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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hey friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Do any of you have really successful networking and training opportunities for your downtown businesses? What has worked? What has not worked?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We find that our downtown businesses do not know each other, and they would like to be better connected. We are wanting to create the environment for these people to get together and have an informal social time, followed by a brief and very focused training opportunity. Our Chamber of Commerce is doing something similar, but it won’t be hosted downtown, and the more I think about it, the more I feel it is important to have in our downtown community. Training opportunities could include topics like: taking quality Instagram pictures, an intro to organizing Quickbooks, or how to create a social media plan.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would love to schedule a phone or Skype call with those of you who have been through this before to talk about these things in more detail.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks all!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>Kevin Teater</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><br><span style='background:white'>Executive Director</span><br><span style='background:white'>Beaverton Downtown Association</span><br><span style='background:white'>12625 SW Broadway Street</span><br><span style='background:white'>Beaverton, OR 97005</span><br></span><a href="mailto:kevin@downtownbeaverton.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white'>kevin@downtownbeaverton.org</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><br><span style='background:white'>(503)332-5419</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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