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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Congratulations to McMinnville and the McMinnville Downtown Association for being the runner-up in Parade magazine’s “America’s Best Main Street” competition! Please see the message below from Patrice Frey, CEO,
National Main Street Center. And, don’t forget to register for the Oregon Main Street Conference, held this year in McMinnville on Oct. 1-3, so you can experience this wonderful downtown!
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Registration is open at <a href="http://2014omsconference.eventbrite.com">
http://2014omsconference.eventbrite.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">_________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This morning,
<i>Parade </i>magazine announced that Collierville, TN is the winner of its “America’s Best Main Street” competition! Congratulations is also in order for McMinnville, Oregon – which was designated as the runner-up, and is also featured on Parade’s site and
in the magazine this weekend. We were thrilled to see that 8 of the 16 semi-finalists, and both of the finalists,<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>were Accredited Main Street communities. Over 2000 communities were nominated, so this is quite an honor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Collierville, TN and<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>McMinnville, OR are both stand-out communities and we’re so proud of their success<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span> The strong showing by Accredited Main Streets across the board is a testament to the effectiveness of the Main Street approach to
downtown revitalization, and to the strength of our Network. It is no surprise that the combination of the Main Street Four-Point Approach</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""> ®,
</span></sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">plus the hard work and passion Main Street leaders are known for<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span> results in places that resonate with Americans. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Our hats go off to Collierville, TN and McMinnville, OR - as well as the rest of finalists. We also want to recognize
<i>Parade </i>for bringing national recognition to the work that Main Street communities do. Please join the Center in “liking” and sharing Parade’s post on Facebook – and in tweeting up a storm celebrating the success of these 8 Main Street communities.
We hope that strong pickup by our Network will encourage <i>Parade </i>to make this an annual award!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Patrice
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Patrice Frey | President and CEO
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