<div dir="ltr">Titus, <div>We are a new Oregon Main Street group, 42 & Spruce, Inc. in Myrtle Point, Oregon and would love to be able to apply for a RARE to help us get our legs more firmly developed.  Yet I don't exactly know where to get the $20k, as I said we are new to the program and are in a very small rural community.  Do you have any pointers?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your time in answering my questions,</div><div>Emily Groves</div><div>Co-Chair 42 & Spruce, Inc. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Titus Tomlinson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:titust@uoregon.edu" target="_blank">titust@uoregon.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Just a friendly reminder that community pre-applications for a 2015-16 RARE placement are due on April 17th… less than a month away! 
 I am more than happy to answer any questions relating to the RARE Program and/or our placement process, so please feel free to reach out via email or telephone.  More information about the RARE Program can be found in the following announcement, attached flyer
 and on our website.  </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Do you have community building, main street, downtown development or planning projects that you do not
 have resources to complete?<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If so…
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) Program might be your solution</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">!<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">The mission of the RARE Program is to increase the capacity of rural communities to improve their economic, social, and environmental conditions, through the
 assistance of trained graduate-level participants, from across the US.  These RARE participants live in and serve the communities for 11 months.  RARE participants assist in the development and implementation of projects focused on increasing the vitality
 of the communities and organizations we serve.  The RARE Program is now in its 21st year and has placed more than 450 volunteers and served every Oregon County. 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">For more information about the RARE Program, including the benefits and the costs of the program, please visit our website at
</span><a href="http://csc.uoregon.edu/rare/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://csc.uoregon.edu/rare/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
<span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:#333333">Pre-applications (due April 1</span><span style="color:#1f497d">7</span><span style="color:#333333">, 201</span><span style="color:#1f497d">5</span><span style="color:#333333">) are available online
 as well. </span><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:#333333">If you have any questions, please contact us via email at:
</span></span><a href="mailto:rare@uoregon.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">rare@uoregon.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333"> or telephone at: <a href="tel:541.346.2879" value="+15413462879" target="_blank">541.346.2879</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Titus Tomlinson<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Community Service Center | Resource Assistance for Rural Environments<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://csc.uoregon.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://csc.uoregon.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">
 | </span><a href="http://csc.uoregon.edu/rare/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://csc.uoregon.edu/rare/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">The Community Service Center (CSC) links the energy, expertise and innovation of the University of Oregon with the planning
 and public policy needs of Oregon communities.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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