[OMS_MANAGERS] Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant Funding

[Main Street Cascade Locks]

Thank you for explaining everything so well. Helps to understand the
process involved. Will share with our board in the July newsletter.

Lauryl Nagode, Board President

*Main Street Cascade Locks*

*A community for our downtown and a downtown for our community*


PO Box 174,Cascade Locks, OR 97014

Voice: 971.208.5598 . Website: mainstreetcascadelocks.org

On Thu, Jun 26, 2025, 11:15 AM STUART Sheri * OPRD <
Sheri.STUART at oprd.oregon.gov> wrote:

> We know there are many of you who are disappointed about funding for the
> Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant in the next biennium. We know the
> positive impact this program has had in communities where projects that
> have been completed throughout the state.
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> Here’s the status of the bill, SB 5531-4. It did move out of Ways and
> Means and will go to a full vote by the legislature. We are at the end of
> the legislative session, so things move very quickly with the need to sine
> die by June 2th.
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> So far, in our research, it does not appear that the removal of the
> funding from the bill was based on any negative perceptions of the grant or
> its value. But, rather on competition from critical infrastructure needs.
> The proponents of those projects provided written and verbal testimony to
> push for the addition of their projects to the bill.
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> This is not a reflection of the grant program or the excellent work of
> Oregon Main Street organizations.
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> A few things to know. Our agency, OPRD, is fully supportive of this grant
> program and funding. It was in OPRD’s budget which was approved by the
> Governor. The other thing to note is that when the Oregon Main Street Grant
> enabling bill was passed, it created it as a permanent grant program.
> However, the funding is not permanent. The grant could be funded in a
> variety of ways by the state and private entities. Since the inception of
> the program, the legislature has authorized funding through the lottery
> bond package. So, the program doesn’t go away, it is just currently
> unfunded.
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> Additional opportunities to fund this program again will arise, at the
> very least in the next full legislative session (2027) for funding in 2029.
> But there may be other possibilities.
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> Our agency will be exploring options for funding and will keep you posted
> when additional information.
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> Regards, Sheri
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> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/725+Summer+St+NE,+Ste+C+%0D%0A+Salem,+Oregon+97301?entry=gmail&source=g>
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> *Sheri Stuart **(she, her, hers) *|  Oregon Main Street Coordinator
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> Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
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> Cell: (503)551-3705
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