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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chuck O'Leary<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 14, 2011 11:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Oregon Main Street program managers'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] downtown flowers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello Katie,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I suspect you were actually meaning to ask Chuck Arnold these questions, but can provide the answers as it relates to Lake Oswego’s program . We hang roughly 250 baskets every year, and our watering contract runs around $53k a year…sounds like our watering truck set-up and schedule is very similar to Downtown Bend’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Roughly half of our budget is covered through individual flower basket sponsors (about 50/50 businesses and individual residents), and the other half comes from the City through a combination of redevelopment district funds and revenue from our hotel/motel/transient tax.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Good luck with your program – I have to say it’s one of the most visible, successful and beloved beautification projects we’ve initiated over the years.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Chuck O’Leary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>President <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Lake Oswego Chamber of Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Charles M. O'Leary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Bankers Investment Services, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>16325 Boones Ferry Road, Suite 200<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Lake Oswego, OR 97035 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>503/ 636-1225<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>k boula<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Oregon Main Street program managers'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] downtown flowers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Chuck-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for getting back to me. Could you tell me how many baskets you have and how much your watering contractor costs? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Downtown Bend-Chuck Arnold<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Oregon Main Street program managers'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] downtown flowers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hey Katie,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We have had a great program in Bend for several years. Our climate is dry like yours so the challenges are pretty similar. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We grow our baskets in a local greenhouse starting in February so they are hardy when the get put up Memorial Day weekend. We take them down Halloween weekend. The baskets are always multi-colored petunias because that is what really thrives here. We hire a contractor with a 600 tank water trunk to water them every morn’ in the summer months and three times a week in the other months.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Our City provides storage of our empty baskets in the winter, but that’s it. We fund the flowers and their care thru’ our Economic Improvement District and some donations from the community. No tax dollars support the program which is over $25K of our budget each year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Give me a call if you’d like more details.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F6228'>Chuck Arnold<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F6228'>Downtown Bend Business Association<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F6228'>a nonprofit working to keep downtown vibrant<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F6228'><a href="http://www.DowntownBend.org">www.DowntownBend.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F6228'>(541) 788-3628<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Angi Ford<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street program managers<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] downtown flowers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Katie,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We are very lucky in Sherwood as the City had decided to cover the flower baskets once upon a time. When they did some updates that included our lamp posts they actually added a drip system through the lamp posts that the flower baskets hang from so they are automatically watered.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If your community is considering any other upgrades like that it might be a good idea to try and combine the two.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Angi Ford, Sherwood Main Street<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>BOOTS (Businesses of Old Town Sherwood)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>503-625-7800<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 1:08 PM, k boula <<a href="mailto:kboula@frontier.com">kboula@frontier.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hello all-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I’m the Design Committee Chair for La Grande. We have a fledgling summer flower basket program, but have come across some snags, so I’m looking for input and advice. If your community has found successful ways to procure flowers and keep them watered and healthy, I’d love to hear from you. We have some special challenges here in that we have very few nurseries in the area and HOT/DRY conditions during late summer. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Katie Boula<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_____________________________________________________<br>OMS_MANAGERS mailing list<br><a href="mailto:OMS_MANAGERS@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">OMS_MANAGERS@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br><a href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/oms_managers" target="_blank">http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/oms_managers</a><br>Hosted by the Oregon State Library. 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