<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello everyone, Klamath Falls offered a Business Plan competition a couple of years ago. We modeled it after a great program in Coos Bay. It involved approximately $6,000 in donated cash, (including a county economic development grant) and approximately $4,000 in donated marketing, advertising, and banking services. I would be happy to share it with you if you would like.<div class="">Kendall Bell</div><div class="">KFDA<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 5, 2019, at 11:28 AM, Director LGMSD <<a href="mailto:director@lagrandemainstreet.org" class="">director@lagrandemainstreet.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hello, everyone.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We're considering a Business Plan competition here in La Grande, where the winner(s) would get to temporarily set up shop in one of our vacant store fronts. Our goal is to fill a vacancy temporarily while the building owner courts long-term tenants, encourage a new business by lowering the barrier-to-entry for a brick and mortar store, and in general see what kinds of potential new businesses are simmering just under the surface so we can help them come to fruition.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Have any of your communities had such a contest before? And if so, how were they structured and promoted?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks so much,<br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Taylor Scroggins, Executive Director<br class=""></font>La Grande Main Street Downtown<br class="">102 Depot St<br class="">Office 541-963-1223<br class="">Cell 541-975-4591</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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