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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">BDA is hiring</span></b>! The Beaverton Downtown Association is seeking
a new executive director. For info see: <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fjobs%2Fview%2F3523790443%2F&data=05%7C01%7CSheri.STUART%40oprd.oregon.gov%7C699ce61426fe42e82d5708db29583e49%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638149231218395670%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zQKCtSUmofLKFIEY7WnqpZtnDzoJbBPvhxr3BRHTObg%3D&reserved=0">https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3523790443/</a>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Kudos to La Grande Main Street Downtown</span></b> for receiving the WOW
Factor award from Oregon Festivals and Events Association for New Year's Eve Ball Drop.
<a href="https://news.yahoo.com/la-grande-main-street-downtown-222700057.html">Click Here</a> to read more.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<b><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">American Express Backing Small Businesses Grant Program<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in">To back underrepresented small business owners as they navigate the pandemic and plan for long-term success and resilience, American Express partnered with Main Street America on a $1.65M grant program called
Backing Small Businesses*. Launched in 2021, this program builds on American Express’ ongoing Backing Small initiative to provide economically vulnerable small businesses with financial support and other resources to address their critical needs and challenges.
More than 300 grants of $5,000 each were awarded in four cycles over 12 months to small businesses located in older or historic commercial districts across the country, with priority given to businesses that have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic
and preference given to businesses owned by underrepresented groups, including members of the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, Veterans, women and people of color.
<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mainstreet.org%2Fblogs%2Fnational-main-street-center%2F2022%2F10%2F06%2Fannouncing-the-latest-inclusive-backing-grant-reci&data=05%7C01%7CSheri.STUART%40oprd.oregon.gov%7C878df0dd8c8446f2481708db1ab7f251%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638133149562270647%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=xbAOBeH3fdeo9UAUZQdr36k9UsPiCDyzOF%2BuK9VhEIA%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
Read about the latest grant recipients here.</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in"><i>The application period for the Backing Small Businesses grant program is currently closed. The next grant cycle will open on March 20, 2023.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Mornings on Main</span></b><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">
</span>– Liz Hannum will facilitate the call this week!<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in">Time: Mar 23, 2023 09:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in">Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/91227346613?pwd=ajh0Y2V6alAwN1Z2YytQSEdvaUQrUT09<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in">Meeting ID: 912 2734 6613<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in">Meeting ID: 912 2734 6613<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in">Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/ken4RG3oJL<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">In case you missed it….<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><b><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Oregon Heritage Grants
</span>– <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/grants.aspx">https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/grants.aspx</a>:
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4"><b>Preserving Oregon Grant, Letter of Intent due April 11; Applications due May 8</b>–To complete preservation work on historic properties and for archaeology projects.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4"><b>Diamonds in the Rough Grant, Application due May 8</b> – For historic building façade restoration.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Oregon Cultural Trust’s Fiscal Year 2024 Cultural Development Program (funds to be awarded summer of 2023) recognizes and supports significant projects through four program funded categories: Access; Preservation;
Creativity; and Capacity. <span lang="EN">In 2022 the Cultural Trust awarded more than $3.4 million in grants statewide.
</span>Cultural Development Program grants represent one third of the annual funding the Cultural Trust provides to Oregon’s cultural nonprofits. Other funding includes grants to the Trust’s five statewide partners – to support their mission goals and respective
funding programs – and to 45 county and tribal cultural coalitions that fund local initiatives, projects and programs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>FY2024 Cultural Development Program grants are for projects and activities that will occur between Sept. 1, 2023, and Aug. 31, 2024.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">Grant guidelines will be posted in February
</span>for a Friday, May 5, 2023, application deadline.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>For more information contact Schreiner at <a href="mailto:aili.schreiner@biz.oregon.gov">aili.schreiner@biz.oregon.gov</a> or 503-428-0963.<o:p></o:p></p>
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https://murdocktrust.org/grant-application-process/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Strategic Grant:
</span></span>Expanding programs and adding staff are important markers of nonprofit success. Murdock Trust grants help fund both new programs and the expansion of existing programs and may be used to cover start-up costs and/or related staff member additions.
Typically, we fund program and staff grants on a declining basis over three years (100/67/33%). Staff hires or programs initiated before Trustee action are not eligible for funding.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">MSA wants to hear about the innovative ways you celebrated Small Business Saturday® as an American Express Neighborhood Champion in 2022! The Neighborhood Champion Innovation Contest launches today, Wednesday,
March 1. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">If you were a 2022 Neighborhood Champion, fill out their short Neighborhood Champion Innovation Contest form by March 31, 2023, for an opportunity to win. This year, their judging panel is looking for the most
creative and innovative ways you engaged with younger, “next generation” shoppers (think Gen Z and Millennial) in your community.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">The Main Street program that had the best celebration and promotions will receive $5,000; one second-place winner will receive $2,500, and three third-place winners will receive $1,000 in recognition of their Small
Business Saturday innovation. Winners will be announced and receive their awards in May.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><i>*Applicants must have signed up and been approved to be a Neighborhood Champion in 2022 and be members of Main Street America to be eligible to enter or win.
</i><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mainstreet.org%2Fblogs%2Fnational-main-street-center%2F2023%2F03%2F01%2Fneighborhood-champion-innovation-contest-open-now&data=05%7C01%7CSheri.STUART%40oprd.oregon.gov%7C878df0dd8c8446f2481708db1ab7f251%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638133149562270647%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ohweXyyDQhU3BD1MUMgY0XtPO3J8K78PoWpBRev58eU%3D&reserved=0"><i>For
other terms and conditions see here ></i></a><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span lang="EN">Apply for a T-Mobile Hometown Grant! Grantees will receive up to $50K to fund projects to build, rebuild, or refresh community spaces that help foster local connections in your community. Just a
year and a half into the $25 million, five-year initiative, T-Mobile has given more than $5.5 million dollars to projects across 37 states. Submissions close on March 31, 2023.
</span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.t-mobile.com%2Fbrand%2Fhometown-grants&data=05%7C01%7CSheri.STUART%40oprd.oregon.gov%7C878df0dd8c8446f2481708db1ab7f251%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638133149562270647%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FrEJ50LqfeE1GHBmEsj7E9xIzcDpRcFyzA1en%2BxxnsQ%3D&reserved=0"><span lang="EN">Learn
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<b><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">2023 Oregon Heritage Summit - Register now to get a packet mailed to you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Not sure if you heard BUT the <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/Heritage-Summit.aspx">
2023 Oregon Heritage VIRTUAL Summit, <b><i>Investing in Your Volunteers: Engage, Sustain, Value</i></b></a>, happening April 27-28
<u>only costs $5</u> to attend this year. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Not only will participants get two days of conversation, discussion, practical takeaways, and more, but if you register before April 9 you can also get a really awesome Summit packet in the mail. Just because our
2023 Summit is online does not mean we can’t send you fun stuff to help you prepare for AND enjoy during the event. The packet includes, but is not limited to, snacks, recipes, surprises, and more for the big event April 27-28.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">In addition to these awesome packets, featured Summit events include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">So be sure to <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/Heritage-Summit.aspx">
register</a> as soon as possible so you don’t miss out on some of the fun extras for the event.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">We hope you will join us and if you have any questions please contact Katie Henry at
<a href="mailto:katie.henry@oprd.oregon.gov">katie.henry@oprd.oregon.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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