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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Halloween</b> - We haven’t made a decision yet about 2021 Downtown Trick or Treat in Albany. It’s traditionally held the Saturday morning before Halloween (or on Halloween if it’s a Saturday). The majority of Downtown businesses participate
and hand out candy on the sidewalk outside their stores. We have always discouraged inviting the kids into businesses as it is normally too tight and hard to manage kids and regular customers in the same space. It’s pretty much a “mall crawl” situation. A
few years ago, we changed our crowded costume contest to a FB vote adding photo booths. That worked out well for us last year. We offered photos most of the week after school and later one evening to accommodate working parents. That spread out folks timewise
and easily made it COVID-friendly. We had NO activities on the traditional Saturday.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Annual Meeting</b> - We don’t have an annual meeting. For the past few years, we have combined our quarterly Building & Business Owner Mixer with a local Excellence in Downtown Albany awards ceremony. This is usually held a few weeks
before OMS and our local winners go to OMS to see if they won (yes, we keep it a surprise and get them to drive to the awards before they know!!) This year we are looking at an outdoor event at
<a href="http://www.albanydowntown.com/albanyalley">Albany Alley</a>, our new seasonal, weekend dining space. We hope the weather holds.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Lise Grato<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Albany, OR 97321<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Email: director@albanydowntown.com<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: (541) 928-2469<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cell: (541) 905-2908<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>Condon Chamber of Commerce<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 15, 2021 11:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] How are Oregon Main Streets handling Halloween and annual meetings?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We coordinate our Trick or Treat Main Street event with our school and their Class Parties. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We reached out to our local businesses, and they too favored doing the event during regular business hours. <br>
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Our event will be held on Thursday October 28th 3-5:30 pm. All participating businesses will have a representative outside their businesses to hand out treats. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Condon Chamber of Commerce, Executive Director<br>
Proudly Serving Gilliam, Sherman & Wheeler Counties <br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">541-384-7777<br>
311 S. Main Street<br>
Condon,</span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">OR</span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<a href="https://www.condonchamber.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.condonchamber.org/</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> OMS_MANAGERS <<a href="mailto:oms_managers-bounces@omls.oregon.gov">oms_managers-bounces@omls.oregon.gov</a>> on behalf of W Darin Rutledge, Executive Director <<a href="mailto:darin@downtownklamathfalls.org">darin@downtownklamathfalls.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 15, 2021 11:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street program managers <<a href="mailto:oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov">oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] How are Oregon Main Streets handling Halloween and annual meetings?</span>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Our “Scarecrow Row” always happens the last Saturday in October (except last year, which was Halloween proper). There are a ton of Halloween events all over town, so we like to do it ahead of the holiday – plus, having it on a Saturday
in conjunction with Farmer’s Market makes it easy for downtown businesses to prepare and plan.
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<p class="xmsonormal">As for the Annual Meeting, ours is usually in February, but we opted for a virtually-presented annual meeting this year. Our Chamber just canceled their 100<sup>th</sup> anniversary gala event scheduled for 9/25 – they are planning to
move it to the January timeframe, as are a couple of other local indoor events. <o:p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Good luck!<br>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">OMS_MANAGERS <<a href="mailto:oms_managers-bounces@omls.oregon.gov">oms_managers-bounces@omls.oregon.gov</a>> on behalf of Director LGMSD <<a href="mailto:director@lagrandemainstreet.org">director@lagrandemainstreet.org</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Oregon Main Street program managers <<a href="mailto:oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov">oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 11:17 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>OMS List <<a href="mailto:oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov">oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[OMS_MANAGERS] How are Oregon Main Streets handling Halloween and annual meetings?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">In today's Board meeting, we discussed a couple of upcoming events, and were wondering how other Oregon Main Streets are handling them.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">The first is Halloween; we're confident in doing our usual trick-or-treat event, as it's completely outdoors. But Halloween is on a Sunday this year, when almost all of our Downtown Businesses are closed. So, in your communities, are you
having your event on Halloween itself? On Saturday, when offices are still closed? Or on Friday, when all Downtown businesses would be open?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">The second is our annual meeting. We usually conduct this as a banquet, contracting with a local restaurant or caterer and having a dinner followed by a dessert auction fundraiser. Our COVID numbers are not great, so there is some trepidation
among the board with having the event as we normally do. What are you all looking at in terms of an annual meeting?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Taylor Scroggins, Executive Director<br>
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102 Depot St<br>
Office 541-963-1223<br>
Cell 541-975-4591<o:p></o:p></p>
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