[OMS_MANAGERS] Engaging business owners with funding

[Sheridan Revitalization]

I love the holiday lights! What did you do with buildings that were empty?
We have that issue with our downtown core, about 1/3 of the buildings are
empty.

Best,
Tkeisha

On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 5:29 PM Kristine Hayes <rbcckristine at gmail.com>
wrote:

> We did a collective of white Holiday lights for all of the businesses in
> our downtown core many years back. We had more than 30 buildings with the
> same looking white sting- rope lights. Some chose to put them inside and
> some chose to put them outside. Some made it many years and few still use
> them at the Holidays now. It really brought a cohesive look. I’d love to do
> it again. I think it also pulled the community together and it’s important
> to make sure everyone is included.
>
> Another way we have done this is with paint for businesses and unused
> buildings that needed along Hwy 101. In both cases we purchased the
> materials and gave to the businesses. The paint initiative ended up with
> community members painting 3 buildings that really needed it and our post
> office!
> Let us know where you land with it!
>
> Kristine Hayes- Rockaway Beach
>
> Chamber of Commerce ~ Community Education ~ Historic downtown ~ Caboose &
> Visitors Center
>
> * www.RockawayBeach.net <http://www.rockawaybeach.net/>*
>
>
>
> On Sep 25, 2024, at 5:04 PM, Sheridan Revitalization <
> revitalizesheridan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Our small non-profit has fundraised for projects to help revitalize
> downtown Sheridan. We have about $6000 available for this. We have done a
> couple public art projects and annual clean-ups, but we would like to focus
> on getting financial support for some of the businesses in the downtown
> core that need painting, power washing and just smaller clean-up projects.
> For many, doing matching grants like Main Street are currently out of reach.
>
> Is it a thing where you give money to businesses who submit proposals for
> this kind of work? We would rather it not be a grant, where we have to do
> management of things beyond just giving the money over. We only have four
> board members right now, so we are trying to come up with things we can do
> that don't require a lot of work.
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Tkeisha Wydro
> Sheridan Revitalization Movement President
>
>
>
>
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