<div dir="auto">Thank you all for the thoughts and kind words! It's been a long week already, with over two dozen businesses affected and so many people wanting to help! <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As of right now, I think Fire is still fighting hot spots in the basement where 100 years worth of wooden history was stored. I don't think the investigators have been able to even start the physical investigation. And when that's done the facade will need to be removed (unless it falls in the meantime) before Main Street can be reopened up to foot and vehicle traffic. We also have had an apartment fire (heater-caused) and three car fires (arson) since Saturday, so...ugh. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But the businesses - they are all doing amazingly well considering the situation. We will have the destroyed dress shop reopened in our pop-up space so that they don't have to cancel the mini Quinceañera/Bridal show they had scheduled for this Saturday. And the newish owner of our legacy pharmacy is going to take the temporary relocation of their business as an opportunity to remodel and upgrade the fountain kitchen and add an employee restroom, in addition to other planned pharmacy upgrades.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We also have a huge, unrelated announcement being made at our City Council meeting tomorrow night, that will be huge for us and a great surprise for our businesses! So stay tuned! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks to Lise for answering my call Sunday morning and sharing everything she can dig up from the Novak fire! I will have some great lessons to share in the upcoming months, but for now - it's never not a good time to make sure all your contact info for businesses is as up to date as possible - because the property owners may have that information literally go up in flames and rely on your database to get ahold of their own tenants. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">(Can this count as my quarterly report? 😜)<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Elisa Joy 'EJ' Payne | Executive Director <br>| Hillsboro Downtown Partnership | Cultivating a vibrant community.<br>| o. 503-640-6145 | m. 503-341-8639<br>| e. <a href="mailto:ej@downtownhillsboro.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ej@downtownhillsboro.org</a> | w. <a href="http://downtownhillsboro.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">downtownhillsboro.org</a></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 3, 2022, 8:40 AM STUART Sheri * OPRD <<a href="mailto:Sheri.STUART@oprd.oregon.gov" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Sheri.STUART@oprd.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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2nd). This fire took out several businesses in the building and caused damage to at least two dozen businesses in total. HDP is holding a virtual community meeting this morning to assess how community members can assist the affected businesses. Our thoughts
are with the community during this difficult time…Sheri</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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