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<p class="MsoNormal">Oh – that is a great idea! I will check in with them and see what we can arrange. Might be a good topic at one of our Mornings on Main calls.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Janel Ruehl <jruehl@coic.org> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 16, 2020 10:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> STUART Sheri * OPRD <Sheri.Stuart@oregon.gov>; Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Good News to Share<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Sheri, <o:p></o:p></p>
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This is great news! Congrats to the RDI team. I wonder if it might be possible for them to give a little presentation on this program to the Main Street Network? I would love to understand more about their program and any outcomes realized after the first round
of pilot projects! Perhaps a future webinar?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 9:31 AM STUART Sheri * OPRD via OMS_MANAGERS <<a href="mailto:oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov">oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">You might recall that Rural Development Initiative (RDI) applied for a USDA Rural Community Development Initiative grant to provide enhanced Economic Vitality assistance to main
street hub communities and surrounding areas last year. It was close but the project wasn’t funded. RDI moved forward with other funding to pilot the workshop series and assistance in two hubs, Stayton and Coos Bay which included other communities in their
region, this year. It was scheduled to kick-off in spring, but due to Covid moved to a virtual roll-out in early summer. RDI applied once again for the USDA grant which has been awarded (see press release below). The hub communities for this round are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Chiloquin<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-m5841359919956795969msolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
La Grande<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-m5841359919956795969msolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Milton-Freewater<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-m5841359919956795969msolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Ontario<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-m5841359919956795969msolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Stevenson (WA) but will capture our communities in the Gorge area<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The workshop series will help build the capacity of the local main street organizations to undertake economic development activities. Each workshop builds on the concepts from the
previous session and at the end, communities have the tools to formulate their own economic enhancement plans.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hooray for the great partnership with RDI!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Best, Sheri<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b> USDA Rural Development Oregon <<a href="mailto:ruraldevelopment@public.govdelivery.com" target="_blank">ruraldevelopment@public.govdelivery.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 16, 2020 8:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> STUART Sheri * OPRD <<a href="mailto:Sheri.Stuart@oregon.gov" target="_blank">Sheri.Stuart@oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> USDA Invests $110,000 to Fuel Economic Recovery in Five Rural Oregon and Washington Counties<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white">Investment will support business retention and growth in Klamath, Malheur, Skamania, Umatilla, and Union counties
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<h2 align="center" style="margin-bottom:13.5pt;text-align:center"><em><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#295A8F">Investment will support business retention and growth in Klamath, Malheur, Skamania, Umatilla, and Union counties</span></em><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="color:#005CC1">Rural Development Initiatives (RDI)</span></a> fuel the economic recovery in rural Oregon and Washington communities, announced State Director John Huffman today.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m5841359919956795969gdp" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">"Rural Development is committed to working with our partners to help rural areas recover from the economic downturn
spurred by the pandemic," said Huffman. "With this grant, we are supporting a local nonprofit's efforts to increase economic vitality in the rural Pacific Northwest."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m5841359919956795969gdp" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Rural Development Initiatives will use the grant to establish a program to build the capacity of community main street
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implementing economic vitality initiatives in their downtown areas. The program will span multiple states, and the USDA funding will be used to enable five main street hubs based in Klamath, Malheur, Umatilla, and Union counties in Oregon, as well as Skamania
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<p class="gmail-m5841359919956795969gdp" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Overall, this project will help rural communities in Oregon, southern Washington, and southwestern Idaho increase
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