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<p class="MsoTitle"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">So excited to share the
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Documents/2022OMS_Impact_Report.pdf">Impact of Oregon's Main Streets Report</a> with you! And remember, Jon Stover will be joining us next week, September 15, 9:30 a.m., on our Mornings on Main call for a training on
how you can use the report to communicate the value of Main Street.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/91227346613?pwd=ajh0Y2V6alAwN1Z2YytQSEdvaUQrUT09<o:p></o:p></p>
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Release</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<h1><span class="Heading1Char">Oregon Parks and Recreation Department<br>
</span><span style="color:windowtext">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
Release Date: </span>September 8, 2022<span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<h2><span style="color:windowtext">Media Contact:<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Sheri Stuart, State Coordinator, Oregon Main Street Network
<br>
(503) 551-3705, <a href="mailto:sheri.stuart@oprd.oregon.gov">sheri.stuart@oprd.oregon.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">www.oregonmainstreet.org<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Oregon Heritage Releases Impact of Oregon’s Main Streets Report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SALEM, Oregon <span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">
– </span>The <u><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Documents/2022OMS_Impact_Report.pdf">Impact of Oregon’s Main Streets Report</a></u> shares the story of how the Oregon Main Street Network strengthens community networks, bolsters the economy, generates
state and local tax revenue, and fosters social connections across the state. The report includes the economic, fiscal, and community impacts of the key programmatic efforts of Oregon’s Main Streets, including:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">• Historic Preservation
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">• Economic Development and Resiliency
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">• Tourism and Customer Attraction
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">• Placemaking and Public Realm Improvements
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Partnerships and Program Operations. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The report quantifies the impact of the Network between 2011 and 2021, leveraging data provided by local program leaders of Main Street programs, state budgetary figures, Reinvestment Statistics, and IMPLAN, an industry-leading impact modeling
platform. Findings in the report reflect the impacts of communities participating in the Main Street Track of the Oregon Main Street Network.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The <u><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Documents/2022OMS_Impact_Report.pdf">Impact of Oregon’s Main Streets Report</a></u> highlights the many ways local Main Streets are preserving, sustaining, and enhancing their downtown communities
under the leadership of Oregon Main Street. Some of the key findings in the report include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Oregon Main Street strengthens community connection and culture. The network recognizes each community’s history, works to preserve local character, and creates inviting gathering places
for social interaction.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Oregon Main Street bolsters the economy. Between 2011 and 2021, the Oregon Main Street network helped generate $266 million in additional sales revenue throughout the state. As a result
of this increased spending, 2,400 jobs were supported in or by Main Street businesses.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Oregon Main Street helps generate tax revenue. Between 2011 and 2021, the State of Oregon invested $1.8 million in Oregon Main Street administration and generated $3.5 million in additional
state tax revenues as a result of the on-the-ground work of Oregon’s Main Streets.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal">“We see the difference our Main Streets are having in building stronger and more resilient communities,” said Sheri Stuart, state coordinator, Oregon Main Street. “This report helps us quantify that impact as well as tell the story of the
amazing work local government, volunteers, and staff are having in creating vibrant and vital community centers based on local history and culture.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This analysis was conducted by Jon Stover & Associates, an Economic Development Consulting firm specializing in place-based economic development. JS&A has worked with local Main Streets, Coordinating Programs across the county, and Main
Street America quantifying the impacts and value Main Streets bring to the economy and community.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jon Stover is one of the keynote speakers at the 2022 Oregon Main Street conference, October 5-7 in Klamath Falls. Information about the conference can be found at:
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/omsconference.aspx">https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/omsconference.aspx</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Funding for this study was provided by Oregon Cultural Trust; Business Oregon; and Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks & Recreation.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon Main Street is part of Oregon Heritage in Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. To view a copy of the report or for additional information about the Oregon Main Street Network, visit
<a href="http://www.oregonmainstreet.org">www.oregonmainstreet.org</a>, or contact Sheri Stuart at sheri.stuart@oprd.oregon.gov.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Questions: Sheri Stuart, (503) 551-3705 or by email at sheri.stuart@oprd.oregon.gov<o:p></o:p></p>
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