<div dir="ltr">Hello Cam, <div><br></div><div>I am new to the OMS community. I just met with the Carlton Business Association board this evening to go over details for this opportunity. I have had the form open for days, which doesn't state the 5pm time deadline. I failed to cross-reference the email a second time to recall there was a 5pm time deadline. </div><div><br></div><div>Please let me know if you are able to accept late submissions. I am very disappointed that I didn't recall the time deadline until it was too late. </div><div><br></div><div>Here are our answers just in case. </div><div><br></div><div>Best, Kim</div><div><br></div><div><span>Carlton Business Association</span></div><div><span>Affiliate</span></div><div><span>Kim Myers</span></div><div><span><a href="mailto:kim@nwwintshuttle.com">kim@nwwintshuttle.com</a></span></div><div><span>971-563-5677</span></div><div><br></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-1e9d8975-7fff-e242-8835-7939e66e8f2d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Briefly share your project or idea.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Over the last five years the city of Carlton has established a holiday spirit that is here to stay. So much so, the city has gone from a single lit tree in the community park in 2017, to one of the best light displays in Yamhill County in a branded effort called “</span><a href="https://www.christmasincarlton.com/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Christmas in Carlton</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.” This is a month-long series of events with the sole purpose of bringing families and the community together to spread the holiday spirit. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We have grown to host numerous annual events like the craft fair, bike light parade, Christmas light contest, Winter Gala, Santa Dash 5k, etc. We’d love to enhance our season of holiday spirit by adding some free programming that brings various generations together and builds memories that become traditions. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We would like to invest the grant dollars to host an epic Gingerbread House Competition at the iconic Legion Hall in Carlton. Similar to the famous </span><a href="https://www.sunriverresort.com/gingerbread" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Sunriver Resort </span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Gingerbread Junction, where people travel from near-and-far to view amazing displays of engineered confections. This is a rare yet compelling activity that people of all ages can look forward to year-after-year.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We would recruit teams from local schools, non-profits, businesses and the community at large to create gingerbread masterpieces to be on display for a few weeks in December. We would use these funds to recruit contestants and spectators via social media, websites, newspapers, etc. We would use about half of the funds to offer cash prizes to winners. Our hope is that school groups, sports teams, non-profits, businesses, etc will use the prize money for their own fundraising and/or donation efforts. With your support and funding this event will offer a fun, safe, and free way to celebrate the holidays, and lean into our mission to grow our community’s holiday spirit through the traditions of “Christmas in Carlton.” </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">How does this project or idea meet your organization's goals for being more welcoming?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Christmas in Carlton is an all-inclusive concept for bringing people safe, fun and affordable experiences during the holiday season. A refreshing distraction from the focus on commercialism that is so present during this time of year. It is important that this event is free and fun for all. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Tell us how you will be able to complete the project by the deadline (e.g. do you have the necessary partners in place or volunteer support?)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We are currently in the planning process of Christmas in Carlton 2023. If a decision is made in October, this would give us plenty of time to execute this concept in December 2023. We have confirmed availity with the Legion Hall and have the promotion ideas and community outreach plans ready for action. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Our long-term plan is to leverage the success of the 2023 Gingerbread Competition to recruit sponsors in following years to keep this tradition alive.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Why is this project or idea important to your community?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Christmas in Carlton has become a way of life during the holiday season. We have a dream of becoming the next big Christmas town. But for now, we love the intimate holiday spirit we bring to our local residents and surrounding communities. It’s an honor to bring joy during this time of year. </span></p><br><br></span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 11:05 AM AMABILE Cam * OPRD <<a href="mailto:Cam.AMABILE@oprd.oregon.gov">Cam.AMABILE@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"><div class="msg6313370415312252727">
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