[OMS_MANAGERS] FW: Solutions for Overcoming Vacancy and Neglect Downtown

Wed May 13 10:37:26 PDT 2015

FYI – free webinar on Friday, May 15 – noon to 1 p.m. PST

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Steer the change

Next Event:

Friday,
May 15, 2015
3-4 p.m. EDT

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Is your downtown succumbing to vacant and decaying historic buildings? To combat downward momentum, Rick Hauser, mayor of Perry, New York, and owner of In. Site: Architecture developed Main Street, LLC, a community-based for-profit development corporation. Main Street, LLC recognizes the quantitative and qualitative benefits of reversing neglect and urges people to “put their money where their house is.”

On May 15, Rick joins CommunityMatters® and the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design™ (CIRD) for a 60-minute webinar. He’ll offer new insights into a longstanding challenge for towns and small cities—getting the ball rolling to overcome vacancy in key downtown locations.

May Webinar:
Main Street, LLC: Put Your Money Where Your House Is
Friday, May 15 2015
3-4 p.m. EDT
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Featuring:

  *   Rick Hauser, mayor of Perry, New York and owner of In. Site: Architecture

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FEATURED:
WEBINAR IN REVIEW
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Chuck Fluharty, Kirsten Stoltz, and Savannah Barrett joined CommunityMatters and the Citizen's Insitute on Rural Design in March to share ideas for building partnerships across rural and urban divides. Watch the webinar recording.

FEATURED EVENT
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Learn the important first steps in a Community Heart & Soul™ project. The 60-minute webinar will explain how to form a core team, assess community readiness, understand community networks, and more. Thursday, May 28, 2015. Register now.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
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Have an idea for strengthening community through art? Check out the National Endowment for the Arts’ Art Works program. Applications due July 23, 2015.

FEATURED BLOG POST
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Read about CIRD’s Houston, Missouri, community design workshop and how it sparked conversations to turn the southern trailhead of the Tanglefoot Trail into a vibrant destination.

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