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<b> Welcome to New Executive Directors!<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Polly Peterson</b> is with the Newberg Downtown Association. Polly was an assistant professor of English at George Fox University for seventeen years. She is also a playwright
and is part of a mother/daughter duo in hosting retreats.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>John Hart</b> is with the Pendleton Downtown Association. He has an extensive background in economic development including stints as regional director with Idaho SBDC and executive
director of Idaho Falls Downtown Development. His is also an artist and graphic designer.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Renatta Tellez
</b>is with the Downtown Medford Association. She has a strong events and marketing background. She worked as the director of Marketing and Communication with the Medford Chamber of Commerce and also as a communications, event, and marketing consultant in San
Francisco and New York.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>Please join me in welcoming them all to our awesome Oregon Main Street Network.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><b><span style="color:#32B1AF"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="color:#32B1AF">Next Week’s Morning on Main</span></b><span style="color:#32B1AF">
</span>weekly call falls on Christmas Eve. On our call today, it was a group decision to cancel. Our next call will be Wednesday, December 30, 9:30 a.m. (since our normal call would fall on New Year’s Eve). Tali Jamir with the National Main Street Center will
be on the call to talk about the resources you can access with your membership. <o:p>
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<b>Info on the upcoming special legislative session on Monday, Dec. 21<sup>st</sup>:<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Committee information is available on the Oregon Legislative Information system (OLIS) at:
<a href="https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2019I1/Committees/J3SS/Overview">
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2019I1/Committees/J3SS/Overview</a>. <span style="color:#1F497D">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">The Legislative Concepts to be considered aren’t linked to the committee yet but you can see them linked from the Speaker’s press release yesterday, posted here:
<a href="https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/kotek/Documents/3rd%20Special%20Session%20Public%20Hearings.pdf">
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/kotek/Documents/3rd%20Special%20Session%20Public%20Hearings.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards:<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph">Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards recognize individuals, businesses and organizations for outstanding heritage efforts. The nomination process is an opportunity to honor work that goes above and beyond expectations, serves as a model
for future work, and inspires others. Special consideration is given to the development of new ideas, approaches, and innovations.
<b>Deadline</b>: January 14, 2021, 11:59 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><b><span style="color:#32B1AF"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b>Grant Opportunities:<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:black">The National Park Service is now accepting applications for the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">African American Civil Rights Grant Program</span></strong>, which supports documentation, survey, planning, education, interpretation, and oral history efforts as well as bricks and mortar preservation
Applications for both <a href="https://us.e-activist.com/page/email/click/10028/697170?email=uyWQo1za%2Bo7xwd9snnp8zLHgVM6K8Nv%2F&campid=v6WN8sCOot2ZkArzVWMSmA==">
<span style="color:#0099FF">history projects</span></a> and <a href="https://us.e-activist.com/page/email/click/10028/697171?email=uyWQo1za%2Bo7xwd9snnp8zLHgVM6K8Nv%2F&campid=v6WN8sCOot2ZkArzVWMSmA==">
<span style="color:#0099FF">historic preservation projects</span></a> must be submitted by January 12.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">History of Equal Rights Grant Program</span></strong>, which supports pre-preservation and preservation projects.
<a href="https://us.e-activist.com/page/email/click/10028/697172?email=uyWQo1za%2Bo7xwd9snnp8zLHgVM6K8Nv%2F&campid=v6WN8sCOot2ZkArzVWMSmA==">
<span style="color:#0099FF">Applications</span></a> must be submitted by January 12.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Save America's Treasures grants</span></strong>, which support preservation and/or conservation work on historic districts, buildings, sites, and objects as well as collections, including artifacts, museum
collections, documents, and works of art. Applications for both <a href="https://us.e-activist.com/page/email/click/10028/697173?email=uyWQo1za%2Bo7xwd9snnp8zLHgVM6K8Nv%2F&campid=v6WN8sCOot2ZkArzVWMSmA==">
<span style="color:#0099FF">preservation grants</span></a> and the <a href="https://us.e-activist.com/page/email/click/10028/697174?email=uyWQo1za%2Bo7xwd9snnp8zLHgVM6K8Nv%2F&campid=v6WN8sCOot2ZkArzVWMSmA==">
<span style="color:#0099FF">collections grants</span></a> must be submitted by January 26.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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