[OMS_MANAGERS] OMS Round Up | February 4, 2025

[City Club Forest Grove]

got it. nevermind

*Thank you,*
*Donna Gustafson, President*
*The City Club of Forest Grove*
*Check out our new Community Calendar <https://www.cityclubfg.com/events>*
*Become a MEMBER <https://www.cityclubfg.com/services-7> to support
downtown improvements, events, enhancements, preservation and take
advantage of membership perks. Let's Grow Together. *


On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM AMABILE Cam * OPRD <
Cam.AMABILE at oprd.oregon.gov> wrote:

> Hello Main Street Leaders,
>
>
>
> There’s quite a few internal updates and reminders from within the OMS
> program this week. Please take a look!
>
> What’s inside:
>
> OMS Updates – OMS Conference Session Proposals, OMS Conference
> Sponsorships, Network Meeting Reminder, Third Thursday
>
> Funding & Support – National Trust for Historic Preservation Grant, RARE
> Applications
>
> Learning Resources – Oregon SBDC
>
>
>
> OMS Updates:
>
> *Seeking Session Proposals | OMS Conference **|* Submit a Proposal
> <https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Mmk_qnz6tEegzqWYytFhz4r7Z5pSkUdHn0mSpus1wWRUOUlDUjQ3QjVPMEhYUDRENktYNkxRWENNVS4u>
> Seeking submissions highlighting the importance of developing a vision and
> strategic direction for downtown to guide any changes to maintain
> downtown’s vitality. This includes investing in creating a sustainable
> organization, engaging all members of the community, inspiring people to
> contribute time and resources, working incrementally, communicating
> progress, being flexible – all the things to build a structural support
> over the long haul. Deadline: April 30, 2025
>
>
>
> *OMS Conference Sponsorships Open* | Sponsor Today
> <https://www-auth.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Documents/FINAL%20-%20Sponsorship%20Packet%2025-27.pdf>
> Support the Oregon Main Street Conference, helping us build continuity of
> the network for the long haul through influential, inspirational, and
> applicable sessions and workshops. Sponsorships at all tier levels are
> sought!
>
>
>
> *Network Meeting Registration Reminder* | Due by 02/10/25
> For all Affiliated, Designated, and Accredited communities, our first
> network meeting of 2025 is February 11th &12th. You should have received
> a separate email that includes a registration link. Please register before
> the deadline!
>
>
>
> *Third Thursday in February (02/20 at 9:30am) |* Access Link
> <https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89847027498?pwd=Zm5nRExRTU5KN2Z6bDdNZlpSWDVxUT09>
> Heritage’s own Kuri Gill will share her grants tips and tricks and help
> you track “Kuri’s Top 10” grants to watch that can support Main Street work
> across the state. Link Password: 860481
>
>
>
> Funding & Support:
> *NTHP African American Heritage Grant Program | *Access
> <https://savingplaces.org/action-fund-guidelines?utm_medium=email&utm_source=update&utm_campaign=grants>
> “Grants from the National Grant Program of the National Trust for Historic
> Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AACHAF)
> are designed to advance historic preservation projects at sites related to
> Black history in the United States.” Deadline: February 14, 2025.
>
> * RARE Applications Open* | Access Link
> <https://rare.uoregon.edu/application-process/community-application-process/apply-now/>
> “Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) AmeriCorps Program is
> to increase the capacity of rural communities to improve their economic,
> social, and environmental conditions, through the assistance of trained
> graduate-level members who live and work in communities for 11
> months.” Applications for University of Oregon’s RARE program are due on
> April 1, 2025.
>
>
>
> Learning Resources:
>
> *SBDC Oregon Services & Resources * | Access Link
> <https://oregonsbdc.org/>
> SBDC has 20 regional centers that serve emerging and established small
> businesses throughout the state. Their resources include free advisers,
> written resources, classes, blogs, & more. Their recent helpful blog is a
> checklist for 2024 Business Tax Preparation
> <https://oregonsbdc.org/heres-your-business-tax-preparation-checklist-for-year-end-update-2021/>
> !
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> *Cam Amabile, CIT & CIG
> <https://www.interpnet.com/NAI/interp/Certification/Certification/nai/_certification/Certification_Program_Page.aspx?hkey=238a449c-b3c6-4a93-9ebb-ebaeaef7e29a>
> **(she, her, hers) *|  Technical Resources Coordinator
>
>
> *___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________*
>
> Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
>
> schedule: Tuesday – Friday, 7A – 5:30P
>
> cell: (971) 720-8998
>
> 725 Summer St NE, Ste C
>
> Salem, Oregon 97301
>
>
>
> Visit our website <http://www.oregonheritage.org/>, Like us on Facebook
> <https://www.facebook.com/OregonHeritage>, Visit our Blog
> <http://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/> or LinkedIn
> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/oregon-parks-and-recreation-department/>,
> Join the Oregon Heritage News e-news
> <https://omls.oregon.gov/mailman/listinfo/Heritage>.
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://omls.oregon.gov/pipermail/oms_managers/attachments/20250211/2da4fe77/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.png
Type: image/png
Size: 87227 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://omls.oregon.gov/pipermail/oms_managers/attachments/20250211/2da4fe77/attachment-0001.png>