<div dir="ltr">Thanks for sharing! These links just made my job easier.<div><br></div><div>We've kicked it off with our merchant trick-or-treat. Extending hours of neighborhood businesses to hand out treats for a neighborhood candy crawl. We have more services than retail. A great way for the community to connect with that aspect of "business on main."<div> </div><div>FYI   As we all get our holiday events up on community boards and shop doors, Canva.com is an affordable, online design site for professional looking event posters and online marketing images. We started using it this year and love it.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Noelle</div><div><br></div><div>Noelle Brooks</div><div>Historic Willamette Main Street</div><div>program manager</div><div>503.750.0297</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:30 AM, STUART Sheri * OPRD <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Sheri.Stuart@oregon.gov" target="_blank">Sheri.Stuart@oregon.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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10 Ways to Capitalize on SBS</a>.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3c3c3c"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3c3c3c">Amazon.com and other online giants have succeeded in creating Cyber Monday as an annual media narrative, but some independent business advocates are countering the corporate
 narrative with a community-focused alternative: Cider Monday.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3c3c3c"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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