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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Business Oregon [mailto:business.oregon@oregon4biz.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 14, 2017 3:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> STUART Sheri * OPRD<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Rural Opportunity Initiative (ROI)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="B1466030835833"></a><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Rural Opportunity Initiative (ROI)</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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">Completed Letter of Intent forms are now
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">due by noon on December 20, 2017,</span></strong> this is a change from the original December 1 deadline.<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">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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<span style="color:#2880BB;text-decoration:none">Rural Opportunity Initiative web page</span></a>.<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">Please keep in mind when looking over ROI resources that the examples of eligible activities listed per category of funding are non-exhaustive lists and suggestions
only. Please align your activities with the overall community goals for how best to strengthen and support entrepreneurs and entrepreneurism.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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