<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Kelly,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We have a very successful Downtown Gift Certificate program here in McMinnville. Here is how it works.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">They are paper certificates that people pick up here at our office. They can come in various denominations but MUST be spent in one place. So for example, if you you have a $20 GC and you go to a coffee shop, you must spend all $20 at that time. Only our members can participate in this program— a benefit of being a MDA member.</div><div class="">The merchants then hold on to the GC and redeem them at anytime here at our office. We keep 5% of the total to allocate for admin and paper costs and then we cut them a check for the remaining 95%.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Last year we sold more than $30,000 in Downtown Gift Certificates!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please let me know if you have any questions.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div class="">Rebecca Quandt</div><div class="">Executive Director</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">McMinnville Downtown Association</div><div class="">503-472-3605</div><div class="">105 NE Third Street</div><div class="">McMinnville, OR 97128</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 7, 2016, at 10:29 AM, Debbie Pedro <<a href="mailto:debbie@hermistonchamber.com" class="">debbie@hermistonchamber.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Avenir-Book; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class="">Most Chambers of Commerce have a gift certificate program as well.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class=""> </span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class="">Keep your money where your LIFE is! Shop Local<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class=""><span id="cid:image001.jpg@01D238E1.DDEED6A0"><image001.jpg></span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Script MT Bold'; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class="">Debbie Pedro<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Script MT Bold'; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class="">President/CEO<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class=""><a href="http://www.hermistonchamber.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">www.hermistonchamber.com</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class=""><a href="http://www.hermistonconferencecenter.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">www.hermistonconferencecenter.com</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class=""> </span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>OMS_MANAGERS [<a href="mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Roxana Grant<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, November 07, 2016 9:47 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'Oregon Main Street program managers' <<a href="mailto:oms_managers@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">oms_managers@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Downtown Dollars<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">We had a program like that but is turned into a nightmare, I do not have anything on it except the merchants used them like gift certificates. sorry<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a name="_MailEndCompose" class=""></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>OMS_MANAGERS [<a href="mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Kelly Haverkate<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, November 6, 2016 5:14 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Managers OMS<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[OMS_MANAGERS] Downtown Dollars<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Hi All,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Can you send me your examples of any "downtown dollars" type gift certificates?<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">I see, in looking online, that some towns use them like checks that the stores deposit and $$ gets drawn from their bank.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">I'm thinking I'd like to keep it fairly simple . $5 increments to avoid merchants having to give back much change. They'll buy them from us (and maybe the City, since we don't have a storefront) and the merchants will call us when they have one to get reimbursed for.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">What I could use is :<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Pros and Cons<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">What the front looks like<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">What the back looks like and any legal-ese that might be needed.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Of course, I'm hoping to get some put together this week. HA! :)<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Let me know your thoughts and ideas, thanks very much!<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Kelly<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Kelly Haverkate<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Program Manager<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Downtown Dayton<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">971 241-2076<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: Avenir-Book; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_____________________________________________________</span><br style="font-family: Avenir-Book; 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