Upcoming Events

Downtown Events for 2010

Published: 2010-02-03

September 11- Antiques in the Streets

October 15-16 - Going to Pots Sale

October 16 - Learn Something New Day

October 30 - Downtown Trick-or-Treat

November 4 through 6 - Unwrapping Downtown

November 11 - Veteran's Day Parade

December 4 - Downtown Twice Around Christmas Parade

December 4 - Community Tree Lighting & Holiday Concert

December 11 - Stay Out Late Winter Walk

December 18 - Breakfast with Santa

December 18 - Free Holiday Movie

December 24 - Whitespires Christmas Eve Sing-Along

- 2011 Event Dates -

January 13 - Members Evening Out

February 3 & 10- Her Heart's Desire

April 23 - Downtown Egg Roll & Scavenger Hunt

April 23 - Procession of the Species Parade

May 6 - Upstairs Downtown Loft Tour & Wine Walk

June 11 - Daily Life 1859 at the Monteith House

July 8 & 9 - Crazy Daze & DARE to Cruz Car Show

July 28 through 30 - Albany Quilts Downtown

July 30 - Historic Home Tour

July 8 through August 19 - Movies by Moonlight

Oregon Main Street Conference

Published: 2010-08-25

Mark your calendars and plan on attending the Oregon Main Street Conference, October 6-8 in downtown Albany. Our theme this year is "It's All Happening Downtown!" and we've put together sessions and walking tours to inspire and educate. The conference is free for Oregon Main Street Network communities including Albany Down Town Association members and $35 for non-Network members. For conference schedule go to: http://www.oregon4biz.com/assets/docs/OMS2010conf.pdf

You won't want to miss the keynote address by Jon Schallert, The Schallert Group, "Business Re-invention: The New Normal on Main Street and Every Street." The economic downtown has caused existing businesses to close, and newer businesses to suffer their most dramatic sales plateaus ever. In this presentation, hear inspiring stories of business owners who have made major changes to their businesses in this challenging economy and how their business re-invention caused them to succeed. Jon is an internationally recognized speaker and small business expert who teaches businesses and communities how to turn themselves into customer destinations.

The Main Street™ program is a national program developed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which includes over 1,600 cities in 40 states. This proven comprehensive approach emphasizes community organization, design, promotion, and economic restructuring to create healthy downtown commercial districts. This approach advocates a return to community self-reliance, empowerment, and the rebuilding of commercial districts based on traditional assets, unique architecture, personal service, local ownership, and sense of community.
 
"Small businesses are our economic foundation. With the Main Street program, we join together to retain and grow small businesses throughout Oregon,” said Governor Kulongoski. "These partnerships help Oregon move forward and represent investments we should be making in difficult economic times."
 
The Oregon Main Street program is administered by the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department, and provides three levels of programs that allow communities to participate in ways that best meet their capacity and needs. The entry-level “Exploring Downtown”, “Transforming Downtown”, and “Performing Main Street” The City of Albany, was selected to participate in the Performing Main Street program. 
 
The Oregon Main Street program was re-established through the efforts of the Main Street Task Force and approved by the State Legislature in 2007.  The state program was developed in 2008.