BUT be sure to read some of the tips and tricks to registering through the Oregon State Parks store. Even if registration seems a little complicated, stick with us, we promise to make it worth it by not only having an awesome conference line-up for you, but also several chances to win conference giveaways.
  *   BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE 😊 – If you are one of the first 200 to register by April 12, you will receive a conference packet by mail with some goodies.

Register now!<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/heritageconference.aspx#registration>

Questions with registration? Contact Kuri Gill at kuri.gill at oprd.oregon.gov<mailto:kuri.gill at oprd.oregon.gov> or 503-986-0685.
Questions related to conference events, schedule, awards, etc.? Contact Katie Henry at katie.henry at oprd.oregon.gov<mailto:katie.henry at oprd.oregon.gov> or 503-877-8834.

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