<div dir="ltr">Dayton will love to provide a basket!!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Main Street Coordinator <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tdmainstreet@gorge.net" target="_blank">tdmainstreet@gorge.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Good Afternoon Everyone,<br><br></div>The
Dalles is primed and ready to go for the Oregon Main Street State
Conference in October and we can't wait to share our community with you!
We have lined-up historic venues for breakout sessions, cast a colorful
bunch of local characters to lead walking/driving tours, inspired the
business community to roll out the red carpet, and much, much more! <br><br></div>A unique aspect of this year's conference, of which there are
many, is that our primary fundraiser is held on the second <span><span>Friday</span></span> every October (making October quite the month for us!)<span><span></span></span>. This year's event is titled, "<i>Main Street Uncorked, Tastes of Downtown</i>." We're especially excited for this year's venue,
the historic Elks Building, which is currently undergoing renovation to become the National Neon Sign Museum! <i>Uncorked </i>will
have
all kinds of "tastes" from food, wine, and chocolate to culture and
history. We'll also be unveiling our strategic direction to the
community prior to the event and expect quite the turn out to hear our
vision forward for downtown The Dalles.<br><br>With this, we would like
to invite each of you to the event and celebrate with us a year of
accomplishments, the unveiling of the iconic Elks Building, and the
culmination of an exciting conference. We're still working on all the
details and will release more information shortly. <br></div><br>However,
our Uncorked Event Task Squad would
like to begin a new tradition for the Oregon Main Street Conference. <b>As
a benefit to The Dalles, but also to future OMS Conference
hosts, we thought it would be wonderful if the attending Main Street
Programs
brought items or baskets from their home downtown's to be used by the
hosting Main Street program as auction items. </b><br><br>The thought is
that auction items from all around the State would not only help cross
promote our fellow downtown programs, businesses etc., but would also
bring unique, highly sought after items that can help us and future
conference hosts raise a little money for our respective
organizations.There is no pressure to participate and anything we
receive we'll truly be grateful. <br><br></div><div>For those interested
and willing to help us out, we're asking you to bring a basket of
goodies or other auction items to be used during <i>Main Street Uncorked, Tastes of Downtown </i>event. We hope this starts a tradition of Main Street's helping Main Street while also supporting the hosting community. <br></div></div><br>Please let us know if you'd be willing to organize something <b>by September 1st. </b>Should you have any questions just give Main Street Matt a call!<span> <br><br></span>Thank you in advance and looking forward to your visit!<br><br><div><div><div dir="ltr">Sincerely,<br><br>Matthew B. Klebes<br>Executive Director<br>The Dalles Main Street Organization<br><br>PO Box 544<br>The Dalles, OR 97058<br>Email: <a href="mailto:tdmainstreet@gorge.net" target="_blank">tdmainstreet@gorge.net</a><br>Tele: <a href="tel:541-370-2966" value="+15413702966" target="_blank">541-370-2966</a><br><a href="http://www.thedallesmainstreet.org" target="_blank">www.thedallesmainstreet.org</a><br><br>RPCV Philippines 2010-2012<br>AmeriCorps RARE 2013-2014</div></div></div>
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