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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">NMSC grant opportunity for Accredited and Affiliate level communities (comparable to our Performing Main Street and Transforming Downtown levels):
<a href="https://www.mainstreet.org/howwecanhelp/brother">Click Here</a> <o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in">The "At Your Side" Small Business Grant Program - Main Street America and Brother International are working together to support small businesses and amplify the importance these enterprises play in communities
across the country. The collaboration will shine a light on inspiring entrepreneurs and provide critical resources and marketing support to small businesses in need. As part of this initiative, we’ve teamed up to launch the “At Your Side” Small Business Grant
Program. The program will support brick-and-mortar small businesses in designated Main Street districts as they work to adapt to COVID-19 and prepare for the next phases of reopening across the country, while also helping to revitalize and strengthen older
and historic commercial corridors. Grants of $5,000 to $10,000 will be awarded on a competitive basis. Applications will open at 12pm EST/ 11am CST on Thursday, January 21 and continue to be accepted through Thursday, January 28 at 7:59pm EST/ 6:59pm CST.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Click Here</a> + see attached<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Note: the Oregon Emergency Board approved funding for commercial rental relief at its last meeting. These funds will be managed by Business Oregon. I will keep you posted when I learn
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<b>Virtual Volunteerism - Recruiting, Retaining, and Celebrating your Volunteers, Thursday, January 14, 10 – 11 a.m. PT:</b> Volunteers are the backbone of the charitable sector and provide vital support to help nonprofits conduct programs, raise funds and
serve clients. How are you engaging volunteers to meet your mission during these challenging times? Janet Capetty, Founder of Take FIVE Training, will discuss how to engage dedicated volunteers, to think differently, and consider ways to keep volunteers active virtually. More
details and registration information <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001V0cZJ84hFMkB8r3skrl53bZtM1tHOhKwMtL-c7LHBdCDcXAc77RZ6a-oGImCgHG7-Hw31EfQiiwV0jp_8q-BHp3CScJUL93BGKj-mJVx_SnBMEBrnQW_NU5tA6_Ez2-C3OkzGm9apThTY9CQM3-a8Z8UQCDI8XuLRU1z3Ldj9LM4WD4gJqZSasq-rqHjYhL4V47jWmwnzpuqSs_EQPCdzA==&c=bX6RchSTdq7Hw14TjJm0BEmn-beVGx28MuIw8hnXbWw2H7w5IVasEw==&ch=cSmoUXeF9Lfyilgy0KnIyf5MSRlT9FGsDoRzk-8a6_gaEFERC_aCxw==" target="_blank">
here</a><span style="color:#4D4D4D">.</span> <o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<b>Mindful Inclusive Leader-Shift: Cultivating Your Leadership Capacity to Advance Equity and Inclusion, Thursday, January 21, 10 – 11 a.m. PT:
</b>Today’s climate is demanding an urgent SHIFT in the way we lead. Natalie Matias, Global Meditation Coach, Facilitator, and Consultant and Lillian A. Tsai, Founder and Principal at TsaiComms LLC will discuss how to apply an integrative approach using mindfulness
with inclusive leadership practices, to begin cultivating the necessary capacity and resilience to be mindful and inclusive leaders to shift, survive, and thrive. More details and registration information
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here</a><span style="color:#4D4D4D">. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Main Street’s Comeback and How It Can Come Back Again by Mary Means, founder of the Main Street Movement. Available now through independent retailers through independent bookstores
<a href="https://store.bookbaby.com/book/main-streets-comeback">https://store.bookbaby.com/book/main-streets-comeback</a>. Here’s a review
<a href="https://forum.savingplaces.org/blogs/briana-grosicki1/2021/01/07/review-of-main-streets-comeback">
https://forum.savingplaces.org/blogs/briana-grosicki1/2021/01/07/review-of-main-streets-comeback</a>
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">4 Steps to Creating Inclusive, Anti-Racist Third Spaces
<a href="https://www.planning.org/planning/2020/dec/tools-how-to/">Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">7 Preservation Resolutions for 2021
<a href="ttps://forum.savingplaces.org/blogs/marisa-brown1/2020/12/28/7-preservation-resolutions-for-2021">
Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Webinars, Resources & TA: A Year of Highlighting Market Operators in the Nutrition Incentive Hub - Farmers Market Coalition
<a href="https://farmersmarketcoalition.org/webinars-resources-ta-a-year-of-highlighting-market-operators-in-the-nutrition-incentive-hub/">
Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Creating a shared vision of rural resilience through community-led civic structures
<a href="https://www.brookings.edu/research/creating-a-shared-vision-of-rural-resilience-through-community-led-civic-structures/">
Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Building resilient rural places: Strategies from local leaders to strengthen rural assets, diversity, and dynamism
<a href="https://www.brookings.edu/multi-chapter-report/building-resilient-rural-places-strategies-from-local-leaders-to-strengthen-rural-assets-diversity-and-dynamism/">
Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Learning From Knight’s Soul of the Community, Leaning Toward the Future of Placemaking
<a href="https://www.pps.org/article/learning-from-knights-soul-of-the-community-leaning-toward-the-future-of-placemaking">
Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228">Sheri Stuart
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#4F6228">(she, her, hers) </span>
</b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">| Oregon Main Street Coordinator</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:3.0pt;color:#A6A6A6">___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Desk: (503)986-0679 cell: (503)551-3705<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">www.oregonmainstreet.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">725 Summer St NE, Ste C<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Salem, Oregon 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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