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    <p>Thanks<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/24/2017 1:32 PM, Dala Johnson
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You
            rock Ontario, nice to see the small communities succeed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
              style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FF9900">Dala
              Johnson<br>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Community
            Policing Officer<br>
            Lebanon Police Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tel:
            541.258.4339<span style="color:#FF9900">
              <b>|</b></span> Fax: 541.451.1716<span
              style="color:#FF9900"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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            N. 2<sup>nd</sup> St., Lebanon, OR 97355<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            OMS_MANAGERS
            [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]
            <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kelly Haverkate<br>
            <b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 21, 2017 12:00 PM<br>
            <b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street program managers
            <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:oms_managers@listsmart.osl.state.or.us"><oms_managers@listsmart.osl.state.or.us></a><br>
            <b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] FW: [New post] Revitalize
            Ontario! Successfully Navigates the Grant Process<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">Nice Job Ontario!!  It's so exciting for
            you and your community to start seeing those changes!<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Kelly<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Downtown Dayton<o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 11:32 AM,
              STUART Sheri * OPRD <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:Sheri.Stuart@oregon.gov" target="_blank">Sheri.Stuart@oregon.gov</a>>
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                          distributed over the Oregon Main Street
                          listserv. All responses will also be posted on
                          the listserv.</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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                              posted: "By Charlotte Fugate, President of
                              Revitalize Ontario!, an Oregon Main Street
                              network community and recipient of a 2016
                              Oregon Heritage Diamonds in the Rough
                              Grant Ontario is a small rural community
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href="https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/2017/01/19/revitalize-ontario-successfully-navigates-the-grant-process/"
target="_blank"><span style="color:#2585B2">Revitalize Ontario!
                                                          Successfully
                                                          Navigates the
                                                          Grant Process</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">By
                                                          Charlotte
                                                          Fugate,
                                                          President of
                                                          Revitalize
                                                          Ontario!, an
                                                          Oregon Main
                                                          Street network
                                                          community and
                                                          recipient of a
                                                          2016 Oregon
                                                          Heritage
                                                          Diamonds in
                                                          the Rough
                                                          Grant</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Ontario
                                                          is a small
                                                          rural
                                                          community of
                                                          about 11,500
                                                          and we rely on
                                                          agriculture
                                                          for our main
                                                          industry. We
                                                          border the
                                                          Snake River
                                                          and Idaho and
                                                          we are on the
                                                          far eastern
                                                          side of the
                                                          state. The
                                                          town was
                                                          platted in
                                                          1883 just
                                                          after the
                                                          railroad came
                                                          to Oregon. Two
                                                          years ago we
                                                          organized a
                                                          grass root
                                                          group,
                                                          <a
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href="https://www.facebook.com/RevitalizeOR/" target="_blank"><span
                                                          style="color:#2585B2">Revitalize
                                                          Ontario!</span></a>,
                                                          to develop and
                                                          promote a
                                                          healthy
                                                          prosperous
                                                          downtown
                                                          within the
                                                          context of
                                                          cultural and
                                                          historic
                                                          preservation.
                                                          To this end we
                                                          started
                                                          working with <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                          href="http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/SHPO/Pages/mainstreet.aspx"
target="_blank">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="color:#2585B2">Oregon’s
                                                          Main Street
                                                          Program</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:16.8pt"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">After
                                                          setting our
                                                          boundaries and
                                                          phases, we
                                                          formally
                                                          joined Main
                                                          Street as an
                                                          “Exploring
                                                          Downtown”
                                                          member. We
                                                          identified a
                                                          cluster of
                                                          large
                                                          buildings in
                                                          the core of
                                                          our old town,
                                                          two were in
                                                          good shape,
                                                          the third not
                                                          so much. We
                                                          selected the
                                                          “not so much”
                                                          building, the
                                                          Lackey
                                                          Building, to
                                                          revive because
                                                          it would have
                                                          the biggest
                                                          impact in
                                                          enhancing our</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">The
                                                          Lackey
                                                          Building
                                                          before the
                                                          facade
                                                          improvement.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:16.8pt"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">historical
                                                          downtown. We
                                                          leveraged
                                                          three
                                                          different
                                                          grants,
                                                          including
                                                          Oregon
                                                          Heritage’s
                                                          Diamonds in
                                                          the Rough
                                                          Grant, to take
                                                          the building
                                                          back to 1967
                                                          (although the
                                                          Lackey
                                                          Building was
                                                          built in
                                                          1906). We
                                                          couldn’t
                                                          afford to take
                                                          it back any
                                                          further but
                                                          felt we would
                                                          preserve the
                                                          building for
                                                          future
                                                          generations
                                                          and the bones
                                                          would be
                                                          visible once
                                                          again.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:16.8pt"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">The
                                                          grant
                                                          application
                                                          was relatively
                                                          easy to fill
                                                          out. I would
                                                          suggest that
                                                          you review
                                                          what
                                                          information is
                                                          required
                                                          before
                                                          tackling the
                                                          process and
                                                          try to gather
                                                          as much of the
                                                          information as
                                                          possible
                                                          before
                                                          starting.  
                                                          Kuri Gill, the
                                                          Grant and
                                                          Outreach
                                                          Coordinator,
                                                          was always
                                                          available and
                                                          walked us
                                                          through the
                                                          process. When
                                                          our
                                                          application
                                                          was completed,
                                                          Sheri Stuart,
                                                          the Oregon
                                                          Main Street
                                                          Coordinator,
                                                          reviewed our
                                                          application
                                                          and made a few
                                                          suggestions
                                                          that made our
                                                          efforts more
                                                          cohesive. The
                                                          most difficult
                                                          part was
                                                          gathering old
                                                          photos to show
                                                          examples of
                                                          our goals.
                                                          Fortunately, a
                                                          business that
                                                          occupied the
                                                          building in
                                                          1967 had an
                                                          extensive
                                                          photo album
                                                          which they
                                                          shared with
                                                          us. We waited
                                                          with great
                                                          anticipation
                                                          for the grant
                                                          committee to
                                                          review our
                                                          application,
                                                          then came the
                                                          announcement…
                                                          we were
                                                          selected!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:16.8pt"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">In
                                                          the next few
                                                          weeks we
                                                          awarded the
                                                          bids, set the
                                                          construction
                                                          schedule, and
                                                          had a meeting
                                                          with the major
                                                          contractors
                                                          and
                                                          volunteers. We
                                                          didn’t get off
                                                          to a very good
                                                          start since
                                                          the volunteer
                                                          who was going
                                                          to demolition
                                                          all the faux
                                                          shingles and
                                                          faux brick
                                                          decided that
                                                          he needed to
                                                          be paid. We
                                                          figured we
                                                          could make
                                                          that up with
                                                          having
                                                          volunteers do
                                                          some of the
                                                          paid tasks. We
                                                          had to borrow
                                                          $10,000 from
                                                          the bank to
                                                          cover one of
                                                          the
                                                          contractor’s
                                                          bills, since
                                                          they wanted to
                                                          be paid when
                                                          their work was
                                                          complete. We
                                                          had a visit
                                                          near the
                                                          project’s
                                                          completion
                                                          from Oregon
                                                          Heritage's
                                                          Restoration
                                                          Specialist,
                                                          Joy Sears, to
                                                          see our
                                                          finished
                                                          project and
                                                          she was very
                                                          pleased.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <span
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                                                          Ontario after
                                                          the work was
                                                          completed on
                                                          the Lackey
                                                          Building
                                                          (right).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:16.8pt"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">We
                                                          completed our
                                                          façade grant
                                                          in four months
                                                          (coming in
                                                          under budget)
                                                          and sent in
                                                          our final
                                                          report along
                                                          with copies of
                                                          invoices,
                                                          receiving a
                                                          reimbursement
                                                          check within
                                                          three weeks. I
                                                          can’t praise
                                                          the Oregon
                                                          Heritage grant
                                                          staff enough.
                                                          They were
                                                          helpful,
                                                          encouraging,
                                                          conscientious
                                                          and really
                                                          cared about
                                                          our mission. A
                                                          great group to
                                                          work with! As
                                                          for the
                                                          Ontario
                                                          community, we
                                                          get accolades
                                                          every day for
                                                          the beautiful
                                                          building and
                                                          the
                                                          improvements
                                                          to the
                                                          downtown. We
                                                          have had
                                                          several more
                                                          downtown
                                                          businesses
                                                          take
                                                          applications
                                                          for city
                                                          facade grants
                                                          and have had
                                                          one building
                                                          owner inquire
                                                          about the
                                                          process to get
                                                          their building
                                                          on the
                                                          <a
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="color:#2585B2">National
                                                          Historical
                                                          Register</span></a>.
                                                          We are on our
                                                          way!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:16.8pt"><em><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">Oregon
                                                          Heritage has 5
                                                          grants
                                                          currently open
                                                          for
                                                          applications,
                                                          including a
                                                          new grant only
                                                          available to
                                                          communities in
                                                          the Oregon
                                                          Main Street
                                                          network. For
                                                          more
                                                          information
                                                          visit <a
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="color:#2585B2">here</span></a>.
                                                          There are
                                                          several free
                                                          upcoming grant
                                                          workshops
                                                          available
                                                          across the
                                                          state. Visit
                                                          the
                                                          <a
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                                                          </span></a>to
                                                          find one near
                                                          you. You can
                                                          also contact
                                                          Kuri Gill,
                                                          Grants and
                                                          Outreach
                                                          Coordinator,
                                                          at
                                                          <a
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                                                          <a
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Hosted by the Oregon State Library. The Library is not responsible for content.
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