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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I love our Downtown Managers! What great ideas. I’ll be checking out </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Becky McCray. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Here are a couple things that come to mind.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Rally the troops<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I agree with Allison. When I worked with Downtown Lebanon it was just before they built a Wal-Mart in town. Talk about an issue to rally around.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>We started a “Downtown Thursday Nights” event for the summer with businesses staying open until 7 or maybe it was 8 pm (it was 18 years ago forgive me). We themed each week. “Fiesta Night” the local Mexican restaurant made an piñata and the fire department closed a side street and we hung the piñata from the ladder. We had a “50s Night” inviting a car club. Other themes, too. It was successful enough for Albany to ask what’s up in Lebanon!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>City of Albany has a “Cup with a Cop” program when an officer or two sit and visit over coffee with anyone who comes in. It was well attended. I’m reaching out to APD to see if we can do that or a Downtown Watch event soon. Downtown Albany was recently victim of a “Tree Mugging” as the press called it. Many of our newly planted streetscape trees were broken and planters smashed. Damage was estimated at $5500. After the initial leads didn’t pan out, APD released some merchant video and announced the $700 reward from ADA members. When that hit TV and social media, the culprit turned himself in (after his mother saw his photo on Facebook and told him to). Again it was an incident that rallied folks. And now everyone knows don’t mess with Downtown Albany!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Trainings<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Albany Downtown Association holds training a once or twice a year. In 2016, the Facebook training was popular and kicked off an Economic Development Committee co-op advertising campaign. Seminar attendee could get 50% back on Facebook ads up to a $100 check. Ads were limited to a specific time frame. It was first-come first served. They had to submit a request to reserve the dollars, so we stayed in our overall budget for the program. In 2017, we offered the co-op program to any members. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Our 2018 training was on eCommerce and how brick ‘n mortar businesses can compete. Attendance was good. It was more of an overview. Merchants have asked future training be more hands on. I’m looking at a Instagram training, not because I think merchants should be putting energy there, but to get them in the door. Then we can reinforce the ranking of the various social media options (from training at Main Street Now) and introduce a free dashboard tool to publish to multiple social media sites. This provides consistence, structure and saves time. It looks like Buffer is what we’ll be suggesting<i><span style='color:#0070C0'>. If anyone has recent experience with Buffer or another free options (Hootsuite, Tweetdeck), please email me directly.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Lise Grato<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Albany Downtown Association<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>126 SW Ferry Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Albany, OR 97321<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Email: director@albanydowntown.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Phone: (541) 928-2469<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Cell: (541) 905-2908<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> OMS_MANAGERS [mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Allison McKenzie<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 15, 2018 12:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Good morning<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Hi Kelly. I’ll think about this and get back to you when I get a brainwave. It’s an issue in many small communities, not just Dayton. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Is there an issue that they can all clamor around, either a problem to solve or a time-sensitive opportunity to take advantage of? (like capturing business of wine travelers during Memorial Day weekend or similar?)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>We do a lot of collaborative work but it’s often through a class that we hold or some other “connecting” experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>And we run into us vs. them all the time, not just with businesses but with communities. When people are scared they run back into their silos. Lots of angst out there these days and that doesn’t help, even if it is happening somewhere else.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>One thing that might be fun is watching a video from Becky McCray together. I think the subscription is $20/mo or something like that. I think I have an email from her recently and will forward it to you so you have the contact info. We are considering doing this ourselves. She and her biz partner Deb have very creative ways for small communities to build great economies, and her talking points can be a segue into other conversations. Watching those together and discussing them may be helpful. And more interesting/productive than having cocktails (though that doesn’t hurt). Depending on when they open for business, it is possible to have a monthly coffee time or breakfast if evenings don’t work (evenings are difficult for everyone right now, esp. in the summer)?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Allison<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>503.871.5188<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="mailto:kellyjhaverkate@gmail.com" title="kellyjhaverkate@gmail.com">Kelly Haverkate</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> Tuesday, May 15, 2018 8:17 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="mailto:oms_managers@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" title="oms_managers@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">Managers OMS</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> [OMS_MANAGERS] Good morning<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>I'm looking for ideas to get our business owners working together. Activities I can employ to start a "bonding" process. :) <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Want to build camaraderie!<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>We have a bit of an "us vs. them" mentality among a few.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Remembering that we have only about 6-8 business in our downtown, we lack the ability to have the normal "after hours cocktail parties to loosen folks up. (with so few people).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Thoughts for possible training opportunities? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Shared events that are not "contests"? (I've been told by a few they don't like contests, ie: holiday window displays etc).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>I think it boils down to a bit of education that shows them that the more prosperous their neighbor is, the more prosperous THEY will be. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Thanks much!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Kelly <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Kelly Haverkate<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Program Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Dayton Downtown<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>971-241-2076<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>OMS_MANAGERS mailing list<br><a href="mailto:OMS_MANAGERS@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">OMS_MANAGERS@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br><a href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/oms_managers">http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/oms_managers</a><br>Hosted by the State Library of Oregon. 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