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Downtown Association. Regards, Sheri & Katie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">oregonheritage posted: "This post is part of a series celebrating Oregon Main Street’s ten years of downtown revitalization. Throughout the year we will be highlighting some
of our Main Street network communities and the great work they are doing. You can learn more about Oregon"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/author/oregonheritage/"><span style="color:#2585B2"><img border="0" width="50" height="50" id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1ba005b20e0bb1077243257fd895d80a?s=50&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D50&r=PG"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555"><a href="https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/oregon-main-street-highlight-hillsboro/"><u><span style="color:#2585B2">Oregon
Main Street Highlight: Hillsboro</span></u></a><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#444444">This post is part of a series celebrating Oregon Main Street’s ten years of downtown revitalization. Throughout the year we will be highlighting some of our Main Street network
communities and the great work they are doing. You can learn more about Oregon Main Street
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/SHPO/pages/mainstreet.aspx"><u><span style="color:#2585B2">here</span></u></a>. Main Street efforts in Hillsboro are being carried out by the
<a href="http://hillsborodowntown.com/"><u><span style="color:#2585B2">Hillsboro Downtown Partnership</span></u></a> and here is a snapshot into the work they are doing</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#444444">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#444444">Out with the Vacant, In with New Business!</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#444444">Us Main Street folks too often hear complaints from community members about vacant businesses and lack of desired merchandise in our Downtown districts. Because of this, The Hillsboro
Downtown Partnership (HDP) partnered with the City of Hillsboro to take action by filling vacancies in the Downtown business district and diversifying the business mix. The City conducted a Retail Market Analysis for the district, with the goal in mind to
pass recommendations to HDP’s Business Development Committee to implement. And the process is already working.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#444444">Initial findings from the market analysis show gaps in supply and demand and help us understand perceptions from different sectors of the community. Among the findings, bakeries,
clothing stores, breakfast and brunch restaurants, home furnishings and anything related to natural and healthy products made the top of the list of community desired businesses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#444444"><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://oregonheritage.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/propertysellsheets_july2017_page_01.jpg?w=252" alt="PropertySellSheets_July2017_Page_01.jpg">Actions
the Business Development committee is undertaking fall under the umbrella of helping existing businesses succeed, focusing on the top 3 to 5 retail ready vacancies and filling them, and finally organizing and implementing a target business sales campaign.
Specific projects include workshops for business and property owners, developing a restaurant “boot camp” and restaurant week promotion, creating Downtown marketing packages for potential investors, and filling vacancies through aggressive marketing to successful
existing businesses looking to expand and open in new locations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#444444">We are just in the beginning stages of implementation; yet, we are already seeing success. Sharing market analysis findings with property owners has helped them<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#444444">identify better fit tenants to bring into their buildings. We have since had a new bakery called Decadent Creations, and a home furnishings store called The Sofa Studio open.
Furthermore, D’Anu Wine Bar and a clothing shop, Nan’s Glad Rags, are opening in the month of August. The clothing shop is the first women’s clothing shop to open in Downtown in decades, and they were recruited by our own Business Development committee member,
EJ Payne, who used market analysis findings to recruit the new business.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#444444">We are excited to see where this project leads us in the next year and beyond in our efforts to fill vacancies and diversify Downtown’s business mix.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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