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Commission recommends Main Street grant applications for two downtown projects
Summary
The Downtown Estacada Commission voted unanimously to recommend two projects — at 342 S. Broadway and 381 S. Broadway — for the Oregon Main Street revitalization grant, allocating $150,000 and $250,000 respectively from the city's $400,000 application package that the city will submit to the state.
The Downtown Estacada Commission voted unanimously Jan. 6 to recommend that the city submit an Oregon Main Street revitalization grant application that would allocate $150,000 to 342 South Broadway (the Helm property) and $250,000 to 381 South Broadway (Paris Fitness), for a total of $400,000.
The decision follows a multi-hour review of four submitted proposals for building rehabilitation and upper-floor reuse in downtown Estacada. Commissioners used a 60-point rubric to score each application, then discussed whether to recommend a single project or split the city's requested award among multiple projects. The panel ultimately voted to package the two projects and forward the recommendation to the state for consideration.
Commissioners said the vote reflected competing priorities: preserving historic fabric, re-activating upper floors, and encouraging pedestrian traffic and local businesses. Paris, the owner of 381 South Broadway, described her proposal as flexible. "We don't know what to do with it, to be totally honest," Paris said of 5,000…
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