<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thank you! I actually bought them on Amazon. The brand is ArtBloom, 24 bundles artificial flowers. We will be using 24 bundles per basket. I still need to find the perfect baskets to hold the flowers. We are not able to do the traditional hanging basket set-up because of the wind we get, so we are attaching metal frames to the poles to place the baskets in to. I will post a picture when we get them all done. <div>Jeanne<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 14, 2024, at 6:50 AM, Julia Bochsler via OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Jeanne,<div>Would you send a link to where you are buying the artificial baskets? If that is your attached photo I think they look great! <br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Juli Bochsler </div><div dir="ltr">Revitalize Downtown Stayton</div><div dir="ltr">503-871-6764</div><div dir="ltr">Julibox@aol.com</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 13, 2024, at 10:13 PM, Lise Grato <director@albanydowntown.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’ve attached our sponsor letter. A long-time supporter, Russ Tripp, walked in today with a $3000 sponsorship (our top level is $1200). He said his goal is for us to extend our flowers from 4<sup>th</sup>
to 9<sup>th</sup> . He is in his 90s I hope we can make that happen for him in the next few years. We also had a $1200 renewal arrived in the mail from The Natty Dresser, many of you know Oscar Hult. I’m still working on renewing some of the other top sponsors
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Our watering team is retirees. They work 3-4 hrs. a day and water 65 baskets plus 20+ pots. They happily work for minimum wage and use the funds as “fun money.” One gentleman worked one day a week last year
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:24:28 PM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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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.
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> <span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span>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>
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> Spruce Up Warrenton<br>
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