<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks! This is helpful.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:small">Mindy Aisling</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:small">Executive Director</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:small">--------------------</font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div title="WISESTAMP_SIG_a0c8802ae076e26a85147578be5f21bd" style="font-size:small"><table style="max-width:600px;direction:ltr"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:470px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-bottom:8px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="470" style="width:470px"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left:10px;width:10px;padding-right:10px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1-ao1XqSWKmxVF5_gQGs_gthlRITrrtw_&export=download" width="65" height="96"> </font></td><td style="border-right:1px solid rgb(69,102,142)"></td><td style="text-align:initial;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(100,100,100);padding:0px 10px"><div style="margin-bottom:5px;margin-top:0px"><b><font style="text-align:initial;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Downtown Bend Business Asso</font><span style="text-align:initial;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">ciation</span></b></div><font size="1">Talk or Text - 541-788-3628 <a href="http://www.downtownbend.org" target="_blank">www.downtownbend.org</a><br>916 NW Wall Street in Downtown Bend Oregon</font><br><table width="470" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:470px;margin-top:5px"><tbody><tr><td style="color:rgb(141,141,141)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="display:inline-block"><i><br><div style="text-align:center"><i style="text-align:initial">We are a nonprofit committed to increasing </i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i style="text-align:initial">the vitality of Downtown Bend.</i></div></i></span></font></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-top:10px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr style="padding-top:10px"></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></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:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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for the business community but some can be a big boost in terms of exposure and marketing opportunities.
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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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<a href="http://www.downtownbend.org" target="_blank">www.downtownbend.org</a><br>
916 NW Wall Street in Downtown Bend Oregon</span><span style="color:rgb(100,100,100)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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