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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:red">FYI – this message is being distributed over the OMS listserv. All responses will be over the listserv.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good News – the Governor signed the lottery bond package bill which includes funding for the OMS Revitalization Grant program. See press release below. Cheers, Sheri<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant Program receives $5 million in funding
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sept. 9, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant Program received $5 million in funding that was included in a lottery
bond bill (HB 5030) during the 2019 legislative session. These funds will be available to Oregon Main Street Network organizations in the spring of 2021 to fund building improvement projects that spur economic development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This grant program was created during the 2015 legislative session, and placed with the Oregon State Historic
Preservation Office. The 2015 legislation established a permanent fund for the Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant, and provided an initial infusion of funds from the sale of lottery bonds. Additional funds were approved in the 2017 legislative session.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">To date, 57 matching grants totaling $7,599,994 were awarded in 2017 and 2019 to Oregon Main Street Network
organizations across the state. Awards range from $17,500-$200,000 for projects from façade improvement to elevator access and seismic upgrades. Successful applications were able to demonstrate how the proposed project met clearly established goals for the
downtown improvement efforts and were going to attract or retain businesses, generate new or retain jobs, or create downtown housing opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">There is quite a depth and breadth of funded projects to date including a number of upper floor and downtown
housing projects that fill both a local housing need and have the added benefit of enhancing the local economy, putting back into productive use space that has been sitting vacant in some cases for years, and creating more vibrant downtowns.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Some of these projects include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">$200,000 in Coos Bay for eleven new apartments<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">$200,000 in Cottage Grove for six apartments and retail upgrades<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">$149,751 for four new apartments in Klamath Falls<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">$200,000 for four new apartments in Tillamook<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">$200,000 towards 10?12 new units in Woodburn<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Klamath Falls Downtown Association received $100,000 to install elevators in two downtown buildings. The project will address the goal of downtown housing and make available 20 units.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Astoria Downtown Historic District Association received $100,000 for a downtown housing project that comprises 40 units and retail space.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Several communities were selected for work to repair or restore their historic theaters in both rounds including:
The OK Theatre in Enterprise $100,000, the Rivoli Theater in Pendleton $100,000, the Bungalow Theater in Woodburn $100,000, the Columbia Theater in St. Helens $200,000, and the Alger Theater in Lakeview $111,685.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Other types of projects include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A $100,000 project in Burns will restore a historic hotel left vacant for decades.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A $100,000 project in Independence to rehabilitate an underused building to be a local brewery.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">And $200,000 to improve a block of façades in downtown Stayton.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The next round of the Main Street Revitalization Grant will be open in January 2021. The funds must be used
to award grants to participating Oregon Main Street Network organizations to acquire, rehabilitate or construct buildings within the approved main street boundary to facilitate community revitalization. The program also requires that at least 50 percent of
the funds go to rural communities as defined in the initial bill. A series of webinars is planned for late fall and early winter to help organizations learn how to establish an overall plan for the downtown revitalization effort, including goals and objectives;
developing a process for selecting projects that meet the goals and objectives; and other potential matching resources for the Main Street Revitalization Grant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For more information about the grant program, visit
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/hcd/pages/index.aspx"><span style="color:blue">oregonheritage.org</span></a> or contact Kuri Gill at Kuri.gill@oregon.gov or 503-986-0685. For information about the Oregon Main Street Network, visit
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/hcd/shpo/pages/mainstreet.aspx"><span style="color:blue">oregonmainstreet.org</span></a> or contact Sheri Stuart at sheri.stuart@oregon.gov or 503.986.0679.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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