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

Thu Jan 11 07:08:15 PST 2024

Looking forward to the call this morning!

For the open forum question, BCD is prepping proposals to ask for dedicated
budget line items in various budgets throughout the city and county
government and commissions. A common question we are getting is what is
normal for OMS programs to receive from their City, County, EDC, and TLT?
This is outside of an EID or BID, as we are also exploring that option but
it will take longer.

Are there other common funding sources that I’m overlooking besides grants,
memberships, or merchandising?

Also, if this information is available through the portal somewhere of if I
missed it in an OMS email thread, please forward it to me and we can skip
this during the call today.

Thanks!
Ariel

Ariel M. Reker
Executive Director
[image: Picture]
Baker City Downtown
P.O. Box 1148
Baker City, OR  97814

On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 11:17 PM Finn Findling <Finn.Findling at garibaldi.gov>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> RE: "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. "
>
> My question: For cities looking to contract their Main Street track to
> their local downtown association / chamber, etc...is there a minimum
> standards or required contractual components between the two parties that
> y'all look for?
>
>
> ****
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Nathan "Finn" Findling
> Chair | Planning Commission
> City of Garibaldi, Oregon
> finn at garibaldi.gov
> https://ci.garibaldi.or.us/2158/Planning-Commission
> ------------------------------
> *From:* OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> on behalf of
> STUART Sheri * OPRD <Sheri.STUART at oprd.oregon.gov>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 10, 2024 10:47 AM
> *To:* oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
> *Subject:* [OMS_MANAGERS] OMS Round-up: New executive director in La
> Grande, MoM, Grant Opportunities, Interesting Reads
>
>
>    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, and click on the orange portal button.
>    3. Grant Opportunities:
>       1. 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)
>       2. 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:
>       1. 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!)
>       2. 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)
>
>
>
>
>
> *Sheri Stuart **(she, her, hers) *|  Oregon Main Street Coordinator
>
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