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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.<o:p></o:p></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">Sarah Lu Heath<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">Astoria Downtown Historic District Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">No.1-12<sup>th</sup> Street, Suite 114<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">PO Box 261 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">Astoria, OR 97103<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">503.791.7940<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"></span><a href="http://www.astoriadowntown.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.AstoriaDowntown.com</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><o:p></o:p></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<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></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?):<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Property owners that use historic buildings as “storage”<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Strategies for filling up vacant buildings in an historic small Oregon town.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">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"<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">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?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">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<o:p></o:p></p>
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