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<p class="MsoNormal">Astoria here <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’ve produced the 2<sup>nd</sup> Saturday Art Walk for about a decade, give or take. It does drive foot traffic, boosts restaurant sales, and is typically the biggest sales day of the month for galleries.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our role:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gather exhibit descriptions from participating galleries<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Produce monthly walking map<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paid advertising for the event throughout the district<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Galleries Role:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Schedule exhibit, provide description to ADHDA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pay $10 to cover cost of advertising<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Provide snacks and wine to participants (this is what drives attendance)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Provide live music (not required but drives longer stays in venues)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">During the pandemic we:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Removed the requirement AND disallowed food/drink<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Extended hours from 5-8p to noon-8p to avoid crowding <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We only missed one month of Art Walk during the pandemic <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Attendance is just starting to tick up again, and is weather dependent (not the case before bc there was free snacks)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Last note – Consistency is key. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Two cents,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Good luck,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SL<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sarah Lu Heath<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Astoria Downtown Historic District Association<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No.1-12<sup>th</sup> Street, Suite 114<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">PO Box 261 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Astoria, OR 97103<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">503.791.7940<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.astoriadowntown.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.AstoriaDowntown.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces@omls.oregon.gov>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brenda Hoxsey<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 24, 2021 5:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Wine walks/after dark events<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Astoria has had huge turnouts. Businesses stay open, serve treats and wine or beer, either in their stores or on the sidewalk. It's like an open house for all of down town. You should contact Astoria Main Street. They're successful
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<p class="MsoNormal">Brenda Hoxsey<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Spruce Up Warrenton<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 3:57 PM Business Outreach & Community Coordinator <<a href="mailto:coordinator.goldbeachmainstreet@gmail.com">coordinator.goldbeachmainstreet@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For those of you who typically hold wine walk/main street after dark type events, how have you navigated them during COVID? I know quite a few of them were cancelled, but wanted to see if anyone had found a way to do a pandemic-version
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are interested in planning something for later in the year, but obviously with things still as they are I wanted to see if there was any way to safely plan one. I haven't been to an event like this in the past either, so even if we aren't
able to host one for a long time, I would love to see your event schedules or just get an idea for how they typically work! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Lyndsey Dixon</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Business Outreach & Community Coordinator | Gold Beach Main Street <br>
541 247 7029 ext. 106 | <a href="http://goldbeachmainstreet.org" target="_blank">
goldbeachmainstreet.org</a><br>
PO Box 1203, Gold Beach, OR 97444<o:p></o:p></p>
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