<div dir="ltr">Ours would definitely be that you have to be located downtown to be a partner and that isn't correct.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 11:23 AM Melyn Johnson <<a href="mailto:director@mainstreetguymon.com">director@mainstreetguymon.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">That you have to be located in the downtown to be a member.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MainstreetManagers <<a href="mailto:mainstreetmanagers-bounces@lists.onenet.net" target="_blank">mainstreetmanagers-bounces@lists.onenet.net</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Connie Smith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 14, 2021 10:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:director@sapulpamainstreet.com" target="_blank">director@sapulpamainstreet.com</a>; 'Kelli Yadon' <<a href="mailto:Kelli.Yadon@okcommerce.gov" target="_blank">Kelli.Yadon@okcommerce.gov</a>>; 'Main Street Managers' <<a href="mailto:mainstreetmanagers@lists.onenet.net" target="_blank">mainstreetmanagers@lists.onenet.net</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Same!!!! It’s even more confusing now that we share the same space. It seems like the first question I get when campaigning for partnership, is “what does my Chamber membership get me?” Then I get to explain the differences between Chamber
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Malayalam MN"">Connie Smith – Executive Director<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Malayalam MN"">327 N. 7<sup>th</sup> | P.O. Box 188<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">MainstreetManagers <<a href="mailto:mainstreetmanagers-bounces@lists.onenet.net" target="_blank">mainstreetmanagers-bounces@lists.onenet.net</a>>
on behalf of Cindy Lawrence <<a href="mailto:director@sapulpamainstreet.com" target="_blank">director@sapulpamainstreet.com</a>><br>
<b>Organization: </b>Sapulpa Main Street<br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"<a href="mailto:director@sapulpamainstreet.com" target="_blank">director@sapulpamainstreet.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:director@sapulpamainstreet.com" target="_blank">director@sapulpamainstreet.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 9:59 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>'Kelli Yadon' <<a href="mailto:Kelli.Yadon@okcommerce.gov" target="_blank">Kelli.Yadon@okcommerce.gov</a>>, 'Main Street Managers' <<a href="mailto:mainstreetmanagers@lists.onenet.net" target="_blank">mainstreetmanagers@lists.onenet.net</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That we are the Chamber or part of the Chamber or that our events are the Chamber.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">Cindy Lawrence</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">Sapulpa Main Street</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">15 N. Water St.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sapulpa, OK 74066<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(50,62,79)">The purpose of the Main Street program is to preserve and enhance the cultural heritage of Sapulpa, and to improve the
quality of life by revitalizing the Central Business District as the center of the Community.</span></i></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MainstreetManagers <<a href="mailto:mainstreetmanagers-bounces@lists.onenet.net" target="_blank">mainstreetmanagers-bounces@lists.onenet.net</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kelli Yadon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 14, 2021 9:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Main Street Managers (<a href="mailto:mainstreetmanagers@lists.onenet.net" target="_blank">mainstreetmanagers@lists.onenet.net</a>) <<a href="mailto:mainstreetmanagers@lists.onenet.net" target="_blank">mainstreetmanagers@lists.onenet.net</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I know we are in the middle of national conference, so you don’t have to respond immediately…but,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What is the biggest misconception about the Main Street program that you have to refute/explain all the time?<u></u><u></u></p>
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