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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626'>Hi, Alysia!<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626'>The Reedsport Main Street Program, a City of Reedsport program, annually administers the Business Improvement Grant, which was formerly the Façade Improvement Grant. We offer a 50% match of up to $2,500 and what it looks like in our budget books is “grant-URD” and “grant-non URD.” Our Urban Renewal District budgets money toward the grant program each year, and for the non URD grant fund we receive contributions from other local organizations (the Port, the Chamber of Commerce…) We do unfortunately limit the number of businesses outside of the URD we can award the grant to by structuring it this way there always ends up being less funds in the non-URD budget, but for now we figure it is better than nothing!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626'>Attached are the current guidelines and application as the Business Improvement Grant as well as the former guidelines and application as the Façade Improvement Grant. (I just glanced over the applications and I’m pretty sure they’re about the same, but just in case you end up reading them more in depth and find any differences that could be of significance to you and the program Lebanon is working to build.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626'>Emily Bradley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626'>Main Street Coordinator | Reedsport Main Street Program<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626'>541-271-3603; Ext. 1013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.reedsportmainstreet.com/"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1'>http://www.reedsportmainstreet.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626'><img border=0 width=83 height=74 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D4A8D7.2C73D250" alt="Reedsport_Main_Street_Logo_medium_solid_Web"><img border=0 width=84 height=55 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D4A8D7.2C73D250" alt=city-of-reedsport-logo-01><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626'><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>From:</b> OMS_MANAGERS [mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alysia Rodgers<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 10, 2019 10:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> OMS_MANAGERS@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br><b>Subject:</b> [OMS_MANAGERS] Help needed with Facade Improvement Grant Programs/Ideas<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The City of Lebanon is looking to change our incentive program for our downtown façade improvement program. Currently we cover up to 6% of a loan on a project that will improve the façade of a downtown business, this program has seen very little success. I would like to see us doing something more along the lines of small grants instead, but would like to see what other successful programs are already out there.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any feedback with success or learning opportunities would be greatly appreciated as well as applications and guidelines that go with them so I am not reinventing the wheel! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4270C0'>Alysia Rodgers</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Economic Development Catalyst <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Tel: 541.258.4256<span style='color:#FF9900'> </span><br>925 Main Street, Lebanon, OR 97355<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Myriad Pro"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:arodgers@ci.lebanon.or.us"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>arodgers@ci.lebanon.or.us</span></a><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="www.ci.lebanon.or.us"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>www.ci.lebanon.or.us</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#538135'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=191 height=235 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D4A8CE.D95F2E50" alt="Logo for esig"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>