[OMS_MANAGERS] Fwd: What’s Up with Downtown

Wed Oct 24 09:03:08 PDT 2012

GREAT JOB, Lloyd & Co.!!!  You give us all something to aspire to!

Kelly Haverkate
Dayton Community Development Association

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Sheri Stuart <sheri.stuart at state.or.us>wrote:

>  Oregon Heritage Exchange <comment-reply at wordpress.com> 10/23/2012 10:30
> AM >>>
>   oregonheritage posted: "By Lloyd Purdy Last Friday, October 12th,
> Oregon City’s 166-year-old downtown marketplace began a three-day
> celebration commemorating the restoration and reopening of the historic
> Oregon City Arch Bridge (a National Register-listed structure designed"     Respond
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> <http://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/author/oregonheritage/>  What’s Up
> with Downtown<http://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/whats-up-with-downtown/>by
> oregonheritage<http://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/author/oregonheritage/>
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> *By Lloyd Purdy*
>
> Last Friday, October 12th, Oregon City’s 166-year-old downtown marketplace
> began a three-day celebration commemorating the restoration and reopening
> of the historic Oregon City Arch Bridge (a National Register-listed
> structure<http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=30596>designed by Oregon Department of Transportation Engineer Conde McCulloch).
> Downtown visitors who hadn’t ventured across the Willamette River in 22
> months saw a downtown marketplace that was markedly different from the one
> they remember.
>
>  Robb Crocker and team at Funnelbox Production
> Studios which spun off a new company, SuperGenius
>
> Through the leadership of Main Street Oregon City Inc.<http://downtownoregoncity.org/>(following the National Trust 4-Point model for community revitalization)
> one of Oregon’s oldest downtown’s has seen:
>
>    -
>
>     First City Cycles, a new retail start up.
>
>    Forty-five new business open in the downtown marketplace. (Two new
>    business have openeddowntown for every business that has completed its
>    lifecycle – yes there is a lifecycle to every business.)
>
>
>    - The addition of more than $80,000 in public art and three new
>    cultural events downtown. Downtown Oregon City’s Streetscape is activated
>    by people as well as compelling and interesting artwork.
>
>
>    -
>
>     The band Tumble Rye performing on in downtown.
>
>    The implementation of a recruitment campaign focused on entrepreneurs
>    and creative professionals. Visit www.bluecollarcreative.orgto get a
>    feel forthe energy and excitement building up in Downtown Oregon City.
>
>
>    - The scoping, design, funding and completion of a $2.5 million
>    streetscape enhancement project. This included a return to a two-way retail
>    friendly streetscape as well as pedestrian enhancements that give
>    pedestrians priority in downtown Oregon City.
>
>
>    -
>
>     Raising and installation of the Willamette
>    Compass in downtown.
>
>    On average $1million annually in private property investment and
>    adaptive reuse.That is transforming and saving our buildings, structures
>    and historic spaces.
>
>
>    - A $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to
>    artistically light theMunicipal Elevator in Downtown Oregon City. Oregon
>    City shares Willamette Falls with the rest of the country and the Arch
>    Bridge with our sister City West Linn. But Oregon City’s Municipal Elevator
>    is a local icon. This quarter-million dollar project will focus attention
>    on this structure and the identity of this community.
>
> In 2012 the non-profit Main Street Oregon City Inc. and its partner
> organizations received four “Excellence in Downtown Revitalization” awards
> from Oregon Main Street.<http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/SHPO/Pages/mainstreet.aspx>Awards included:
> *Best Partnership, Best Public Infrastructure Project, Best Business
> Success Story and Downtown Manager of the Year*.
>
> So if you haven’t been to downtown Oregon City lately, make plans to visit
> us soon!
>
> *Lloyd Purdy **is the Executive Director of Main Street Oregon City Inc.*
>
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