<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Most city’s are granted State Revenue Sharing funds, and have a hearing to accept them during the budget process. Being part of your budget process and advocating at that level can be helpful. <div><div><br></div><div>I am myself ran for council because of this. It looks like I am on my way to my 3rd 4 year term. Hard to believe. </div><div><br></div><div>Last I would say don’t give up and find other ways so you’re not completely dependent upon the city, but working in collaboration with. </div><div>Our entity is very old and we have many committees, events and funding sources , because of 70 years of work and dedication of those that hung in there before us. </div><div><br></div><div>Kristine -Rockaway </div><div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Have a*´¨)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">¸.·´¸.·*´¨) ¸.·*¨)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(¸.·´ (¸.·´ * Wonderful Day! KRHB<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </b></p></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 29, 2024, at 8:53 PM, HARVEY W SCHUBOTHE <ninerharv2@msn.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<div dir="auto">Probably warrants a discussion on Morning on Main. That said, sometimes City's are strapped for general funds, so you might want to look at some of their other funds and how Main Street can contribute to that.</div>
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<div dir="auto">A number of us get our funds from urban renewal. We can focus on our economic vitality, community gathering and the return we can provide with the Main Street Revitalization grant. That is how we are funded in Coos Bay. We have a partnership
agreement that spells out what we provide to the City's urban renewal program.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Some others are getting TOT dollars, the tourist tax collected from lodging. Here you can talk about your promotions, festivals events that bring folks to town.</div>
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<div dir="auto">If you can get City general funds, that's great but remember that priority wise they are going to fund things like police, water, sewer long before they spend a dollar on Main street.</div>
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<b>Subject:</b> Convincing your city to help fund Main Street Programs</font>
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<div>Our organization recently applied for (and was denied) a grant from our city which we intended to use to build and implement our Main Street Program. It would have partially funded us for the next three years and significantly jump-start our program.
Our city officials wrote the letter of support for our main street application but has yet to take action to demonstrate that support. </div>
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<div>Do you all have tips, tricks, presentations or documentation you can share that helped you convince your city officials to help fund the program? I don't think they truly grasp the positive impact this program will have on the city. </div>
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<div>I'd also be interested in seeing if any of you would be willing to share your story with our city council and staff to help us in communicating the value.</div>
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<div>Thanks for your help!</div>
<div>Donna Gustafson, President</div>
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