
CONTACT INFORMATION
Sam Honl
SHonl@co.clackamas.or.us
503.742.4304
Clackamas County Business and Economic Development
9101 SE Sunnybrook Blvd.
Clackamas, OR 97015
Phone: (503) 742-4413
jamiejoh@co.clackamas.or.us
2009 Oregon Main Street Annual Conference Agenda
September 16th, 17th & 18th 2009
Marylhurst University
17600 Pacific Highway
Lake Oswego, OR
Wednesday, September 16th
6:30 pm: Downtown Manager’s Dinner
Location: Chuck’s Place (148 B Avenue #200 Lake Oswego, Oregon)
Thursday, September 17th
8:00 am: Registration Open
8:30 am: Continental Breakfast and Networking
9:00 am: Welcome
Speaker(s): Bob Austin, Board of County Commissioners; Judith Johansen, Marylhurst University President
Organization
9:30 am: “How to Get Volunteers and Keep Them”
Speaker: Heidi Henry, Banner Nonprofits
Community Best Practices: Timothy Bishop, Main Street Ellensburg, WA
10:50 am: Break
11:00 am: “Creative Fundraising Techniques and Strategies”
Speaker: TBD
12:30 pm: Lunch
Keynote Speaker: National Main Street Center
Promotion
2:00 pm: “Promoting Your Main Street”
Speaker: Patti Webb, Downtown Consultant
Community Best Practices: Lisa Shaw-Ryan, Lake Oswego Business Owner
3:00 pm: Break
3:10 pm: “Making Your Windows Work for Your Main Street”
Speaker: Candace Vincent, General Manager, Made in Oregon
4:10 pm: “Using Technology on Main Street”
Speaker: Ash Shepherd, TACS
Community Best Practices: Timothy Bishop, Ellensburg, WA
Friday, September 18th
8:00 am: Registration Open
8:30 am: Continental Breakfast and Networking
Design
9:00 am: “Signage That Works on Main Street”
Speaker: David Berniker, Urban Design Consultant
Community Best Practices: TBD
9:50 am: Break
10:00 am: “Resources for Main Street”
- State Historic Preservation Office
Speaker: Roger Roper, SHPO Deputy Director & SHPO Staff
o- Dispelling the SHPO Myth
- Historic Inventories
- Certified Local Government Program
- SHPO Resources for Communities and Property Owners
- “Making Historic Properties more Energy Efficient”
- Dispelling the SHPO Myth
- “Oregon Building Codes on Main Street”
Speaker: Wendy Beard, Oregon Building Codes Division
- Energy Efficiency on Main Street
Speakers: Kathleen Ortbal, Energy Trust of Oregon; Verlea Briggs, PGE; Kari Greer, Pacific Power
- Brownfields on Main Street
Speakers: Miranda Bateschell, Metro; Karen Homolac, Business Oregon
Community Best Practice: Shawn Irvine, City of, Independence
12:30 pm: Lunch
Keynote Speaker: First Lady of Oregon – Mary Oberst
Economic Restructuring
2:00 pm: “How to Use Your Market Analysis”
Speaker: Mary Bosch, Marketek, Inc.
3:00 pm: Break
3:10 pm: “Effective Marketing Materials- What Business Prospects Want to See”
Speaker: Mary Bosch, Marketek, Inc.
3:30 pm: “Business Retention and Recruitment Strategies for Main Street”
Speaker: Dennie Houle, Business Oregon
Community Best Practices: Patti Webb, Former McMinnville Downtown Manager,” Bringing a grocery store to downtown”
Tony Helbling, Former Canby City Councilor and Urban Renewal Agency Chairman, “Bringing a movie theater downtown”





