<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Lise</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">You do amazing work. I would love to see us purchase the EarthPlanter baskets. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Annie</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Annie Jenkins, Interim Executive Director</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Downtown Medford Association</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Mobile | 541-941-5204</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Email | </span><a href="mailto:executivedirector@downtownmedford.org" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" target="_blank">executivedirector@downtownmedford.org</a><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">If you like Downtown Medford then<br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font color="#0c343d"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dmamedford/" target="_blank"><b>Like</b> us on Facebook</a> | </font><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/downtownmedfordor/" target="_blank"><b>Like</b> us on Instagram</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#0c343d"><a href="https://downtownmedford.org/subscribe/" target="_blank"><b>Sign-up </b>for our Newsletter</a> </font><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">+ </span><a href="https://downtownmedford.org/partner/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:verdana,sans-serif" target="_blank"><b>Become</b> a Friend <span>or Partner </span>of Downtown</a></p></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 11, 2024 at 10:56 PM Lise Grato <<a href="mailto:director@albanydowntown.com">director@albanydowntown.com</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>
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div dir="ltr">We bought EarthPlanters a few<span> years ago. It cut our hanging basket watering to every other day instead of 2x a day. We could likely go to every 3rd day. Their regular planters hold enough water for weeks not days. That might free up you
daughter to do a few hanging baskets. You could buy a few planters at a time and build it op. They have a lifetime warranty and are the most friendly and helpful company. We started by testing 4 hanging baskets and then switched everything. We now have 124
+ water 18 more for the city (they pay us). </span><span style="font-size:inherit"> We do a couple of fundraisers to help support flower costs and paid staff. <img id="m_-6032666475933353828id-0921FCB8-FDA9-4AEC-8F9B-B1669B16D1DA" src="cid:ii_18f756add6f11ccd1d01" alt="original-C4ECD1A8-7DC8-4707-8853-7AA673E52AB5.jpeg" style="max-width: 100%;"><span id="m_-6032666475933353828ms-outlook-ios-cursor"><img id="m_-6032666475933353828id-AC30F330-0DC2-4B07-A690-BC3341408273" src="cid:ii_18f756add6fe0c6076f2" alt="original-D5AAA7FB-04D5-43D3-A1C2-3FA865D369C6.jpeg" style="max-width: 100%;"></span></span></div>
</div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:inherit"><span><img id="m_-6032666475933353828id-4F88D925-408A-4134-9623-29D8E8A25E90" src="cid:ii_18f756add6f940cdbf83" alt="IMG_6646.jpeg" style="max-width: 100%;"><img id="m_-6032666475933353828id-546FE8DB-814E-494A-BB4A-CEE2DCF2623F" src="cid:ii_18f756add6f1b5abcbd4" alt="IMG_6410.jpeg" style="max-width: 100%;"></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:inherit"><span><img id="m_-6032666475933353828id-BD44FFD1-C39A-4C1D-9687-0115DA0769DF" src="cid:ii_18f756add6f8e41ec395" alt="IMG_6931.jpeg" style="max-width: 100%;">Photo 1: Lynne watering a single basket </span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr">Photo 2: A basket pair at Albany City Hall (photo by Kristi Crawford Photography)</div>
<div dir="ltr">Photo 3: Single basket & wayfinding sign</div>
<div dir="ltr">Photo 4: Sponsor logos on tailgate </div>
<div dir="ltr">Photo 5: Mother's Day flower sign fundraiser </div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">Happy Mother's Day!</div>
<div id="m_-6032666475933353828ms-outlook-mobile-signature">
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div style="direction:ltr">Lise Grato</div>
<div style="direction:ltr">Executive Director</div>
<div style="direction:ltr">Albany Downtown Association</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div style="direction:ltr">W: (541) 928-2469</div>
<div style="direction:ltr">C: (541) 905-2908</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div style="direction:ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div>
</div>
</div>
<hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%">
<div id="m_-6032666475933353828divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> OMS_MANAGERS <<a href="mailto:oms_managers-bounces@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">oms_managers-bounces@omls.oregon.gov</a>> on behalf of Spruce Up Warrenton <<a href="mailto:spruceupwarrenton@gmail.com" target="_blank">spruceupwarrenton@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:24:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street Network Members <<a href="mailto:oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Artificial flowers</font>
<div> </div>
</div>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div id="m_-6032666475933353828x_gmail-:vi" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" style="direction:ltr;min-height:85px">
Thank you for your suggestions. I wish we had the manpower to do the hanging, but unfortunately volunteers are very hard to come by in our community (not from lack of trying). We have one volunteer (my daughter) who waters all the flowers downtown, which
is quite a few, and she would just not be able to keep up with hanging baskets. </div>
</div>
<br>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">On Sat, May 11, 2024 at 9:25 PM Sally Gilcrease <<a href="mailto:kittypowerv10@gmail.com" target="_blank">kittypowerv10@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Our small town does have real hanging baskets which are tended to twice a day by 2 or more volunteers in the community. One of the volunteers is a city council woman and chamber of commerce member, and the other is a generous man that cares about our town.
We have a very small downtown area and the hanging baskets bring real joy to the community. We have about 15 baskets and about 8 planter boxes on Main St.
<br>
<br>
The volunteers have a golf cart with a 50 gallon water tank equipped with a pump and sprayer. They make their rounds morning and evening, and there is always someone stopping to visit! It seriously builds good will within the community. This reminds me - I
have pruned roses in a vacant lot for a few years now and it is time to do that again! We also have a community member that can be seen pushing his lawnmower around town, mowing the yards of elderly or disabled folks that can’t get it done themselves.
<br>
<br>
No money or equipment means time to get some volunteers.<br>
Regards,<br>
Sally Gilcrease<br>
Riddle Downtown Development<br>
<br>
Sent from my iPhone<br>
Sally Gilcrease<br>
503-307-0807 mobile<br>
<br>
<br>
> On May 11, 2024, at 8:54 PM, Spruce Up Warrenton <<a href="mailto:spruceupwarrenton@gmail.com" target="_blank">spruceupwarrenton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Has anyone tried to hang artificial flower baskets from light poles instead of the real deal? We have several pots and garden beds of live flowers and bushes that are well tended all, over downtown but don’t have the man power or equipment to keep up with
hanging baskets. <br>
> Thank you<br>
> Jeanne<br>
> Spruce Up Warrenton<br>
> <cid:E9FF6B7C-3640-4825-9262-F97FD9C7206D-L0-001.jpeg><br>
> <br>
> Sent from my iPhone<br>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote></div>