[OMS_MANAGERS] LGMS: Fundamental Program Question

Tue Aug 30 17:07:00 PDT 2011

We try to have the committees do as much work as they can. Part of our
manager's role is to make sure they have the coaching, tools, etc. that
they need in order to be successful at their tasks. When we find there
is some expertise they need, that is missing from the committee, we then
reach out to the consultants or experts in the community at large to
help. We just finished an all-volunteer downtown data survey-very
detailed- to input in to our new Downtown Diva software. It went really
well. Lots of positive feedback and great data collection results. We
assigned blocks and teams of two to do the surveys. 

Claire Seguin

Executive Director

NEDCO (Neighborhood Economic Development Corporation)

212 Main Street, Springfield, OR 97477

Phone: 541-345-7106

Fax: 541-345-9584

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Helping families and communities build assets since 1979 . 

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From: oms_managers-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
[mailto:oms_managers-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of
Angi Ford
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:45 PM
To: Oregon Main Street program managers
Subject: Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] LGMS: Fundamental Program Question

Interesting question Jerrimi, I would like to hear the feedback on this
one as well as we have just this summer established our committees and
this would be a great time for us to establish that here too.

Thanks,

Angi Ford, Sherwood Main Street

BOOTS (Businesses of Old Town Sherwood)

503.625.7800

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Jerrimi Hofmann
<mainstreet at cityoflagrande.org> wrote:

Hi all, 

I am seeking some thoughts on how you engage your committees and to what
extent they are responsible for project completion.  This question is
posed because of the database that we received from Oregon Main Street.
I have pulled all of the information I can from the assessors records
but am lacking complete contact information for all of our downtown
businesses. 

Part of me believes that gathering this information seems appropriate
for our Economic Restructuring committee as the information gathered
will primarily be used to improve our outreach and communication to the
shops.  However, the other part of me believes that sending a volunteer
into stores will not garner the type of program credibility that we're
aiming to achieve, and may ultimately slow the project down.  

So the short and dirty version of my question is this: Do you treat your
committees more as consultants, a representation of the whole community,
or do they act as your primary project heads? 

Feel free to respond to just me if you have any thoughts. 

Thanks for your time. 

Jerrimi Hofmann

Main Street Program Coordinator

City of La Grande

541-963-1223

mainstreet at cityoflagrande.org

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Angi Ford, Sherwood Main Street

B.O.O.T.S. Coordinator

503.625.7800

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