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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hello Main Street Managers!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">RDI is hosting a webinar titled “5 Innovative Ways to Grow Your Downtown Businesses” on October 26 from 12-1pm as part of our
<a href="http://www.rdiinc.org/hot_topics">Hot Topic Webinar Series</a> and we’re looking for examples that showcase successful rural businesses and/or strategies that support business success. If you have or know of a business in your community that qualifies
as an “innovative rural business” I’d love to hear about them so that we can feature and promote their success to a wide-audience. Also, if your organization has deployed a successful and innovative business development strategy we’d also like to learn and
feature as part of the webinar. Any leads and suggestions are greatly appreciated and if you have questions please connect directly at
<a href="mailto:mheld@rdiinc.org">mheld@rdiinc.org</a> or at 541-684-9077 x 7033. Thanks for your help!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">Michael Held</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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