[OMS_MANAGERS] Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant Funding

Thu Jun 26 11:21:59 PDT 2025

Thanks! Also, sine die is June 29th not June 2nd – sorry for any confusion

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Sheri Stuart (she, her, hers) |  Oregon Main Street Coordinator
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Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Cell: (503)551-3705
725 Summer St NE, Ste C
Salem, Oregon 97301

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From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> On Behalf Of Main Street Cascade Locks
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2025 11:19 AM
To: Oregon Main Street Network Members <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
Subject: Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant Funding

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<http://mainstreetcascadelocks.org/>

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

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.
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.

This is not a reflection of the grant program or the excellent work of Oregon Main Street organizations.

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.

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.

Our agency will be exploring options for funding and will keep you posted when additional information.

Regards, Sheri

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Sheri Stuart (she, her, hers) |  Oregon Main Street Coordinator
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Cell: (503)551-3705
725 Summer St NE, Ste C<https://www.google.com/maps/search/725+Summer+St+NE,+Ste+C+%0D%0A+Salem,+Oregon+97301?entry=gmail&source=g>
Salem, Oregon 97301<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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