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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Good afternoon,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">As Buffy mentioned in our last MS Directors zoom call, Main Street America is advocating for federal funding specifically for Main Street support.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">As we all know, much of the small business support in the last stimulus package did not reach many of our Main Street businesses in the manner we had hoped.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">This effort, if successful would invest $100m in Main Street programming and businesses. The attached documents provides more detail of the proposed use of the funds as well as “talking
points”. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The Main Street Forward: A Roadmap for Recovery has more information of this advocacy effort.
<a href="https://www.mainstreet.org/howwecanhelp/resourcecenter/mainstreetforward">
https://www.mainstreet.org/howwecanhelp/resourcecenter/mainstreetforward</a> <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Oklahoma’s efforts :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">A template letter has been provided that I will be updating and customizing with Oklahoma information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Here’s what I’m requesting from each of you:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Please send examples of what your community is doing/has done to support local businesses in response to COVID-19.</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
Two or three examples, with your community name will be included in the letter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Grants, supplies, technical support, gift card program, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Include any investment amounts specific to these efforts. Example: Gift card program spurred $22,000 in sales to local businesses.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">You will receive a copy of this letter after it is drafted and approved for Patrice Frey (Main Street America President) signature.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">If you would like to add your program’s support to the end of the letter, I will need the following info:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Contact name (director, board president, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Program name<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">City<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Again, you’ll be asked to “sign on” when the approved letter is sent.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Visit the mainstreet.org page to learn about more advocacy efforts that you can get involved in, i.e. op-ed letter to your local news outlets.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for your prompt response to these requests, I would like to get the draft sent back by Thursday.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Regards, Vicki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">VICKI DAVIS<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">MAIN STREET DIRECTOR</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">334 ELM AVENUE [OLD MILL PLAZA]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">PO BOX 850500<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">YUKON, OK 73085<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">O: 405.350.5999<br>
C: 405.482.5641<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.yukonok.gov"><span style="color:blue">www.yukonok.gov</span></a>
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