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<p dir="ltr">Sarah, I, most of the time, find that, due to medical conditions, find that walking 100 yards is difficult. 15 yards is roughly the length of 2 cars. The concept that walking 10 blocks round trip to participate in a Farmer's Market or go to a business
with no nearby parking, solely because someone believes that we are supposed to walk a mile a day, is, frankly, discriminatory, and very much against both the intent and the letter of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Your concept is good, but far too narrow.
Perhaps the conversation needs to be around how to best serve all people in the community to access the most services.</p>
<p dir="ltr">--Sheldon Delph, Weston, Oregon Main Street </p>
<p dir="ltr">Sent from my U.S. Cellular® Tablet.</p>
<div class="quote">On Aug 24, 2017 12:07 PM, Sarah Lu Heath <sarah@astoriadowntown.com> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose">How change perceptions about parking. IE: We don’t have a parking problem, we have people with philosophical problems walking more than 15 yards.</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Sarah Lu Heath</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Executive Director</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Astoria Downtown Historic District Association</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">No.1-12<sup>th</sup> Street, Suite 114</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">PO Box 261 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Astoria, OR 97103</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">503.791.7940</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""></span><a href="http://www.astoriadowntown.com/"><span style=""><span style="color:#0563C1">www.AstoriaDowntown.com</span></span><span style=""></span></a><span style=""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> OMS_MANAGERS [mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>STUART Sheri * OPRD<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 24, 2017 11:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OMS_MANAGERS] We welcome your ideas on a interactive session at the OMS Conference</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:red">This email is being distributed over the OMS listserv. All responses will also go over the listserv.</span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will be wrapping up the Oregon Main Street Conference, Oct. 4-6, in Oregon City, with an interactive session to
<b><u>Trouble Shoot Issues on Main Street</u></b>. The idea is to help a community address an issue in their downtown. In 5-minutes or less, towns will present their issue to a panel of experts and then the experts will brainstorm solutions. Our awesome facilitator
is Michele Reeves from Civilis Consulting – you might know her as a presenter at several of our previous conferences. We have some ideas submitted from a few communities already, but we still have room for a few more. You can respond over the listserv or email
me directly at: <a href="mailto:sheri.stuart@oregon.gov">sheri.stuart@oregon.gov</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s some of the issues towns have mentioned (we welcome feedback on these topics as well – which are you most interested in hearing some ideas and ways to assist?):</p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Property owners that use historic buildings as “storage”</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Strategies for filling up vacant buildings in an historic small Oregon town.
</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Creating a collaborative relationship between Downtown Associations, Chambers, Visitors Centers & regional tourism NGOs when the missions overlap and the players see the dynamic as a "zero-sum-game"</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Funding a downtown organization to include a paid downtown manager on a stable basis. What are the tools and how are they employed to convince skeptics?</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Educating local business owners on running their business like a business and not like a hobby. (i.e., meeting the needs of the community and not the personal needs of the owner.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards, Sheri</p>
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