<div><div dir="auto">It’s my understanding that one of the roles of your promotional committee is to help business find a way to make money off of those events like that. No two communities are the same so I don’t know how to do that in Bend, but I bet there’s a way for your downtown businesses to organize a retail event specific to what’s closing the street down. </div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 3:08 PM STUART Sheri * OPRD via OMS_MANAGERS <<a href="mailto:oms_managers@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">oms_managers@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Downtown Bend, OR<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 08, 2019 2:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street program managers<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OMS_MANAGERS] Events vs. Businesses<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We collected data from our Downtown businesses that showed that 65% of businesses lose significant revenue on days that the streets of our Downtown are closed and booths line the streets for
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Our organization has been advocating to City Council for code changes in regards to events in Downtown.  <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Local event organizers are pushing back, saying that other businesses in other towns benefit financially from events closing down their streets, and therefore it is the fault of our business
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Here is my question to you: 
<b>Do your Downtown businesses benefit financially from events that close the street and place booths in front of their businesses?</b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you so much for your help! <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#646464">Talk or Text - 541-788-3628   
<a href="http://www.downtownbend.org" target="_blank">www.downtownbend.org</a><br>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/916+NW+Wall+Street?entry=gmail&source=g">916 NW Wall Street</a> in Downtown Bend Oregon</span><span style="color:#646464"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</blockquote></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Rob Dennis<div>Baker City Downtown Director</div><div>1655 First Street Suite 203</div><div>Baker City, OR 97814</div><div>Office: 541-523-6541 Ext. 106</div><div>Cell:541-519-2379</div></div></div></div></div>