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<p class="MsoNormal">Governor Kotek proposed $20 million in lottery bond dollars to fund the Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant for the 2023-2025 biennium. The grant program and fund were established in 2015 by the Oregon legislature. The legislature has
 since funded the program through the lottery bond package:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">2015 (for 2017 awards) - $2.5 million<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">2017 (for 2019 awards) - $5 million<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">2019 (for 2021 awards) - $5 million, the bond sale was canceled due to impacts of COVID<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">2021 (for 2022 & 2023 awards) - $10 million<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The grant program is coordinated through the State Historic Preservation Office and Oregon Main Street Network part of Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD). The proposed funding is included in the OPRD’s Governor recommended budget.
 It is listed in <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Folis.oregonlegislature.gov%2Fliz%2F2023R1%2FDownloads%2FMeasureDocument%2FHB5030%2FIntroduced&data=05%7C01%7CSheri.STUART%40oprd.oregon.gov%7Cef5b2d4f98564f791fc708db095818d3%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638114046194144726%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6c%2BTqVzvyrzWwhMV3pjWhvedRS6UAarJgd9CfbXAYcQ%3D&reserved=0">
House Bill 5030</a> which is the lottery bond package bill.  In order to move forward, this proposal must be adopted by the Legislature as part of the agency adopted budget. More information on the proposed OPRD budget is available
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here.</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And it is posted on the website. <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/tools.aspx#OMSRGrantFunding">
https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/tools.aspx#OMSRGrantFunding</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228">Sheri Stuart
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</b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">|  Oregon Main Street Coordinator</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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