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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Web Pro",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Apologies if this was sent already! This issue of our Commerce newsletter called “The New Pioneer” is about Main Street!
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#193F66">New Pioneer Issue 12<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#193F66">Placemaking Projects Across Oklahoma’s Main Streets<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">A look at the most current Main Street Cumulative Reinvestment Report numbers.
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Profile of Altus, winner of Oklahoma's Main Street 2017 Community of the Year.
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