From Jeremy.Zeller at okcommerce.gov Wed Jul 5 11:03:40 2017 From: Jeremy.Zeller at okcommerce.gov (Jeremy Zeller) Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 16:03:40 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] May Reinvestment Report In-Reply-To: <9A22EFC9872B77409B6475696C8314A55C1FB296@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> References: <9A22EFC9872B77409B6475696C8314A55C1FB296@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> Message-ID: <9A22EFC9872B77409B6475696C8314A55C1FC2AE@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> The on-time rate for May was 80%. The Main Street Programs that did not submit a report were Duncan and Ponca City. Remember, submitting your reinvestment reports on time gets you 5 quality assurance points and missing three in a row gets you suspension from services until a reinvestment report is submitted. Milestones this Month: NONE 2017 Reinvestment Report Summary For the Month of May Reinvestment Summary Cumulative Current 2017 Total Month Y-T-D Private Sector Reinvestment $1,218,034,628 $2,564,057 $17,310,773 Public Improvement Projects $377,028,243 $168,810 $8,324,150 Total Reinvestment Spending $1,595,062,871 $2,732,867 $25,634,923 Number of Active Programs 30 Number of Associate Programs 4 Number of Aspiring Communities 20 Number of Outreach Activities 5 26 # of Façade Rehabilitations 4,772 9 52 # of Other Building Projects & New Constr. 8,868 9 79 # of Buildings Sold 3,161 10 47 Net Gain: Business Openings, Relocations & Expansions 5,347 7 66 Jobs 18,378 36 268 Volunteer Hours (since 2002) 1,382,111 5,476 25,987 The summary report is attached. Jeremy Zeller Economic Development Specialist/Main Street Oklahoma Department of Commerce 900 N. Stiles Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234 Phone: (405) 815-5186 E-mail: jeremy.zeller at commerce.ok.gov -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: RRsum17 May.xlsx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Size: 68994 bytes Desc: RRsum17 May.xlsx URL: From Kelli.Yadon at okcommerce.gov Wed Jul 5 14:04:38 2017 From: Kelli.Yadon at okcommerce.gov (Kelli Yadon) Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 19:04:38 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Updated program director/board president list Message-ID: <803C3C749FC1CA478817B6ADDA21E6915BAAB135@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> If there are any changes that need to be made in your neck of the woods ...please let me know! 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Below are the instructions, due date, reference links, and contact information. Power of 10 Instructions To prepare for the upcoming training, we would like you to complete an abridged version of our "Power of 10" activity by Friday, July 21, 2017. This shouldn't take more than 30 minutes to complete. Attached you will find a PowerPoint that provides an overview and example of how the Power of 10 tool is used. We ask that you select a Main Street you know well - most likely your own! On the last three slides of the PowerPoint insert an aerial image of this Main Street, and identify five of the best places and five places with the most potential. Then, choose one of the best places and one with the most potential and identify things you can do and experience in those places, and other things that would improve it. Please note the instructions and more detailed info included in the "Notes" field at the bottom of each slide. For more information on the Power of 10, check out these articles: http://www.pps.org/reference/the-power-of-10/ http://www.pps.org/blog/challenge-explore-your-community-with-the-power-of-10/?mc_cid=4c49bf00d0&mc_eid=cafc94e316 Once complete, save the PowerPoint as a PDF and email it back to PPS Project Associate, Kurt Wheeler (kwheeler at pps.org). Please name your file according to this format: "PowerOf10_NameOfPlace" (e.g. "PowerOf10_GreatFallsMT"). If you have any questions, you can email or call Ms. Wheeler at 212.620.5660 x314. Thank you, Buffy Buffy Hughes State Main Street Director Oklahoma Department of Commerce 900 N. Stiles Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73104 E: Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov P: 405.815.5249 C: 405.664.1260 OKcommerce.gov/main-street [MSALOGO_17COPROGRAM_CMYK] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If I remember correctly, way back when, as in last century (or before the turn of the century), you broke down your city's contribution in an incredible way. I don't remember the exact numbers, but I think it went like this: You divided the $10,000 Main Street investment by the number of residents (2,100 approximately-you may have the exact number at the time) which meant the town was investing $4.76 per resident in the Newkirk Main Street efforts each year. You then equated that to "that's a cup of coffee and a couple of doughnuts" per person that it cost the city. (You may have even had a promotion like a Mornings on Main Street coffee to promote this.) You then followed up with the reinvestment figures showing that there was a significant return on this investment. It was so simply stated and yet so easily understood, making it hard to decline Main Street financial support. HINT: Break your city's financial investment down to a small increment of some type. Karen's was a great model! With the risk of really coming off as an old-timer here, I read all the exchanges earlier in the spring about salaries and benefits. I want to weigh in on this as well. Back in '86 (1986, not 1886), when we took the first round of towns, the state was in a totally dismal shape with the oil bust. However, the Main Street committee who crafted the program set some standards. This was when the program was taking towns of populations between 5,000 and 50,000. Each program had to hire a full-time manager. The salary had to be at least $24,000 a year (at least-not limited to). The manager (now director) must have health insurance, paid sick leave, and paid vacation leave. That was in 1986 in the middle of a nightmarish decade. For that first round of towns, there were 12 applications for 5 spots. The unofficial mantra was, "If your town is not worth $2,000 a month, should it be on the map?" It made us all think about the value of our towns-at a time when absolutely nothing seemed to have any value at all. In 2017 dollars, what would be the equivalency of $24,000? As we added the Small Towns Program in 1992 and the Urban Programs in 1992, we had different standards for these communities. Sometimes that got sort of weird as some urban areas had smaller districts and fewer buildings than some of the small towns did. However, the complexities of being in a larger city sometimes outweighed the available resources at hand, making the urban areas more difficult than the smaller towns. We tried to adjust as needed so that all programs could be successful. During the last spring legislative session, there were so many proposals for raising more revenue. I don't remember hearing about or reading about any ideas that really addressed ways to increase sales taxes in all these towns. I don't remember hearing anyone talk about the importance of having and supporting small, existing downtown businesses. HINT: Here's a refreshing campaign platform that I can get excited about! In the early years of Main Street, we tracked sales tax collections before a town became Main Street and then after. Every town was a success! Nationally, we all know that retailers (even the big corporate ones) are having a terrifically bad year this year-the worst since The Great Recession almost a decade ago. Malls are where Main Streets were 30 years ago-struggling for the most part. These struggles translate to decreased sales taxes. HINT: For all the Jessica's out there in the Claremore's all over the state, I would focus on how sales taxes have increased since Main Street has been in your communities. I am not sure a Main Street program ever could be self-sufficient...but I do know these programs always provide a return on investment. One of these returns is increased sales taxes. I know money is very tight out there for everyone. However, I've also seen incredible local leadership in very lean times before. I've just gotten back from a trip to Quebec City, Quebec. On tours it was interesting to hear about what a slum the historic part (now a UNESCO World Heritage Centre) of the city was in the 1970s and 1980s. Their Great Oil Bust version of the 1980s was the succession movement from Canada-with the following isolation that occurred as non-French speaking people felt unwanted and totally avoided the province, decimating the tourism industry. And then there were "the formidable winters." HINT: How many of our towns are bilingual? Congrats to Guymon (English and Spanish as well as other languages); Tahlequah (English and Cherokee); Okmulgee (English and Muscogee Creek); and Muskogee (English and Okie--everywhere). Towns along Route 66 get a lot of international tourists. Towns with universities have students and faculty who speak other languages. Military bases (Enid, Altus) and international businesses (Bartlesville, Ponca City, Duncan) have people who speak other languages. What businesses offer that they have bilingual services as a way to make people feel welcomed? I focus on this language thing because we heard many times about the "only French spoken here" phase of Quebec and how it alienated so many people-especially those from other parts of Canada. One of the most interesting language "barrier" stories that I've heard in the past couple of years was in Natchitoches, Louisiana, a GAMSA town. There was a store owner (small little grocery with fresh produce) whose family hometown was Natchitoches. However, while her father was in the Air Force and stationed in Germany, she was born, growing up speaking German. Once her dad retired, they moved back. She opened this small grocery. As a German-speaking African-American store owner, she let it be known that anyone could come shop for groceries in her store and speak German as a way that they could practice the language and she could retain it. Other merchants (including our bed and breakfast owner), high school kids, and college kids shopped there. As there is a strong German heritage in this part of the state, this also kept that element alive and well. She had fun with this. Well, the old walled city, the Lower Town, and the entire downtown of Quebec City are incredible. I could go on forever about all the great things there. Everything is now bilingual (thankfully because I would have been limited to French fries and French toast). However, the winters are still there. The place is bustling! There is still a lot of city support. Everywhere. Still. We have such incredible towns. We need more people who generate more sales tax. All of you Main Street directors are important and influential people in your towns. Keep up the 4-Point successes. My apologies for such lengthy comments. What you are doing out there is so important. I hope these scattered comments help. Enjoy your weekend. Ron From: MainstreetTowns [mailto:mainstreettowns-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Karen Newkirk Main Street Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 1:38 PM To: Mainstreet ; MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: Re: [MainstreetTowns] City support The point to this is that it is necessary to have support from the City for a Main Street community. When Newkirk first started the program, the City's investment was 1/2 of our budget of $20,000 at $10,000 - Over the years our budget has increased because we do more projects etc and we have never asked for more than the $10,000. But I think the ratio should be 1/3 from City; 1/3 from membership and 1/3 from fundraisers. Have you ever shown them the ratio of reinvestment to their investment? They, honestly, could not have a better investment than Main Street! We are worth our weight in gold. Karen Dye Newkirk Main Street 116 N. Main - P.O. Box 235 Newkirk, OK 74647 580-362-2377 www.newkirkmainstreet.com "We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems." John W. Gardner "You can change the future of your community or you can sit back and allow whatever happens to happen." Jack McCall ________________________________ From: MainstreetTowns > on behalf of Mainstreet > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 5:17 PM To: MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: [MainstreetTowns] City support All, I had a Board member request I contact the group and find out a few things about your city's investment in your Main Street program. Ours is committed to Main Street, but someone on City staff recently asked this particular Board member when we would be "self sufficient" so we're wanting to have some info about other communities to help with that communication. Community Size: City Investment (dollars): City Investment (in kind value): What percentage is your city's contribution in your overall operating budget? Has it increased/decreased/remained the same in the last five years? Thank you! Jessica Jackson Claremore Main Street, Inc. 419 W. Will Rogers Blvd. Claremore, OK 74017 O/C: 918-341-5881 F: 918-342-0663 downtownclaremore.org [MainStreet-email4] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3420 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From newkirkms at hotmail.com Fri Jul 7 14:43:02 2017 From: newkirkms at hotmail.com (Karen Newkirk Main Street) Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 19:43:02 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] City support In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Wonderful comments, Ron. We often forget the past which is so imperative to remember. So, many, many awesome ideas from other places. And we need fresh ideas - Karen Dye Newkirk Main Street 116 N. Main - P.O. Box 235 Newkirk, OK 74647 580-362-2377 www.newkirkmainstreet.com "We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems." John W. Gardner "You can change the future of your community or you can sit back and allow whatever happens to happen." Jack McCall ________________________________ From: Frantz, Ronald H. Jr. Sent: Friday, July 7, 2017 2:32 PM To: Karen Newkirk Main Street; Mainstreet; MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: RE: [MainstreetTowns] City support Karen and Main Street Friends, I agree with your thoughts totally on the budget split, Karen. This is the “perfect” formula. However, I know that some successful Main Street towns have other ratios that work for them. The perfect formula is an incredible one to use as a basis. I say try to stick as close to this as possible. Good suggestion! If I remember correctly, way back when, as in last century (or before the turn of the century), you broke down your city’s contribution in an incredible way. I don’t remember the exact numbers, but I think it went like this: You divided the $10,000 Main Street investment by the number of residents (2,100 approximately—you may have the exact number at the time) which meant the town was investing $4.76 per resident in the Newkirk Main Street efforts each year. You then equated that to “that’s a cup of coffee and a couple of doughnuts” per person that it cost the city. (You may have even had a promotion like a Mornings on Main Street coffee to promote this.) You then followed up with the reinvestment figures showing that there was a significant return on this investment. It was so simply stated and yet so easily understood, making it hard to decline Main Street financial support. HINT: Break your city’s financial investment down to a small increment of some type. Karen’s was a great model! With the risk of really coming off as an old-timer here, I read all the exchanges earlier in the spring about salaries and benefits. I want to weigh in on this as well. Back in ’86 (1986, not 1886), when we took the first round of towns, the state was in a totally dismal shape with the oil bust. However, the Main Street committee who crafted the program set some standards. This was when the program was taking towns of populations between 5,000 and 50,000. Each program had to hire a full-time manager. The salary had to be at least $24,000 a year (at least—not limited to). The manager (now director) must have health insurance, paid sick leave, and paid vacation leave. That was in 1986 in the middle of a nightmarish decade. For that first round of towns, there were 12 applications for 5 spots. The unofficial mantra was, “If your town is not worth $2,000 a month, should it be on the map?” It made us all think about the value of our towns—at a time when absolutely nothing seemed to have any value at all. In 2017 dollars, what would be the equivalency of $24,000? As we added the Small Towns Program in 1992 and the Urban Programs in 1992, we had different standards for these communities. Sometimes that got sort of weird as some urban areas had smaller districts and fewer buildings than some of the small towns did. However, the complexities of being in a larger city sometimes outweighed the available resources at hand, making the urban areas more difficult than the smaller towns. We tried to adjust as needed so that all programs could be successful. During the last spring legislative session, there were so many proposals for raising more revenue. I don’t remember hearing about or reading about any ideas that really addressed ways to increase sales taxes in all these towns. I don’t remember hearing anyone talk about the importance of having and supporting small, existing downtown businesses. HINT: Here’s a refreshing campaign platform that I can get excited about! In the early years of Main Street, we tracked sales tax collections before a town became Main Street and then after. Every town was a success! Nationally, we all know that retailers (even the big corporate ones) are having a terrifically bad year this year—the worst since The Great Recession almost a decade ago. Malls are where Main Streets were 30 years ago—struggling for the most part. These struggles translate to decreased sales taxes. HINT: For all the Jessica’s out there in the Claremore’s all over the state, I would focus on how sales taxes have increased since Main Street has been in your communities. I am not sure a Main Street program ever could be self-sufficient…but I do know these programs always provide a return on investment. One of these returns is increased sales taxes. I know money is very tight out there for everyone. However, I’ve also seen incredible local leadership in very lean times before. I’ve just gotten back from a trip to Quebec City, Quebec. On tours it was interesting to hear about what a slum the historic part (now a UNESCO World Heritage Centre) of the city was in the 1970s and 1980s. Their Great Oil Bust version of the 1980s was the succession movement from Canada—with the following isolation that occurred as non-French speaking people felt unwanted and totally avoided the province, decimating the tourism industry. And then there were “the formidable winters.” HINT: How many of our towns are bilingual? Congrats to Guymon (English and Spanish as well as other languages); Tahlequah (English and Cherokee); Okmulgee (English and Muscogee Creek); and Muskogee (English and Okie--everywhere). Towns along Route 66 get a lot of international tourists. Towns with universities have students and faculty who speak other languages. Military bases (Enid, Altus) and international businesses (Bartlesville, Ponca City, Duncan) have people who speak other languages. What businesses offer that they have bilingual services as a way to make people feel welcomed? I focus on this language thing because we heard many times about the “only French spoken here” phase of Quebec and how it alienated so many people—especially those from other parts of Canada. One of the most interesting language “barrier” stories that I’ve heard in the past couple of years was in Natchitoches, Louisiana, a GAMSA town. There was a store owner (small little grocery with fresh produce) whose family hometown was Natchitoches. However, while her father was in the Air Force and stationed in Germany, she was born, growing up speaking German. Once her dad retired, they moved back. She opened this small grocery. As a German-speaking African-American store owner, she let it be known that anyone could come shop for groceries in her store and speak German as a way that they could practice the language and she could retain it. Other merchants (including our bed and breakfast owner), high school kids, and college kids shopped there. As there is a strong German heritage in this part of the state, this also kept that element alive and well. She had fun with this. Well, the old walled city, the Lower Town, and the entire downtown of Quebec City are incredible. I could go on forever about all the great things there. Everything is now bilingual (thankfully because I would have been limited to French fries and French toast). However, the winters are still there. The place is bustling! There is still a lot of city support. Everywhere. Still. We have such incredible towns. We need more people who generate more sales tax. All of you Main Street directors are important and influential people in your towns. Keep up the 4-Point successes. My apologies for such lengthy comments. What you are doing out there is so important. I hope these scattered comments help. Enjoy your weekend. Ron From: MainstreetTowns [mailto:mainstreettowns-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Karen Newkirk Main Street Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 1:38 PM To: Mainstreet ; MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: Re: [MainstreetTowns] City support The point to this is that it is necessary to have support from the City for a Main Street community. When Newkirk first started the program, the City's investment was 1/2 of our budget of $20,000 at $10,000 - Over the years our budget has increased because we do more projects etc and we have never asked for more than the $10,000. But I think the ratio should be 1/3 from City; 1/3 from membership and 1/3 from fundraisers. Have you ever shown them the ratio of reinvestment to their investment? They, honestly, could not have a better investment than Main Street! We are worth our weight in gold. Karen Dye Newkirk Main Street 116 N. Main - P.O. Box 235 Newkirk, OK 74647 580-362-2377 www.newkirkmainstreet.com Newkirk Main Street - Home - Newkirk, OK www.newkirkmainstreet.com Newkirk Main Street ... Newkirk is a small town with strong family values where the downtown is truly the center of the community. "We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems." John W. Gardner "You can change the future of your community or you can sit back and allow whatever happens to happen." Jack McCall ________________________________ From: MainstreetTowns > on behalf of Mainstreet > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 5:17 PM To: MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: [MainstreetTowns] City support All, I had a Board member request I contact the group and find out a few things about your city’s investment in your Main Street program. Ours is committed to Main Street, but someone on City staff recently asked this particular Board member when we would be “self sufficient” so we’re wanting to have some info about other communities to help with that communication. Community Size: City Investment (dollars): City Investment (in kind value): What percentage is your city’s contribution in your overall operating budget? Has it increased/decreased/remained the same in the last five years? Thank you! Jessica Jackson Claremore Main Street, Inc. 419 W. Will Rogers Blvd. Claremore, OK 74017 O/C: 918-341-5881 F: 918-342-0663 downtownclaremore.org [MainStreet-email4] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3420 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From Larry.Lucas at okcommerce.gov Fri Jul 7 15:26:54 2017 From: Larry.Lucas at okcommerce.gov (Larry Lucas) Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 20:26:54 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] City support In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <341CA2D4063B8948B1D48B24CE70E9235B4B540D@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> [cid:image002.png at 01D2F734.668A37A0] Ron (& everyone), Thank you for some cool ideas! I don't know about the rest of the group, but I love getting these kinds of emails on Friday. Thank you for taking the time Ron. By the way, for those that might not know it, we have our Main Street Advisory Board members (like Ron) lurking the listserve! They receive any messages that you send out to Main Street Towns. I hope that knowing this will further encourage use of this listserve as a tool to learn more, or get reinforcements. We should be using this more for discussion that we do as a group. As a matter of principle, I challenge each person receiving these messages to post a question or comment during the month of July. Can you do it? I bet you have a great question or even a snippet of advice that will help the rest of us. Ron, for your question, it looks like inflation doubled (halved) the dollars since 1986! Larry From: MainstreetTowns [mailto:mainstreettowns-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Frantz, Ronald H. Jr. Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 2:33 PM To: Karen Newkirk Main Street ; Mainstreet ; MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: Re: [MainstreetTowns] City support Karen and Main Street Friends, I agree with your thoughts totally on the budget split, Karen. This is the "perfect" formula. However, I know that some successful Main Street towns have other ratios that work for them. The perfect formula is an incredible one to use as a basis. I say try to stick as close to this as possible. Good suggestion! If I remember correctly, way back when, as in last century (or before the turn of the century), you broke down your city's contribution in an incredible way. I don't remember the exact numbers, but I think it went like this: You divided the $10,000 Main Street investment by the number of residents (2,100 approximately-you may have the exact number at the time) which meant the town was investing $4.76 per resident in the Newkirk Main Street efforts each year. You then equated that to "that's a cup of coffee and a couple of doughnuts" per person that it cost the city. (You may have even had a promotion like a Mornings on Main Street coffee to promote this.) You then followed up with the reinvestment figures showing that there was a significant return on this investment. It was so simply stated and yet so easily understood, making it hard to decline Main Street financial support. HINT: Break your city's financial investment down to a small increment of some type. Karen's was a great model! With the risk of really coming off as an old-timer here, I read all the exchanges earlier in the spring about salaries and benefits. I want to weigh in on this as well. Back in '86 (1986, not 1886), when we took the first round of towns, the state was in a totally dismal shape with the oil bust. However, the Main Street committee who crafted the program set some standards. This was when the program was taking towns of populations between 5,000 and 50,000. Each program had to hire a full-time manager. The salary had to be at least $24,000 a year (at least-not limited to). The manager (now director) must have health insurance, paid sick leave, and paid vacation leave. That was in 1986 in the middle of a nightmarish decade. For that first round of towns, there were 12 applications for 5 spots. The unofficial mantra was, "If your town is not worth $2,000 a month, should it be on the map?" It made us all think about the value of our towns-at a time when absolutely nothing seemed to have any value at all. In 2017 dollars, what would be the equivalency of $24,000? As we added the Small Towns Program in 1992 and the Urban Programs in 1992, we had different standards for these communities. Sometimes that got sort of weird as some urban areas had smaller districts and fewer buildings than some of the small towns did. However, the complexities of being in a larger city sometimes outweighed the available resources at hand, making the urban areas more difficult than the smaller towns. We tried to adjust as needed so that all programs could be successful. During the last spring legislative session, there were so many proposals for raising more revenue. I don't remember hearing about or reading about any ideas that really addressed ways to increase sales taxes in all these towns. I don't remember hearing anyone talk about the importance of having and supporting small, existing downtown businesses. HINT: Here's a refreshing campaign platform that I can get excited about! In the early years of Main Street, we tracked sales tax collections before a town became Main Street and then after. Every town was a success! Nationally, we all know that retailers (even the big corporate ones) are having a terrifically bad year this year-the worst since The Great Recession almost a decade ago. Malls are where Main Streets were 30 years ago-struggling for the most part. These struggles translate to decreased sales taxes. HINT: For all the Jessica's out there in the Claremore's all over the state, I would focus on how sales taxes have increased since Main Street has been in your communities. I am not sure a Main Street program ever could be self-sufficient...but I do know these programs always provide a return on investment. One of these returns is increased sales taxes. I know money is very tight out there for everyone. However, I've also seen incredible local leadership in very lean times before. I've just gotten back from a trip to Quebec City, Quebec. On tours it was interesting to hear about what a slum the historic part (now a UNESCO World Heritage Centre) of the city was in the 1970s and 1980s. Their Great Oil Bust version of the 1980s was the succession movement from Canada-with the following isolation that occurred as non-French speaking people felt unwanted and totally avoided the province, decimating the tourism industry. And then there were "the formidable winters." HINT: How many of our towns are bilingual? Congrats to Guymon (English and Spanish as well as other languages); Tahlequah (English and Cherokee); Okmulgee (English and Muscogee Creek); and Muskogee (English and Okie--everywhere). Towns along Route 66 get a lot of international tourists. Towns with universities have students and faculty who speak other languages. Military bases (Enid, Altus) and international businesses (Bartlesville, Ponca City, Duncan) have people who speak other languages. What businesses offer that they have bilingual services as a way to make people feel welcomed? I focus on this language thing because we heard many times about the "only French spoken here" phase of Quebec and how it alienated so many people-especially those from other parts of Canada. One of the most interesting language "barrier" stories that I've heard in the past couple of years was in Natchitoches, Louisiana, a GAMSA town. There was a store owner (small little grocery with fresh produce) whose family hometown was Natchitoches. However, while her father was in the Air Force and stationed in Germany, she was born, growing up speaking German. Once her dad retired, they moved back. She opened this small grocery. As a German-speaking African-American store owner, she let it be known that anyone could come shop for groceries in her store and speak German as a way that they could practice the language and she could retain it. Other merchants (including our bed and breakfast owner), high school kids, and college kids shopped there. As there is a strong German heritage in this part of the state, this also kept that element alive and well. She had fun with this. Well, the old walled city, the Lower Town, and the entire downtown of Quebec City are incredible. I could go on forever about all the great things there. Everything is now bilingual (thankfully because I would have been limited to French fries and French toast). However, the winters are still there. The place is bustling! There is still a lot of city support. Everywhere. Still. We have such incredible towns. We need more people who generate more sales tax. All of you Main Street directors are important and influential people in your towns. Keep up the 4-Point successes. My apologies for such lengthy comments. What you are doing out there is so important. I hope these scattered comments help. Enjoy your weekend. Ron From: MainstreetTowns [mailto:mainstreettowns-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Karen Newkirk Main Street Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 1:38 PM To: Mainstreet >; MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: Re: [MainstreetTowns] City support The point to this is that it is necessary to have support from the City for a Main Street community. When Newkirk first started the program, the City's investment was 1/2 of our budget of $20,000 at $10,000 - Over the years our budget has increased because we do more projects etc and we have never asked for more than the $10,000. But I think the ratio should be 1/3 from City; 1/3 from membership and 1/3 from fundraisers. Have you ever shown them the ratio of reinvestment to their investment? They, honestly, could not have a better investment than Main Street! We are worth our weight in gold. Karen Dye Newkirk Main Street 116 N. Main - P.O. Box 235 Newkirk, OK 74647 580-362-2377 www.newkirkmainstreet.com "We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems." John W. Gardner "You can change the future of your community or you can sit back and allow whatever happens to happen." Jack McCall ________________________________ From: MainstreetTowns > on behalf of Mainstreet > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 5:17 PM To: MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: [MainstreetTowns] City support All, I had a Board member request I contact the group and find out a few things about your city's investment in your Main Street program. Ours is committed to Main Street, but someone on City staff recently asked this particular Board member when we would be "self sufficient" so we're wanting to have some info about other communities to help with that communication. Community Size: City Investment (dollars): City Investment (in kind value): What percentage is your city's contribution in your overall operating budget? Has it increased/decreased/remained the same in the last five years? Thank you! Jessica Jackson Claremore Main Street, Inc. 419 W. Will Rogers Blvd. Claremore, OK 74017 O/C: 918-341-5881 F: 918-342-0663 downtownclaremore.org [MainStreet-email4] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 12831 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Melvena Melvena Heisch Deputy SHPO State Historic Preservation Office Oklahoma Historical Society Oklahoma History Center 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73105-7917 405/522-4484 mheisch at okhistory.org From: National Alliance of Preservation Commissions [mailto:director at napcommissions.org] Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2017 4:51 AM To: Melvena Heisch Subject: [Marketing Mail] NAPC FORUM 2018 Save the Date [Image removed by sender.] ________________________________ SAVE THE DATE NAPC FORUM 2018 in Des Moines, Iowa Be sure to mark your calendars for July 18-22, 2018! [Image removed by sender.] ________________________________ The National Alliance of Preservation Commissions is pleased to announce the eleventh biennial FORUM to be held in Des Moines, Iowa, July 18-22, 2018. NAPC will be joined by the Iowa State Historic Preservation Office, which will host a statewide conference in conjunction with FORUM. FORUM 2018 is designed for local preservation commissions, design review boards, Main Street programs and their staff and partners, but all are welcome! • Learn the latest trends and receive valuable training through a combination of educational sessions, tours and workshops. • Gain AIA and AICP CE credits. • Network with your fellow preservationists and professionals in the field. ________________________________ PLANNING PARTNERS: [Image removed by sender.] [Image removed by sender.] [Image removed by sender.] ________________________________ For more information on attending FORUM 2018, becoming a sponsor, and submitting session topic proposals contact NAPC at director at napcommissions.org or 757-802-4141. See you in Des Moines! follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend Copyright © 2017, National Alliance of Preservation Commissions, All rights reserved. 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The HPRC and the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) encourage all interested parties to attend, and the meeting agenda is provided at http://www.okhistory.org/shpo/spevents.htm and http://www.okhistory.org/hprc.htm. Following are the proposed nominations to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) included on the agenda (nomination forms available at the above websites): a. Babe's Package Store, 220 South 3rd, Enid, Garfield County b. Eugene S Briggs Auditorium, 2450 East Maine, Enid, Garfield County c. Security National Bank Building, 201 West Broadway, Enid, Garfield County d. Beaty School, CR North 3210 At Royal Oaks Road, Pauls Valley Vicinity, Garvin County e. New Orient Hotel, 101-111 East Commerce Street, Altus, Jackson County f. Saints Cyril and Methodius Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, 501 South Third, Hartshorne, Pittsburg County g. The Church Studio, 304 South Trenton, Tulsa, Tulsa County National Park Service regulations require that a qualified state review board (in Oklahoma, the HPRC) participate in the SHPO's programs. Under Oklahoma statutes, the Governor appoints the HPRC membership. During each meeting, the HPRC hears presentations on nominations to the NRHP from SHPO staff and consultants, receives comments from owners of properties proposed for nomination, listens to public comments and concerns, and formulates recommendations to the SHPO about whether or not a property should be nominated. Concerned citizens and preservation professionals are invited to participate in this important component of the statewide preservation program. For further information about the HPRC and its meeting schedule, the NRHP, or other SHPO programs, call 405/521-6249 or visit us at http://www.okhistory.org/shpo/shpom.htm. 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Milestones this Month: NONE 2017 Reinvestment Report Summary For the Month of June Reinvestment Summary Cumulative Current 2017 Total Month Y-T-D Private Sector Reinvestment $1,227,754,221 $9,719,593 $27,030,366 Public Improvement Projects $377,134,458 $106,215 $8,430,365 Total Reinvestment Spending $1,604,888,679 $9,825,808 $35,460,731 Number of Active Programs 29 Number of Associate Programs 3 Number of Aspiring Communities 20 Number of Outreach Activities 5 31 # of Façade Rehabilitations 4,788 16 68 # of Other Building Projects & New Constr. 8,885 17 96 # of Buildings Sold 3,168 7 54 Net Gain: Business Openings, Relocations & Expansions 5,360 13 79 Jobs 18,392 14 282 Volunteer Hours (since 2002) 1,387,711 5,600 31,587 The summary report is attached. Jeremy Zeller Economic Development Specialist/Main Street Oklahoma Department of Commerce 900 N. 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Melvena Heisch Deputy SHPO State Historic Preservation Office Oklahoma Historical society 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive Oklahoma city, OK 73105-7917 405/522-4484 mheisch at okhistory.org From NPS/TPS: The updated version of The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring and Reconstructing Historic Buildings has been released and is now available in PDF format from the Technical Preservation Services (TPS) website. The Guidelines have been updated to ensure that they continue to reflect best practices in historic preservation, apply to 20th-century building types, materials, and systems now considered historic, and incorporate modern methods and technologies. The Standards themselves have not been changed. Additional information about the updated guidelines describing the changes that have been made from the prior version of the publication is also available from the TPS website. 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Applications will be sought until the position is filled. Information about how to apply is provided below. Melvena Heisch Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer State Historic Preservation Office Oklahoma Historical Society Oklahoma History Center 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73105-7914 mheisch at okhistory.org OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY RECRUITMENT ANNOUNCEMENT Opening Date : July 11, 2017 Closing Date: 12/31/2017-11:59:00 PM or Until Filled Job Title: Historic Preservation Specialist Job Code/Level: U14A/Level I Pay Band/Hiring Range: I $2,208.51 - $4,048.94 Vacancies: 1 Location: State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma Historical society, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City, OK Key Duties: * Develops research designs for architectural/historic survey projects and implements the designs through archival and field research. * Prepares complex reports detailing architectural/historic survey project results. * Prepares National Register of Historic Places Nominations in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Evaluation and Registration and the division's established policies. * Reviews complex reports and other documents prepared by professional consultants and others. * Develops scopes of work for the procurement of professional services. * Monitors contracts with professional consultants and advises supervisor about project progress and compliance. * Provides maintenance and completes error correction tasks for the divisions electronic database of architectural/historic resources. * Presents programs about Oklahoma's architectural/historic resources and about the division's architectural/historic survey program. * Prepares articles for publication about the division's architectural/historic survey program and about architectural/historic properties recorded in the Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory. 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URL: From Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov Fri Jul 14 10:25:43 2017 From: Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov (Buffy Hughes) Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 15:25:43 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Annual Agreements In-Reply-To: References: <3B19F7A718BB7A499033088B5CBB6703FD5C085D@EML-EXA03.agency.OK.local> Message-ID: <3B19F7A718BB7A499033088B5CBB6703FD5C1163@EML-EXA03.agency.OK.local> Of course. Thank you. From: Collinsville Downtown, Inc. [mailto:downtownincorporated at gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 10:25 AM To: amy at mcalestermainstreet.org Cc: Buffy Hughes ; MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: Re: [MainstreetTowns] Annual Agreements ​I was going to email it also. Can we?​ Kimberly Miller, Program Manager Collinsville Downtown, Inc. 1126 W. Main St. Collinsville, OK 74021 (918) 371-5530 www.collinsvilledowntowninc.org On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 7:32 PM, amy at mcalestermainstreet.org > wrote: Hi Buffy, I scanned mine and was going to email it tomorrow, does it have to be mailed? 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[mailto:downtownincorporated at gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 10:25 AM To: amy at mcalestermainstreet.org Cc: Buffy Hughes ; MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: Re: [MainstreetTowns] Annual Agreements ​I was going to email it also. Can we?​ Kimberly Miller, Program Manager Collinsville Downtown, Inc. 1126 W. Main St. Collinsville, OK 74021 (918) 371-5530 www. collinsvilledowntowni nc.o rg On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 7:32 PM, amy at mcalestermainstreet.org wrote: Hi Buffy, I scanned mine and was going to email it tomorrow, does it have to be mailed? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 13, 2017, at 4:13 PM, Buffy Hughes wrote: Good afternoon. Please don’t forget that your annual agreement must be postmarked and in the mail to the Main Street offices tomorrow, July 14th. Have a good evening, Buffy Buffy Hughes State Main Street Director Oklahoma Department of Commerce 900 N. Stiles Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73104 E: Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov P: 405.815.5249 C: 405.664.1260 OKcommerce.gov/main-street _______________________________________________ MainstreetTowns mailing list MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net https://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/mainstreettowns _______________________________________________ MainstreetTowns mailing list MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net https://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/mainstreettowns -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From downtownmuskogee at gmail.com Fri Jul 14 11:50:19 2017 From: downtownmuskogee at gmail.com (Downtown Muskogee) Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:50:19 -0500 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Blank city resolution form? Message-ID: Could someone please send a blank form to us, please? Long story . . . Lee Ann Langston Main Street Muskogee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Larry.Lucas at okcommerce.gov Fri Jul 14 13:11:24 2017 From: Larry.Lucas at okcommerce.gov (Larry Lucas) Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:11:24 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] FW: The New Standards and Guidelines released! In-Reply-To: <1128380240823.1125610113162.1734160033.0.311456JL.1002@scheduler.constantcontact.com> References: <1128380240823.1125610113162.1734160033.0.311456JL.1002@scheduler.constantcontact.com> Message-ID: <341CA2D4063B8948B1D48B24CE70E9235B4BBEB1@EML-EXA01.agency.OK.local> Good update to TPS resource on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Preservation. At Main Street we base all our Design advice from these 10 standards! Hope everyone has a nice weekend. Larry From: National Park Service Technical Preservation Services [mailto:elizabeth_milnarik at nps.gov] Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 1:56 PM To: Larry Lucas Subject: The New Standards and Guidelines released! [http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=3cdcda8d-f461-40da-a432-e41d9fe30b98&a=1125610113162&c=69bb6130-b0f6-11e6-8475-d4ae5292c2ac&ch=69d7e9e0-b0f6-11e6-8475-d4ae5292c2ac] Bulletin #12 | July 12, 2017 [https://files.constantcontact.com/a8847931601/d279ee15-88f3-48f4-bbac-75b777b8224d.gif] Technical Preservation Services News Now Available - The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring & Reconstructing Historic Buildings The updated version of The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring and Reconstructing Historic Buildings has been released and is now available in PDF format from the TPS website. The Guidelines have been updated to ensure that they continue to reflect best practices in historic preservation, apply to 20th-century building types, materials, and systems now considered historic, and incorporate modern methods and technologies. The Standards themselves have not been changed. Additional information about the updated guidelines describing the changes that have been made from the prior version of the publication is also available from the TPS website. The publication is available in PDF format and for purchase from the Government Printing Office. 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Melvena Heisch Deputy SHPO State Historic Preservation Office Oklahoma Historical society 405/522-4484 mheisch at okhistory.org Register Today for PastForward Preservation Conference in Chicago Join your preservation peers and colleagues from across the country in Chicago, Nov. 14-17, for the premier educational and networking event for those who are passionate about saving places. This year, PastForward explores the next generation of preservation tools and techniques. Don't miss out-register today at PastForwardConference.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The 54 programs outlined in the Directory provide funding, technical assistance, and other resources to community groups for historic preservation, investment in historic sites, recreation and improved access to public lands, and education and professional development in and outside national parks. Community assistance programs of the National Park Service empower local organizations to advance historic preservation and conservation work in rural and urban communities across the United States. These programs serve as economic drivers, transforming underutilized places into community assets that enhance quality of life and boost local economies through tourism and job creation. The 54 NPS programs in this directory are listed in alphabetical order. Each entry includes the program or service name, description of its purpose, its primary community assistance activities, and weblinks to follow for more information. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If I don't receive your form today, you will have to cover both nights hotel costs (and there is no reason for that!) :) I have received the following: * Altus * Duncan * El Reno * Guymon * Idabel * McAlester * Muskogee * Newkirk * Okmulgee * Ponca City * Prague * Sapulpa * Seminole * Stockyards * Tahlequah If you have questions, please reply back to me only or call me at 405-815-5146. Have a JOYFUL day and I look forward to seeing you all in a couple of weeks! :) Tamara Price-Omondi, Program Coordinator Oklahoma Main Street 900 N. Stiles Avenue Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Office: 405-815-5146 Mobile: 405-778-9321 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Please remember that this is a required training, and it's going to be different from any other we've had. Norma, PPS, and the NMSC will be there, as well as various partners. I look forward to seeing everyone. Have a great day, Buffy From: MainstreetTowns [mailto:mainstreettowns-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Tamara Price Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 11:32 AM To: mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: [MainstreetTowns] HOTEL FORM - LAST CALL Happy Monday, Friends! I hope you all had a great weekend. I am needing to turn in our information to the hotel today. If you have not submitted your form, please do so by 2pm today. :) If you don't need lodging, no need to respond. If I don't receive your form today, you will have to cover both nights hotel costs (and there is no reason for that!) :) I have received the following: * Altus * Duncan * El Reno * Guymon * Idabel * McAlester * Muskogee * Newkirk * Okmulgee * Ponca City * Prague * Sapulpa * Seminole * Stockyards * Tahlequah If you have questions, please reply back to me only or call me at 405-815-5146. Have a JOYFUL day and I look forward to seeing you all in a couple of weeks! :) Tamara Price-Omondi, Program Coordinator Oklahoma Main Street 900 N. Stiles Avenue Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Office: 405-815-5146 Mobile: 405-778-9321 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Kelli.Yadon at okcommerce.gov Wed Jul 19 13:39:14 2017 From: Kelli.Yadon at okcommerce.gov (Kelli Yadon) Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 18:39:14 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Update call sheet! Message-ID: <803C3C749FC1CA478817B6ADDA21E6915BAC66F6@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> As always, if there are changes to your program (staff, board pres, phone number, email) let me know! Kel Kelli S Yadon Oklahoma Main Street Center 900 North Stiles Avenue Oklahoma City, OK 73104 P: 405.815.5379 C: 405.778.9375 [MSALOGO_17COPROGRAM_CMYK] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 9585 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: OMSPProgramDirectorList2017.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 107751 bytes Desc: OMSPProgramDirectorList2017.pdf URL: From Jeremy.Zeller at okcommerce.gov Mon Jul 24 07:55:42 2017 From: Jeremy.Zeller at okcommerce.gov (Jeremy Zeller) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 12:55:42 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Funding, Trainings, Webinars Message-ID: <9A22EFC9872B77409B6475696C8314A55C20A090@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> As always, not everything may pertain to your program, but you may know someone who may benefit from it. Free Talk! Mobilizing Volunteers for Small Town Success Small towns rely on volunteers for prosperity, but it can be a challenge to sustain volunteer energy and enthusiasm. With a resident-driven approach, Heart & Soul(r) towns rally community members to increase civic participation and create positive change. Listen in for ideas to keep volunteers motivated and engaged for the long run. Thursday, July 27, 2017 from 3-4 p.m. Eastern Register Now! Speakers: * Sara Lightner, senior associate of programs, training, Orton Family Foundation Before joining Orton, Sara spent 13 years volunteering and working with volunteers in the Peace Corps. She was director of programming and training for the Eastern Caribbean and for Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Sara directed volunteer and partner trainings and programming opportunities, ensuring that volunteers received the support needed to be successful. * Debbie Moreno, project coordinator, Galesburg on Track Debbie is a journalist, a poet, a parent, and an active volunteer-skills and experience that have transferred to her role as project coordinator of Galesburg on Track, a Community Heart & Soul(r) project in Galesburg, Illinois. Debbie is devoted to effective communication with residents and has built a strong and dedicated group of volunteers that represent the broad range of perspectives. * Fran Stoddard, moderator A national award-winning producer of video programs, Fran produced and hosted Vermont Public Television's weekly "Profile" interview program for more than a decade. She frequently serves as moderator for community events and has served on numerous non-profit boards. Choctaw Nation Opportunities Oklahoma Hunting and Fishing License The Choctaw Nation is excited to announce that hunting and fishing license will now be available for all Choctaw citizens residing within Oklahoma regardless of age or if they are a current Oklahoma lifetime license holder. For more information or to access the online application you can click here. [http://files.constantcontact.com/79520e7c401/0fd00c9b-7151-4629-a7da-4c34d42ee420.jpg] Federal, State, and Nonprofit Opportunities Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training Grant The Agency will make grants to public bodies and private nonprofit corporations to provide associations Technical Assistance and/or training with respect to essential community facilities programs. The Technical Assistance and/or training will assist communities, Indian Tribes, and Nonprofit Corporations to identify and plan for community facility needs that exist in their area. More information... Application Deadline: July 24, 2017 Socially Disadvantaged Groups Grant The purpose of this program is to provide technical assistance to Socially Disadvantaged Groups in rural areas. Eligible applicants include Cooperatives, Groups of Cooperatives, and Cooperative Development Centers. This program supports Rural Development's (RD) mission of improving the quality of life for rural Americans and commitment to directing resources to those who most need them. More information... Application Deadline: July 25, 2017 Rural Community Development Initiative Grants Qualified private, nonprofit and public including tribal intermediary organizations proposing to carry out financial and technical assistance programs will be eligible to receive the funding. The Intermediary will be required to provide matching funds in an amount at least equal to the RCDI grant. The respective minimum and maximum grant amount per Intermediary is $50,000 and $250,000. The Intermediary must provide a program of financial and technical assistance to recipients to develop their capacity and ability to undertake projects related to housing, community facilities, or community and economic development that will support the community. More information... Application Deadline: July 25, 2017 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants With this publication, HUD is making available up to $5,000,000 for Planning Grants, including Planning and Action Grants.1. Planning Grants are two-year grants that assist communities with severely distressed public or HUD-assisted housing in developing a successful neighborhood transformation plan and building the support necessary for that plan to be successfully implemented.2. Planning and Action Grants are three and a half year planning grants that pair planning with action. More information... Application Deadline: August 28, 2017 Capital Magnet Fund Grants to finance affordable housing and community revitalization efforts that benefit low-income people and communities. More information... Application Deadline: August 31, 2017 Centers for Agricultural Health and Safety (U54) Funding to operate a Center for Agriculture Health and Safety, which will conduct research and help translate scientific discoveries focused on improving worker safety and health in the areas of agriculture, forestry, and fishing. More information... Letter of Intent (Optional): September 29, 2017 Application Deadline: November 30, 2017 Economic Development Assistance Programs The Economic Development Administration's (EDA's) mission is to lead the Federal economic development agenda by promoting innovation and competitiveness, preparing American regions for economic growth and success in the worldwide economy. More information... Application Deadline: Rolling Training & Workshop Opportunities Standards for Excellence 2.0 This includes expanded and enhanced benchmarks for nonprofit best practices, including 78 benchmarks for best practices; new sample policies in social media and information technologies all nonprofits need to know; and improved information on outcome based measurements and logic models to prove mission impact. * Ardmore - July 19-20 * Tulsa - July 26-27 * OKC - August 8-9 * Tahlequah - August 30-31 * Durant - September 19-20 * Tulsa - September 20-21 Managing Through A Budget Crisis Gain skills and resources for setting and maintaining organizational priorities - and where to cut back - in the midst of uncertain economic times. OKC - August 11, 9am - 12pm Tulsa - August 25, 9am - 12pm True Colors Workshop This is a model for understanding yourself and others based on your personality temperament. The colors of Orange, Gold, Green, and Blue are used to differentiate the four central personality styles. Tulsa - July 28, 9am - 12pm Webinar Series: Get More Grants Maryn Boess, a veteran nonprofit professional, social entrepreneur, and leader in capacity-building and grantsmanship training, has won more than $42 million for her clients in a single ten-year period. Since 2000 she has focused on creating and delivering a portfolio of high-quality, low-cost grants information tools, resources, and workshops shared by thousands of nonprofits nationwide. * Power Writing for Nonprofits - August 2 * Grants Research...with a Twist - October 4 * Inside the Grantmaker's Black Box - December 6 Webinars Bringing Life Downtown After Hours: Arts, Shopping, Culture After 5 Being open evening hours is not just a matter of extending store hours. It is more like opening a whole different store with different customers. Becky McCray and Deb Brown be sharing ideas and examples from real small towns. Deb will share from her experience as a Chamber of Commerce director, and Becky will share from her perspective as a business owner in a small town. More information... When: Webinar continually available. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 48899 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: From Jeremy.Zeller at okcommerce.gov Tue Jul 25 09:20:54 2017 From: Jeremy.Zeller at okcommerce.gov (Jeremy Zeller) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:20:54 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Top 15 Message-ID: <9A22EFC9872B77409B6475696C8314A55C20A271@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> As I like to do each year at about the half way point is to give you a list of the TOP 15 in quality assurance points as of right now. This is in alphabetical order and no matter how much you ask, I am not telling anyone how far away they are from any spot. I can tell you what points I have for you at this moment according to what has been reported. Ada Altus Cherokee Claremore Collinsville Duncan Durant Hobart McAlester Newkirk Okmulgee Perry Ponca City Stockyards City Tulsa Rt. 66 Jeremy Zeller Economic Development Specialist Oklahoma Main Street 405-815-5186 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mheisch at okhistory.org Tue Jul 25 12:05:51 2017 From: mheisch at okhistory.org (Melvena Heisch) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 17:05:51 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] SHPO Seeks Input for FY 2018 Program Message-ID: SHPO SEEKS INPUT FOR FY 2018 PROGRAM The Oklahoma Historical Society's State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) will hold a public meeting at 10:30am on Friday September 15, 2017, in the Oklahoma History Center Classroom, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive (just northeast of the State Capitol), Oklahoma City. SHPO staff will provide information about the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and how it supports the statewide preservation program. Also, during the meeting, the SHPO will receive public input for development of the Fiscal Year 2018 Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) application to the U.S. Department of the Interior. Participation in the meeting is one important way to help the SHPO advance Oklahoma's preservation goals. Under the NHPA, the SHPO administers the federal historic preservation program in Oklahoma. The purpose of the program is to encourage preservation of the state's archeological and historic resources for everyone's benefit. The SHPO conducts surveys to identify archeological and historic resources; nominates eligible properties to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); comments on the effects of federal undertakings on archeological and historic resources; develops the statewide preservation plan; administers the Certified Local Governments (CLG) Program; provides comments to the National Park Service about rehabilitation projects proposed for federal tax credits; and provides public outreach programs and technical assistance to preservation professionals, government agencies, and interested citizens. The SHPO expects to receive approximately $830,000 from the HPF for these programs and its operations. Ten percent of the HPF award is reserved for pass-through grants to CLGs. Tomorrow's Legacy: Oklahoma's Statewide Preservation Plan (January 2015-December 2019) (available from the SHPO or at www.okhistory.org/shpo/stateplan.htm) sets forth the statewide preservation community's goals and objectives. The SHPO's priorities for addressing the State Plan's goals are continuation of the archeological and historic/architectural resources survey program, with special emphasis on resources associated with underrepresented peoples, and extension of survey coverage to previously unstudied areas; preparation of NRHP nominations; and continuation of public outreach and technical assistance programs. Your project ideas and recommended priorities for the SHPO's FY 2018 activities will help strengthen preservation efforts in Oklahoma. If you are unable to attend the meeting, your written comments and suggestions are welcome. You may complete the SHPO's "Project Suggestion Form" and return it by 5:00pm, Friday, September 15, 2017. 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I would appreciate any ideas you might be willing to share. Thanks, Cindy McDonald Executive Director Sapulpa Main Street 101 E. Dewey Ave. Sapulpa, OK 74066 918-224-5709 Mission Statement 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. This is done through education and management in organization, promotion, design and economic vitality. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Kelli.Yadon at okcommerce.gov Thu Jul 27 15:12:10 2017 From: Kelli.Yadon at okcommerce.gov (Kelli Yadon) Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 20:12:10 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] FW: Ribbon Cutting In-Reply-To: <803C3C749FC1CA478817B6ADDA21E6915BDACE5A@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> References: <00ea01d30712$e6fd6bd0$b4f84370$@sapulpamainstreet.com> <803C3C749FC1CA478817B6ADDA21E6915BDACE5A@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> Message-ID: <803C3C749FC1CA478817B6ADDA21E6915BDACEF3@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> All, please respond to Cindy at director at sapulpamainstreet.com Or to the listserv. Thanks! From: MainstreetTowns [mailto:mainstreettowns-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Kelli Yadon Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:07 PM To: mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Ribbon Cutting From: director at sapulpamainstreet.com [mailto:director at sapulpamainstreet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:00 PM To: MainstreetTowns > Subject: Ribbon Cutting Do any of you do something other than a ribbon cutting for your new members? The chamber does ribbon cuttings and I need to do something other than that. I would appreciate any ideas you might be willing to share. Thanks, Cindy McDonald Executive Director Sapulpa Main Street 101 E. Dewey Ave. Sapulpa, OK 74066 918-224-5709 Mission Statement 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. 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From: MainstreetTowns [mailto:mainstreettowns-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Kelli Yadon Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:07 PM To: mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Ribbon Cutting From: director at sapulpamainstreet.com [mailto:director at sapulpamainstreet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:00 PM To: MainstreetTowns Subject: Ribbon Cutting Do any of you do something other than a ribbon cutting for your new members? The chamber does ribbon cuttings and I need to do something other than that. I would appreciate any ideas you might be willing to share. Thanks, Cindy McDonald Executive Director Sapulpa Main Street 101 E. Dewey Ave. Sapulpa, OK 74066 918-224-5709 Mission Statement 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. 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Because that's already being done, we don't really have something that's Our Thing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelli Yadon" To: mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:06:48 PM Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Ribbon Cutting     From: director at sapulpamainstreet.com [mailto:director at sapulpamainstreet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:00 PM To: MainstreetTowns Subject: Ribbon Cutting   Do any of you do something other than a ribbon cutting for your new members?  The chamber does ribbon cuttings and I need to do something other than that.  I would appreciate any ideas you might be willing to share.   Thanks,   Cindy McDonald Executive Director Sapulpa Main Street 101 E. Dewey Ave. Sapulpa, OK  74066 918-224-5709         Mission Statement 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.   This is done through education and management in organization, promotion, design and economic vitality .   _______________________________________________ MainstreetTowns mailing list MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net https://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/mainstreettowns -- Amy Kaiser, Program Manager  Ada Main Street PO Box 205 124 E Main, Suite 7  Ada, OK 74820 Direct: (580) 436-1600 www.adamainstreet.com Ada Main Street, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the quality of life in Ada by revitalizing the downtown area as a community center, promoting a healthy, friendly, economically viable and attractive Main Street. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rfrantz at ou.edu Fri Jul 28 10:33:04 2017 From: rfrantz at ou.edu (Frantz, Ronald H. Jr.) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:33:04 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Ribbon Cutting In-Reply-To: <1125580267.8509178.1501253199201.JavaMail.zimbra@cableone.net> References: <00ea01d30712$e6fd6bd0$b4f84370$@sapulpamainstreet.com> <803C3C749FC1CA478817B6ADDA21E6915BDACE5A@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> <1125580267.8509178.1501253199201.JavaMail.zimbra@cableone.net> Message-ID: Dear Main Streeters, Speaking of the “big scissors,” I thought of this window display that I saw in Natchitoches, Louisiana, one time. I hope the attachment makes it. As far as ribbon cuttings, those always are fun. I am amazed how people show up for these. Great energy and enthusiasm. Why not “chair bomb” the storefront? Everyone brings their favorite chair lawn chair. (You could even make it a Game Day event supporting the local high school or college team). Main Street acquires a few of those little bistro tables that are popular in parks, and you have a quick little coffee and cookies or coffee and doughnuts break on the sidewalk. Go the extra distance—add table coverings, candles, etc. Make it something fun. Inflatable beach balls and those little bottles of bubbles (like from the dollar store—bought in 6 packs) loosen up the stuffiest, gruffest of us all. The sidewalk is filled (even if for just 30 minutes) with people who are having a coffee break…..even roll out some AstroTurf or some outdoor rug (plenty of them can be found at all kinds of places), set up a few pot plants or floral arrangements (that then stay with the business). Great music helps, too, (live or broadcast). Everyone can contribute something….most stuff can be reused for the next event. Plan this as a 1-month-in-business celebration so it doesn’t conflict with the ribbon cutting, and it gets people back to the business. This group is so good with promotions…think of it as a mini-promotion….that doesn’t require blocking the streets, hauling trash cans, or worrying if Santa will show up a little buzzed. (It’s happened a number of times.) Ron P.S. Vacation this summer was in Quebec City. Their streets are very hilly and, for the most part, the sidewalks are very narrow. However, the tables, chairs, flowers, and outdoor spaces are incredible. It is amazing how they make it work. I’ll spare you my vacation photos…promise. From: MainstreetTowns [mailto:mainstreettowns-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Amy Kaiser Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 9:47 AM To: Kelli Yadon Cc: mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: Re: [MainstreetTowns] Ribbon Cutting I would like feedback on this too...we are not the keepers of the "big scissors" in Ada either. Because that's already being done, we don't really have something that's Our Thing. ________________________________ From: "Kelli Yadon" > To: mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:06:48 PM Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Ribbon Cutting From: director at sapulpamainstreet.com [mailto:director at sapulpamainstreet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:00 PM To: MainstreetTowns > Subject: Ribbon Cutting Do any of you do something other than a ribbon cutting for your new members? The chamber does ribbon cuttings and I need to do something other than that. I would appreciate any ideas you might be willing to share. Thanks, Cindy McDonald Executive Director Sapulpa Main Street 101 E. Dewey Ave. Sapulpa, OK 74066 918-224-5709 Mission Statement 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. This is done through education and management in organization, promotion, design and economic vitality. _______________________________________________ MainstreetTowns mailing list MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net https://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/mainstreettowns -- Amy Kaiser, Program Manager Ada Main Street PO Box 205 124 E Main, Suite 7 Ada, OK 74820 Direct: (580) 436-1600 www.adamainstreet.com Ada Main Street, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the quality of life in Ada by revitalizing the downtown area as a community center, promoting a healthy, friendly, economically viable and attractive Main Street. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: I run with scissors.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2466256 bytes Desc: I run with scissors.jpg URL: From director at sapulpamainstreet.com Fri Jul 28 11:01:00 2017 From: director at sapulpamainstreet.com (director at sapulpamainstreet.com) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:01:00 -0500 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Ribbon Cutting In-Reply-To: References: <00ea01d30712$e6fd6bd0$b4f84370$@sapulpamainstreet.com> <803C3C749FC1CA478817B6ADDA21E6915BDACE5A@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> <1125580267.8509178.1501253199201.JavaMail.zimbra@cableone.net> Message-ID: <003601d307ba$b51d3ca0$1f57b5e0$@sapulpamainstreet.com> That sounds great!! A lot of fun too. Thanks Ron, Cindy McDonald Executive Director Sapulpa Main Street 101 E. Dewey Ave. Sapulpa, OK 74066 918-224-5709 Mission Statement 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. This is done through education and management in organization, promotion, design and economic vitality. From: MainstreetTowns [mailto:mainstreettowns-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Frantz, Ronald H. Jr. Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 10:33 AM To: Amy Kaiser ; Kelli Yadon Cc: mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: Re: [MainstreetTowns] Ribbon Cutting Dear Main Streeters, Speaking of the “big scissors,” I thought of this window display that I saw in Natchitoches, Louisiana, one time. I hope the attachment makes it. As far as ribbon cuttings, those always are fun. I am amazed how people show up for these. Great energy and enthusiasm. Why not “chair bomb” the storefront? Everyone brings their favorite chair lawn chair. (You could even make it a Game Day event supporting the local high school or college team). Main Street acquires a few of those little bistro tables that are popular in parks, and you have a quick little coffee and cookies or coffee and doughnuts break on the sidewalk. Go the extra distance—add table coverings, candles, etc. Make it something fun. Inflatable beach balls and those little bottles of bubbles (like from the dollar store—bought in 6 packs) loosen up the stuffiest, gruffest of us all. The sidewalk is filled (even if for just 30 minutes) with people who are having a coffee break…..even roll out some AstroTurf or some outdoor rug (plenty of them can be found at all kinds of places), set up a few pot plants or floral arrangements (that then stay with the business). Great music helps, too, (live or broadcast). Everyone can contribute something….most stuff can be reused for the next event. Plan this as a 1-month-in-business celebration so it doesn’t conflict with the ribbon cutting, and it gets people back to the business. This group is so good with promotions…think of it as a mini-promotion….that doesn’t require blocking the streets, hauling trash cans, or worrying if Santa will show up a little buzzed. (It’s happened a number of times.) Ron P.S. Vacation this summer was in Quebec City. Their streets are very hilly and, for the most part, the sidewalks are very narrow. However, the tables, chairs, flowers, and outdoor spaces are incredible. It is amazing how they make it work. I’ll spare you my vacation photos…promise. From: MainstreetTowns [mailto:mainstreettowns-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Amy Kaiser Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 9:47 AM To: Kelli Yadon > Cc: mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: Re: [MainstreetTowns] Ribbon Cutting I would like feedback on this too...we are not the keepers of the "big scissors" in Ada either. Because that's already being done, we don't really have something that's Our Thing. _____ From: "Kelli Yadon" > To: mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:06:48 PM Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Ribbon Cutting From: director at sapulpamainstreet.com [mailto:director at sapulpamainstreet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:00 PM To: MainstreetTowns > Subject: Ribbon Cutting Do any of you do something other than a ribbon cutting for your new members? The chamber does ribbon cuttings and I need to do something other than that. I would appreciate any ideas you might be willing to share. Thanks, Cindy McDonald Executive Director Sapulpa Main Street 101 E. Dewey Ave. Sapulpa, OK 74066 918-224-5709 Mission Statement 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. This is done through education and management in organization, promotion, design and economic vitality. _______________________________________________ MainstreetTowns mailing list MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net https://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/mainstreettowns -- Amy Kaiser, Program Manager Ada Main Street PO Box 205 124 E Main, Suite 7 Ada, OK 74820 Direct: (580) 436-1600 www.adamainstreet.com Ada Main Street, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the quality of life in Ada by revitalizing the downtown area as a community center, promoting a healthy, friendly, economically viable and attractive Main Street. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mainstreet at claremore.org Fri Jul 28 11:48:35 2017 From: mainstreet at claremore.org (Mainstreet) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:48:35 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Ribbon Cutting In-Reply-To: <803C3C749FC1CA478817B6ADDA21E6915BDACEF3@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> References: <00ea01d30712$e6fd6bd0$b4f84370$@sapulpamainstreet.com> <803C3C749FC1CA478817B6ADDA21E6915BDACE5A@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> <803C3C749FC1CA478817B6ADDA21E6915BDACEF3@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> Message-ID: We haven't started it yet, but we are going to make one of those Instagram picture frame things and take photos of the new business owners and our Welcome Committee each time we have a new business. That gives us something to put on social media and also send to the paper, but it's different from the Chamber's ribbon cutting. From: MainstreetTowns [mailto:mainstreettowns-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Kelli Yadon Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:12 PM To: mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: [MainstreetTowns] FW: Ribbon Cutting All, please respond to Cindy at director at sapulpamainstreet.com Or to the listserv. Thanks! From: MainstreetTowns [mailto:mainstreettowns-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Kelli Yadon Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:07 PM To: mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Ribbon Cutting From: director at sapulpamainstreet.com [mailto:director at sapulpamainstreet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:00 PM To: MainstreetTowns > Subject: Ribbon Cutting Do any of you do something other than a ribbon cutting for your new members? The chamber does ribbon cuttings and I need to do something other than that. I would appreciate any ideas you might be willing to share. Thanks, Cindy McDonald Executive Director Sapulpa Main Street 101 E. Dewey Ave. Sapulpa, OK 74066 918-224-5709 Mission Statement 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. This is done through education and management in organization, promotion, design and economic vitality. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov Fri Jul 28 13:11:43 2017 From: Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov (Buffy Hughes) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 18:11:43 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Fresh Paint Days Message-ID: <3B19F7A718BB7A499033088B5CBB6703FD8AEE27@EML-EXA03.agency.OK.local> Good afternoon. This is just a reminder that the Fresh Paint Days application is due soon - below is a link. I was told today that an application from Main Street communities has never been turned down. Also, they provide more than just paint, and below is a list of items the stipend covered (thanks Kim for the information). Fresh paint days link: https://www.keepoklahomabeautiful.com/fresh-paint-days/ Supplies purchased with stipend for Fresh Paint Days Allred Hardware Plastic drop cloth & paint scraper $ 22.91 Cribbets True Value Paint thinner $ 11.44 Sherwin Williams Peelaway - 2/1.25 gal kits, blue tape & 3 plastic scrapers $84.56 5gals of FireBrick color paint for upper floor $92.80 Dollar General Vinyl gloves & command hooks $ 7.64 Atwoods 5gal bucket & lid, roller frames, roller cover, paint trays, razor scraper and paint brushes $37.42 Dollar Tree 2 storage containers for excess paint $ 2.18 Lowe's Water for volunteers (with coupon from KOB) $12.97 Kim Miller Mileage reimbursement $28.08 Total spent $300.00 Have a great weekend, Buffy Buffy Hughes State Main Street Director Oklahoma Department of Commerce 900 N. Stiles Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73104 E: Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov P: 405.815.5249 C: 405.664.1260 OKcommerce.gov/main-street [MSALOGO_17COPROGRAM_CMYK] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 5835 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From newkirkms at hotmail.com Fri Jul 28 16:25:58 2017 From: newkirkms at hotmail.com (Karen Newkirk Main Street) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 21:25:58 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Ribbon Cutting In-Reply-To: <1125580267.8509178.1501253199201.JavaMail.zimbra@cableone.net> References: <00ea01d30712$e6fd6bd0$b4f84370$@sapulpamainstreet.com> <803C3C749FC1CA478817B6ADDA21E6915BDACE5A@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local>, <1125580267.8509178.1501253199201.JavaMail.zimbra@cableone.net> Message-ID: Newkirk has a large banner that says "Newkirk Main Street Welcomes You." We go to the business with lots of our volunteers and take a photo - which then appears in the paper along with a short press release about the business. We have an 8X10 of the photo made, buy an inexpensive frame to put the picture in and give it to the business. They always display the photo - usually behind their cash register and we get awesome coverage from this. We started this when our Chamber went belly up for a period of time - and we have just kept doing it. I love Ron's ideas - great stuff to implement -no matter the size of the community. Karen Dye Newkirk Main Street 116 N. Main - P.O. Box 235 Newkirk, OK 74647 580-362-2377 www.newkirkmainstreet.com "We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems." John W. Gardner "You can change the future of your community or you can sit back and allow whatever happens to happen." Jack McCall ________________________________ From: MainstreetTowns on behalf of Amy Kaiser Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 9:46 AM To: Kelli Yadon Cc: mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net Subject: Re: [MainstreetTowns] Ribbon Cutting I would like feedback on this too...we are not the keepers of the "big scissors" in Ada either. Because that's already being done, we don't really have something that's Our Thing. ________________________________ From: "Kelli Yadon" To: mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:06:48 PM Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Ribbon Cutting From: director at sapulpamainstreet.com [mailto:director at sapulpamainstreet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:00 PM To: MainstreetTowns Subject: Ribbon Cutting Do any of you do something other than a ribbon cutting for your new members? The chamber does ribbon cuttings and I need to do something other than that. I would appreciate any ideas you might be willing to share. Thanks, Cindy McDonald Executive Director Sapulpa Main Street 101 E. Dewey Ave. Sapulpa, OK 74066 918-224-5709 Mission Statement 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. This is done through education and management in organization, promotion, design and economic vitality. _______________________________________________ MainstreetTowns mailing list MainstreetTowns at lists.onenet.net https://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/mainstreettowns -- Amy Kaiser, Program Manager Ada Main Street PO Box 205 124 E Main, Suite 7 Ada, OK 74820 Direct: (580) 436-1600 www.adamainstreet.com Ada Main Street, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the quality of life in Ada by revitalizing the downtown area as a community center, promoting a healthy, friendly, economically viable and attractive Main Street. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mainstreet at claremore.org Mon Jul 31 13:31:12 2017 From: mainstreet at claremore.org (Mainstreet) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 18:31:12 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Main Street does Claremore Message-ID: To the Best Main Streeters in the Country, Claremore is excited to have you this week! We are getting all geared up for the conference. It's going to be a great one. I wanted to share a little about our downtown in case you get here a little early tomorrow. We have some fabulous places to eat! [See all dining in the district.] We will be catering in Belvidere Tea Room and Pink House for lunch on Wednesday and Thursday and eating at the Main Street Tavern on Wednesday night for dinner. All three are fabulous, so you can eat there on Tuesday if you so desire. There's also Dot's Café (breakfast/lunch only), Boomarang Diner (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and She Brews Coffee House (lunch only...they don't open until 10 a.m. downtown, but there's one with morning hours right across from your hotel!). Outside downtown, there's tasty Mexican places on every corner (I'd recommend El Maguey) and there's a local favorite called Hammett House (you'll need to order a slice of their mile-high pie!). Oh, and Frosted is a cupcakery downtown. The owner was on Cupcake Wars. The cupcakes are amazing! I've attached a downtown map with dining and retail listed, but our downtown is small enough you can easily walk it to find something you're interested in. There will be a printed off version in your packet when you get here. Any more questions, don't hesitate to ask! My cell is 918-341-5881. See you tomorrow! Jessica Jackson Claremore Main Street, Inc. 419 W. 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