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<a name="B1466030835833"></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Rural Opportunity Initiative (ROI) | Request for Letters of Intent</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Is your rural Oregon community reassessing economic opportunities, building on existing assets, and working with partners to enhance entrepreneurial capacity? ROI
is a strategy to unify and strengthen existing business development resources to build rural prosperity through capacity building grants. ROI values entrepreneurship-based economic development, which emphasizes the creation and support of entrepreneurs and
small businesses. ROI is not a new layer, and it is not operating in competition with existing initiatives. Because of this, applicants are prioritized based on:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">their ability to build the capacity of existing local economic development and small business support organizations, as well as, grow their collective ongoing efforts to strengthen
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">A detailed overview of the initiative, funding process, the Letter of Intent form, instructions for submitting responses, FAQ, and supporting resources are on our
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">by noon on December 1, 2017.</span></strong>
<a href="mailto:bizor.roi@oregon.gov"><span style="color:#2880BB;text-decoration:none">Email us</span></a> with any inquiries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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