[OMS_MANAGERS] OMS Round-up: New executive director in La Grande, MoM, Grant Opportunities, Interesting Reads

Wed Jan 10 10:47:28 PST 2024

  1.  Happy to announce that Sarah Marcotte is the new executive director with La Grande Main Street Downtown. Sarah has been a small business owner and brings a wealth of experience in video production and marketing to her new position. Please join me in welcoming her to our Main Street family!
  2.  Reminder: we do have a Mornings on Main call this week. It is an open forum - let me know if you have any questions you want to bring before the group. The link is on the calendar on our website, www.mainstreet.org<http://www.mainstreet.org/>, and click on the orange portal button.
  3.  Grant Opportunities:
     *   2024 AARP Community Challenge Grant<https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/community-challenge/info-2024/2024-challenge.html?CMP=EMC-DSM-NLC-OTH-LC-1771001-195203-7924574-NA-01102024-LivableCommunities-F1-2024challenge-BTN-ALL-Community-&encparam=WEQXZk0Q6CjtGSDxs%2b2usfap5v2wUjUKHSZK3wnY%2fZQ%3d> - Grant funding is available for local governments and nonprofits that are eager and ready to work on a community-improving project that can be started and completed before year's end. Application Deadline: March 6, 2024, 2 p.m. (PT)
     *   T-Mobile Hometown Grant<https://nationalmainstreetcenter.submittable.com/submit/08ca0e87-c995-4376-81d6-127c140a554a/t-mobile-hometown-grant-application-q1-2024-january-3-2024-march-31-2024?mc_cid=04fd342892&mc_eid=b22a72ae8a> - The new application period for the T-Mobile Hometown Grant program is open now through Sunday, March 31 at 11:59 p.m. CT. Brought to you in partnership with Main Street America and Smart Growth America, the T-Mobile Hometown Grant program provides grants of up to $50,000 to help build stronger, more prosperous small towns and rural communities with population under 50,000.
  4.  Interesting Reads:
     *   What Are Intended Impact and Theory of Change and How Can Nonprofits Use Them?<https://www.bridgespan.org/insights/nonprofit-strategy/intended-impact-and-theory-of-change> - Strategy is all about getting critical resource decisions right. But developing a clear, effective strategy can be a long process full of difficult tradeoffs. One way to smooth the path is to clarify your nonprofit's intended impact and theory of change. These powerful concepts can help your organization refine the goals it commits to achieve and map the road for how to accomplish them. (Thanks to Kirsten Agard, president of BDA, for sharing!)
     *   Engaging Stakeholders in Strategic Planning<https://www.bridgespan.org/getmedia/91fad2d0-ede3-4712-acb9-3633e1af410c/Stakeholder-Engagement-Toolkit.pdf?utm_source=leadersmatter&utm_campaign=stakeholder-engagement-toolkit&utm_medium=email> - this is a really cool tool kit to help think through your community engagement strategy (Thanks to Cam for sharing)

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Sheri Stuart (she, her, hers) |  Oregon Main Street Coordinator
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