<div dir="auto"><div>Love this sheet on funding resources! Thank you for putting it together and sharing!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best wishes to everyone at Oregon Main Street for happy holiday and prosperous new year!</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b>Main Street Cascade Locks</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i>A community for our downtown and a downtown for our community</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i><br></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">PO Box 174,Cascade Locks, OR 97014</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Voice: 971.208.5598 . Website: <a href="http://mainstreetcascadelocks.org" target="_blank">mainstreetcascadelocks.org</a></p></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 10:05 AM STUART Sheri * OPRD <<a href="mailto:Sheri.STUART@oprd.oregon.gov">Sheri.STUART@oprd.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">OMS Updates: OMS Coordinator Holiday Message; Mornings on Main Zoom link for January 8^th
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Funding Resources: Funding Sources for Main Street handout; Open & Upcoming Grant Opportunities<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-7725538563108756624MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tools & Resources: New rehab codes publication, NAO nonprofit survey/report on how funding cuts are affecting nonprofits<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Coordinator’s Message</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: I know what a busy time of the year this is for all of you who are staff or volunteers with
 your main street organization through the your planned events and activities that bring your community members together in shared experiences that create long-lasting memories and finding creative ways to support local businesses. This holiday season, thank
 you for the time, heart, and energy you give to Main Street. Our downtowns are stronger and more welcoming because of you!....Warm wishes for a wonderful holiday and all next year!<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-7725538563108756624MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in">
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 be out at a Heritage Staff retreat on January 8^th. Rebecca Hollenbeck graciously volunteered to host the call that week and has set up a Zoom link already. Here’s the info:<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Funding Sources for Main Street handout: Attached is a handout that includes the general sources of funds for Main Street as well as a round-up of some of the more frequently used funding tools
 by our Network. This document came out of a request at one of our recent Mornings on Main calls and is just a starting point for conversations with your board on developing a sustainable funding plan or areas to strengthen your plan.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-7725538563108756624MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">National Association of Realtors Placemaking Grant |
<a href="https://realtorparty.realtor/community-development/placemaking" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:windowtext">Access Link</span></a> | Next round opens January 2026. Placemaking Grants fund state and local REALTOR® association-led projects that create new, outdoor
 public gathering spaces and destinations in a community on unused or underused sites.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-7725538563108756624MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oregon Community Foundation Grants (Opened December 2) |
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<span style="color:windowtext">Access Link</span></a> | Spring grant cycle is right around the corner. Register for the OCF Info session from 3pm-4pm on December 11, 2025.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-7725538563108756624MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Catalyst Design Grant, Salazar Architect - Deadline January 13, 2026 |
<a href="https://www.salazarch.com/pro-bono" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:windowtext">Access Link</span></a> | This program makes a gift of up to $15,000 in pro bono design services to an organization that owns a property and is looking at options for adding, revitalizing,
 or completing adaptive re-use to housing, or community-serving commercial spaces. Salazar will work with the organization to develop a series of design recommendations through the lens of our three Design Labs – Community Design, Wellbeing Design, and Sustainable
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Amex Shop Small Grant Program (Open Now) |
<a href="https://mainstreet.org/about/partner-collaborations/amex-shop-small-grant-program?utm_campaign=28821628-Amex%20Shop%20Small%20Grant&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_DgPTFlzSlGibTCfIF3Duv441fpEkkL6HCTmxRMJb546Pg08jxuwdMjuxaMiHzdZiVz0BC3x3gl0cvjJzH3OMDYTKU5pYXbVupSNWyQSHqIinRb9o&_hsmi=389573989&utm_content=389573989&utm_source=hs_email" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
<span style="color:windowtext">Access Link</span></a> | To help small businesses grow, innovate, and support their local communities, American Express is teaming up with Main Street America this Small Business Saturday® to launch the Amex Shop Small Grants
 Program. The Program will provide an initial $5 million to fund 250 grants of $20,000 each to eligible small business owners across the U.S.
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AARP Community Challenge Grants Upcoming (January 2026) |
<a href="https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/community-challenge/coming-soon-aarp-community-challenge.html?CMP=EMC-DSM-NLC-OTH-LC-2006103-2245502-9710132-NA-10292025-LivableCommunities-f3-challenge-CTA-ALL-Community-&encparam=ETn%2b5BhSuJsooZogjFm2UhHdmdTUXvw46ooCk9YEm%2fw%3d" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
<span style="color:windowtext">Access Link</span></a> | AARP's annual "quick-action" grant program funds local projects that help make communities more livable for people of all ages. Applications due in March of 2026.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Association for Preservation Technology new publication:
<a href="https://apt.memberclicks.net/assets/Publications/APTI_CodesReport_251205_Digitalweb.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
<i>Improving Rehabilitation Codes for Historic and Existing Buildings</i></a> - </span>
</b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">After two years of work and thanks to funding provided by NCPTT (the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training), APT’s <a href="https://www.apti.org/codes-and-standards" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Committee
 on Codes and Standards</a> released “Improving Rehabilitation Codes for Historic and Existing Buildings,” a 110 page digital publication. This document provides detailed information to advance modifications to the model construction codes in the U.S. that
 can better serve historic and other existing buildings. <a href="https://www.apti.org/codes-and-standards" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">How Funding Cuts are Affecting Oregon Nonprofits - Nonprofit Association of Oregon:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">A new pulse survey from NAO and the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC) finds that 84% of Oregon nonprofits have experienced or expect government funding cuts since January 2025.
 The result? Reduced services, staff layoffs, depleted reserves — all while demand for support keeps rising and equity-focused work faces direct suppression. NAO’s newest report, “How Funding Cuts Are Affecting Oregon Nonprofits,” shares what organizations
 are facing and the strategies they’re using to navigate this crisis. Download the full report or summary sheet at: 
<a href="https://nonprofitoregon.org/resources/how-funding-cuts-are-affecting-oregon-nonprofits/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
https://nonprofitoregon.org/resources/how-funding-cuts-are-affecting-oregon-nonprofits/</a><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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</b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">|  Oregon Main Street Coordinator</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4f6228"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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