<div><div dir="auto">Do you have any data that can show a solid link between declining sales and the events?</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 2:57 PM Downtown Bend, OR <<a href="mailto:downtownbend@gmail.com">downtownbend@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Greetings,<br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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 festivals/events.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Our organization has been advocating to City Council for code changes in regards to events in Downtown.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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 owners for not "trying hard enough" to benefit from the traffic that events bring to Downtown.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you so much for your help! </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-7539662843336285318gmail_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><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</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></div>
</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>