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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Oregon Main Street announces 2021 Excellence on Main Award Winners<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon Main Street announced its 2021 “Excellence on Main” award winners via videos during the annual Main Street (virtual) conference. Created in 2010, the annual Excellence on Main awards honor outstanding accomplishments, activities,
and people making a difference in historic downtowns and traditional commercial neighborhoods across the state. Videos of the following award winners can be found
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/awards.aspx#two">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The fifteen partners, projects, activities, and businesses honored are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Outstanding New Building: </b>First Federal Headquarters, McMinnville<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Creative Placemaking: </b>McMinnville Dine Out(Side), McMinnville<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Outstanding Civic Project: </b>Corvallis Museum, Corvallis<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Outstanding Adaptive Reuse: </b>999 N. Front Street, Coos Bay<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Outstanding Downtown Housing Project: </b>Merwyn Apartments, Astoria<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Outstanding Mixed Use Project: </b>Gray-Belle Building, Salem<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Business Heroes: </b>Lionheart Coffee, Beaverton, & Homegrown Oregon Foods, Albany<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Outstanding Public-Private Partnership: </b>City of Independence & Independence Downtown Association, and City of Beaverton and Beaverton Downtown Association<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Executive Director of the Year: </b>Darin Rutledge, Klamath Falls Downtown Association<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Outstanding Partnership: </b>Gold Beach Small Town Christmas, Gold Beach<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Outstanding Promotion: </b>Baker City Gingerbread House Tour, Baker City<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Outstanding Special Project: </b>Building Our New Landscape, Tigard, and Literary Pollinator Garden, Hillsboro<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In addition, six individuals were acknowledged with a Volunteers on Main award for their above and beyond contributions to their communities. These individuals are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Tim O'Dwyer, Gold Beach Main Street<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Patsy Oser, Astoria Downtown Historic District Association<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Tom Novak, Baker City Downtown<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Kipperlyn Sinclair, Hillsboro Downtown Partnership<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Kate Schwarzler, Independence Downtown Association<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Matt Wadlington, Albany Downtown Association<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“2020 was a particularly challenging year on Main Street,” said Sheri Stuart, state coordinator, Oregon Main Street. “Our main street communities demonstrated amazing resiliency, working tirelessly to support, encourage, and nurture the
people, businesses, and property owners in their communities. These awards recognize the outstanding efforts of local programs in creating and supporting projects and activities that exemplify Oregon Main Street’s mission to build equitable, livable, and sustainable
communities that will grow Oregon’s economy while maintaining a sense of place.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The wide range of awards is reflective of the comprehensive Main Street Approach™ to downtown revitalization developed by the National Main Street Center. This model is used by the communities participating in the three-tier Main Street
Track of Oregon Main Street Network. From 2010 to 2020, communities participating in the Performing Main Street and Transforming Downtown levels – the top two tiers – have seen $125 million in private building improvement projects, $124.6 million in public
projects, 1,347 private rehab projects, 639 net new businesses, 163 business expansions, 126 business acquisitions, and 3,961 net new jobs. In addition, 250,348 hours of volunteer time has been contributed to local main street organizations in the top tiers.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon Main Street is part of Oregon Heritage, a division of Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. For additional information, visit
<a href="http://www.oregonmainstreet.org">www.oregonmainstreet.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#32B1AF">Sheri Stuart (she, her, hers)</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#32B1AF"> | Oregon Main Street<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Depart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Cell: (503) 551-3705<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.oregonmainstreet.org"><span style="color:windowtext">www.oregonmainstreet.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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