<html><head></head><body data-blackberry-caret-color="#00a8df" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A couple of thoughts from Bandon's Alive After Five activity which is our third Friday program. First, we have not limited the program or most of the rest of our activities to our Old Town Bandon district. We have taken a broader perspective that the community benefits from our Old Town activities, but then again Old Town benefits from including the rest of the community. So we have totally avoided trying to segregate our downtown from the rest of Bandon's business. In short, we haven't prevented their participation.</div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Second, the issue took care of itself for us. Those outside of Old Town that did participate in our initial Alive After Five events experienced exactly what you anticipated. People weren't willing to walk that far or drive to another location. They soon dropped out. But it was their choice and we wound up not being "the bad guy" and still incidently have their support.</div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Harv Schubothe</div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Bandon </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div> <div style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.</div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div id="_persistentHeader" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>From: </b>David Snider</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:34 PM</div><div><b>To: </b>Oregon Main Street program managers</div><div><b>ErReply To: </b>Oregon Main Street program managers</div><div><b>Subject: </b>[OMS_MANAGERS] Advice needed</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><br><div id="_originalContent" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Hi all -- </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
I have a situation here in Sandy that I would love to get some outside perspectives on. We have a winery that is located about 1/2 a mile outside of our downtown that just moved in about 6 months ago. Their owner really, really, really wants to participate in our First Friday program, but really is not even close to the Main Street district. We can't include her because a) she's not downtown, and b) even if we said yes, there is no way we could get people to walk that far, so she would end up being open late with an empty tasting room.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">This business owner, however, simply will not take "no" for an answer. We were going to suggest that she partner with one of our Main Street businesses (and we have a chocolate shop downtown that does wine tastings for First Friday - a natural fit), but she has specifically stated that she does not want to go to another business; she wants people to come to her business. Also, since our Main Street program is currently funded by the City of Sandy (our EID failed, so...), she has started using the "I pay the same taxes as every other business in town, so I deserve to be part of this program" argument. The only way I can see this working is if the City Council changes the boundaries of the Central Commercial District, which as I'm sure you can imagine isn't going to happen anytime soon.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might be able to explain this to our winery owner in a better way so that she doesn't end up hating us? </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><em><strong> -- David C. Snider</strong></em></font></div>
<div><em><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Economic Development Manager</font></em></div><div><em><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Sandy Main Street Manager</font></em></div><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"></font>
<div><em><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">City of Sandy</font></em></div><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"></font>
<div><em><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">39250 Pioneer Boulevard</font></em></div><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"></font>
<div><em><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Sandy, OR 97055</font></em></div><div><em><font face="Trebuchet MS">(503) 489-2159</font></em></div><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"></font>
<div><em><a href="mailto:dsnider@ci.sandy.or.us" target="_blank"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">dsnider@ci.sandy.or.us</font></a></em></div><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"></font>
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