<div>Hi Chuck,</div>
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<div>Thank you for your response on this. I look forward to taking all this information to my board and moving forward. :)</div>
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<div>Thanks again,</div>
<div>Angi Ford, Sherwood Main Street<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Downtown Bend-Chuck Arnold <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chuck@downtownbend.org">chuck@downtownbend.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">We established our own structure, own our URL, hired out for design, have a local provider host, maintain it with staff, use the WordPress platform (which I cannot rave enough about) and control access for staff only. Businesses can submit content and comments, but not directly post.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Switching from a more static web page to WordPress catapulted our traffic to 200,000 view per year now!!! Check it out at <a href="http://www.downtownbend.org/" target="_blank">www.DowntownBend.org</a> and give me a call if you have other questions.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria', 'serif'; COLOR: #4f6228">Chuck Arnold</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria', 'serif'; COLOR: #4f6228">Downtown Bend Business Assocation</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria', 'serif'; COLOR: #4f6228">a nonprofit working to keep downtown vibrant</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria', 'serif'; COLOR: #4f6228"><a href="http://www.downtownbend.org/" target="_blank">www.DowntownBend.org</a> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria', 'serif'; COLOR: #4f6228"><a href="tel:%28541%29%20788-3628" target="_blank" value="+15417883628">(541) 788-3628</a></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <a href="mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Angi Ford<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> OMS Listserve<br><b>Subject:</b> [OMS_MANAGERS] Website structure questions</span></p></div>
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<div>Angi Ford, Sherwood Main Street</div>
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