<div dir="ltr">Congratulations Darin - on the grant award for this cycle and all the ones before!! <div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Julie Culjak</div><div>Milton-Freewater Downtown Alliance</div><div>Ph: 541-861-1208</div><div><a href="http://www.mfdowntown.org" target="_blank">www.mfdowntown.org</a> </div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Please forgive any oddly timed replies; I am working part-time.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div> <img width="75" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zy8yvuh8Am-IvsZ8Ngz5D1pciPrAhQ_FsGFhJrDfJIGHEtKFTqgYIDIgJEDTfsbFzj5g704PQ"> <img width="96" height="66" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yc3wmvntXfWq6TEWDU2oKXNc4Y0ov1LLMYTKmeNr2HQSEzQDb7XNZxNVJpCoU88hc69ksbz4Y"> <img width="96" height="80" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yDtAZnW1ToUoib3oJKnd0_wKLvESt2URJyNoPQgPQuiD9qTwJWjEQMVoroQ6AFDz-C6S6obF4"></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 3:22 PM STUART Sheri * OPRD <<a href="mailto:Sheri.STUART@oprd.oregon.gov">Sheri.STUART@oprd.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"> W Darin Rutledge, Executive Director <<a href="mailto:darin@downtownklamathfalls.org" target="_blank">darin@downtownklamathfalls.org</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I have enjoyed reading more detail about all of your Oregon Main Street grant projects! Finally, we were able to release some details about ours!
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<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 3:03 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"W Darin Rutledge, Executive Director" <<a href="mailto:darin@downtownklamathfalls.org" target="_blank">darin@downtownklamathfalls.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>KFDA Receives $200k Grant for Historic Rehabilitation Project in Downtown Klamath Falls<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">You may have seen a release from Oregon Heritage last week regarding the award of Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grants around the state. Attached is a media release that was just distributed that includes
additional detail about the KFDA award. Our release was delayed slightly to avoid any complications with the closing of the real estate transaction, which finalized yesterday.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">We are grateful to the Oregon legislature for allocating new funding to this program after the lottery bond sale was canceled during the pandemic. The program stimulates private investment in Main Street communities,
and often brings to life projects that otherwise would not be feasible – such as the Arcade Hotel project. KFDA has received an Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant in each of the three cycles it has been awarded (2017, 2019, 2021).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Thank you, and please let me know if you’d like any additional information.
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