[OMS_MANAGERS] Downtown Update - February 2023 Newsletter

[La Grande Main Street Downtown]

February 2023 Newsletter LA GRANDE MAIN STREET DOWNTOWN About Us Support Our Mission Hello OMS, February is moving along and LGMSD is busy planning unique and fun events for the year. Our Valentine’s Day event is happening right now and we have two events centering on and around St. Patrick’s Day in the works--the St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl on March 17th and the Shamrock Shuffle 5K and 10K!. For Valentine’s Day, LGMSD has a Shopping and Dining Guide on our website. Our theme of “Love is All Around La Grande” will be taken up by asking residents of La Grande (online and in office) what they love about our lovely city and the businesses and services that they patronize and sharing their responses. Click here to see the guide. There is still time to send your favorite business a Valentine. In March, we will be bringing back an old favorite back from hiatus---the St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl. On Friday, March 17th, folks will meet at Marketplace Fresh Foods to begin our St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl. The cost is only $15, which includes a koozie, a map, and a lanyard to ride the bus for free. Each of the stops will have a cocktail/mocktail special and a food special—there will be transportation and raffle prizes for gift cards from each participating business. Check out our Facebook page or click HERE for more information and registration.  Then, on Saturday, March 18th, LGMSD will be hosting the Shamrock Shuffle 5K & 10K. The fun will include prizes, a DJ, finish line photos and much more. Be sure to dress up and show off your St Patrick’s Day spirit (and maybe win a prize). Shuffle over to our Facebook event to register now to be sure you snag the much coveted Shamrock Shuffle shirt with your entry!    You can register here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1913181869045664/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[]%7D On Saturday, March 18th, LGMSD will be hosting the Inaugural Shamrock Shuffle 5k and 10k around downtown La Grande.  We are looking for sponsors for our Inaugural Shamrock Shuffle. This is a great way to get your business front and center in the community. For further information, please contact Monica McLaughlin at LGMSD. Walk, run, skip, jump, or dance this race with a DJ opening and closing the race. There will be prizes for the best individual and group costume.    New Partners A warm and hearty welcome to our new Partners!  Rob’s Speedy Delivery The Ad Dad Marketplace Fresh Foods Grande Ronde Soap and Bath Community Kindness of Eastern Oregon Real Deals Side A Brewing Claudson’s Sew and Soak Woodsy Wicks·         Thank you so much for helping to make Downtown La Grande vibrant, stable, and beautiful! Committee Reports - Progress updates from a few of our committees   Promotions Committee -Shawna McKinnis   The Promotions Committee has been busy planning late winter and early spring activities for the entire community. Our Valentine’s/Galentine’s Day Event is currently happening! You can join in by going to our website and clicking on the events section to submit a Valentine for your favorite downtown business. We will be delivering the Valentine’s cards on Tuesday, February 14th and hope to have many deliveries to make.   In March, we will be bringing back a couple of really fun and exciting events for everyone. On Friday, March 17th, folks will meet at Marketplace Fresh Foods to begin our St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl. The cost is only $15. Each of the stops will have a cocktail/mocktail special and a food special—there will be transportation. Check out our Facebook page for more information and registration.    On Saturday, March 18th, the Shamrock Shuffle 5K & 10K will be happening. The fun will include prizes, a DJ, finish line photos and much more! Be sure to dress up and show off your St Patrick’s Day spirit (and maybe win a prize). Shuffle over to our Facebook event to register now to be sure you snag the much coveted Shamrock Shuffle shirt with your entry!    Register here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1913181869045664/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[]%7D   Outreach Committee - Nicole Felty The Outreach Committee has been busy kick starting volunteer recruitment efforts for 2023 and is eager to welcome new members to the team. A member training and mixer is being developed for this spring to provide an opportunity for everyone to get to know one another and learn more about the organization's goals and initiatives. The Outreach Committee is also starting plans for a Downtown Clean Up Day which will hopefully be scheduled in the coming months to make a positive impact in the community. Beer Fest Committee - Stephanie Hansen The Beer Fest committee is making strides at making this year's event a great one. The monthly meetings are beneficial for getting updates from team captains. It's also an opportunity for the director to share new businesses that have become members of Main Street.  We have discussed our budget at length and are now in a position to make commitments on entertainment, advertising, sponsorships and merchandise.  We are deciding on a venue for the VIP party scheduled for August 18th, we have discovered we have the glasses, entertainment, food and equipment necessary to make this a great event. We have identified sponsors that are committed to the event, brewers, craft and food vendors, and entertainment.  A volunteer list has been created and continues to grow as more call in. At this time we have more than enough volunteers for set up, day of, and tear down this year.  We are making great progress thanks to consistent communication, but recognize there is still work to do.  We want to bring in ciders this year and we are doing outreach and recruitment to ensure that happens. A team of committee members will be traveling to other Beer Festivals in the area to learn, grow and recruit, and everyone seems to be excited about where we are at this point. Design Committee - Evie Stacey & Cassie Hibbert Our priority items are plugging the flower basket sponsorship opportunities and the ongoing facade grant opportunities. Special thank you to EOU Football for helping take down the holiday wreaths downtown! Meet LGMSD   Check out the newest feature on the LGMSD webpage: Meet LGMSD.  Each week, we take you behind the scenes to introduce you to the folks that make us who we are—the Board, the Committees, the volunteers, and the staff. Each week, we plan to introduce you to one of the many individuals who contribute so much to La Grande Main Street and ultimately making La Grande a vibrant, stable, beautiful place to gather, shop, eat, work, live, and play. So far, we have profiled Mary Ann Miesner, the President of our Board of Directors and Joshua Annas, the Vice-President of our Board of Directors. Next week we will be featuring Shawna McKinnis, the Secretary of our Board of Directors. Check it out on our website at: https://www.lagrandemainstreet.org/news About Town Returns   About Town’s intrepid reporter returns to our webpage with another adventure in La Grande. This Friday, the quest will involve taking a class from Art Center East entitled “Lush Canvas: A Night with Georgia O’Keeffe” where the class will be painting lilies in the style of the aforementioned Ms. O’Keeffe using a variety of techniques in acrylics. Our intrepid reporter will have a painting to keep and a story to tell—look for it on the LGMSD webpage next week! Know Your Neighbor Series: LGMSD Edition Peak Lifestyle Studio: More than just a place to workout In this new edition by La Grande Main Street Downtown, people will get the chance to learn more about the businesses that make up the downtown area with a focus on the people who have started them. This inaugural edition begins with Peak Lifestyle Studio and how owner & founder Colleen McIntosh brought a workout space downtown that focuses on physical and emotional health. Her business provides a variety of fitness classes for women and men to help them in their fitness journey all while making a connection with others in new ways. In this segment, freelance journalist William McLaughlin sat down with Mrs. McIntosh to learn more about her business, what she provides, who she is as a person, and more. Read below to learn more about your downtown neighbor, Colleen McIntosh, and what her business does for the community of La Grande. Click HERE to read more Art at the Library Check out Art at the Library, which runs until March 22, 2023. The show, entitled “The Utopia of Stillness,” is an EOU student show curated by Corrina Stadler, a senior art major. These paintings and screen printings were created in the fall term at Eastern Oregon University. Visit Cook Memorial Library’s website at https://www.cookmemoriallibrary.org/ to see a selection of the works and read an overview of the exhibit before viewing at the Library.  Flower Baskets   La Grande Main Street Downtown is pleased to announce the return of hanging flower baskets to Downtown for Summer 2023! LGMSD will place 36 flower baskets on the Adams Avenue light poles from 4th St. to Elm St. Baskets will be displayed from mid-May through mid-September.   Sponsorship opportunities include 1 Basket: $100 3 Baskets: $250 7 Baskets: $500 15 Baskets: $1000 All 36 Baskets: $2500   If you would like to sponsor a flower basket, please contact Monica McLaughlin, LGMSD Executive Director - (541) 313-8770 - director at lagrandemainstreet.org 102 Depot St., La Grande, OR 97850 - lagrandemainstreet.org.     All sponsors will be recognized through a sign on the flower basket and on the LGMSD website, newsletter, announcements, and social media. This year is starting off with fun and exciting events and a forward-moving spirit. Join us in the adventure that is La Grande Main Street Downtown.! Interested in being a Partner? Click here 2023 LGMSD MEMBERSHIP Ad Dad Advantage Mortgage Aguilera's Amazing Aromas Associated Design and Engineering BELLA Mercantile Be Well Studio Benchwarmers Pub & Grill Beyond the Lens Photography Birddog Glass Blue Summit Realty Cam Credits Carol Summers City of La Grande Clanktronix/The Archives Claudson's Sew and Soak Community Bank Connected Professional Accountants LLC Community Kindness of Eastern Oregon Country Financial, Paul Swigert Dochos Dirty Girls Detailing Eastern Oregon Title Edward Jones - Shawn Mangum Eleven Fifteen Spa Elkhorn Media Group EOAliveTV EONI Eastern Oregon University Elkhorn Media Group Fairway Independent Mortgage Fitzgerald's Flowers Globe Furniture Grande Ronde Hospital Grande Ronde Soap and Bath Guyer and Associates Hines Meat Company. John Howard and Associates Josh Annas Katie Martin Custom Designs La Grande Theatres Longbranch Lucy's Boutiques at the Market Place Underground Market Place Fresh Foods Mary Ann and Arlan Miesner MJ Goss Motors Mountain Valley Therapy Mountain Works Nate Conklin State Farm Nature's Pantry Northwest Furniture & Mattress OTEC Peak Lifestyle Studio Papa Murphys Take & Bake Real Deals RE/MAX Real Estate Team Rob's Speedy Delivery Rosewood Cottage Side A Brewing Scott's Heating and Air Sorbenots Tap That! Growlers, LLC Ten Depot Street The Potter's House Timothy Bishop Travelodge Union County Chamber of Commerce/Tourism Wheatland Insurance Woodsy Wicks ​Ziply Fiber   Upcoming Events La Grande Main Street 102 Depot Street La Grande, OR 97850 541-963-1223   Contact Us     Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email About Events Calendar News Contact La Grande Main Street Downtown | 102 Depot St, La Grande, OR 97850 Unsubscribe oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by director at lagrandemainstreet.org powered by Try email marketing for free today!
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