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Conferences & Workshops

Oregon Heritage coordinates several different opportunities for trainings, workshops, and conversations supporting heritage preservation efforts in Oregon. We do this through the following:


​This conference is an opportunity for those involved in preserving Oregon's heritage to gather together for three days of workshops, sessions, conversations, and more to help support their efforts and provide opportunities for conversation about larger heritage related issues. The conference also includes the annual Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards.

2024 Oregon Heritage Conference
Make Space.
April 17-19, Forest Grove

​In the off year of the conference, Oregon Heritage hosts a summit. The purpose of the summit is to be single issue focused and to provide an opportunity for larger scale discussions to take place at the state-wide level and regional level. Previous year summits have focused on fundraising (2017), Board development (2019), and collaboration (2021).

2023 Oregon Heritage Summit
Investing in your Volunteers: Engage, Sustain, Value
April 27-28
Online

Find our more information and register here.

​This conference provides the opportunity for those engaged in downtown revitalization efforts to connect to resources, partners, and their downtown to help get work done in their community. Typical attendees include staff and volunteers focused on downtown historic preservation and economic development, downtown business and property owners, government leaders, chamber of commerce professionals and volunteers, and others with an interest in the future of downtown will benefit from attending this conference.

2023 Oregon Main Street Conference, Independence, Oct. 4-6


Each fall Oregon Heritage offers a workshop based on challenges and opportunities facing heritage preservation organizations and efforts in Oregon. This workshop typically travels to different locations across the state to increase access to information.

2023 Workshops will be annnounced in summer.

​Oregon Heritage offers sponsorship opportunities of events over the course of the biennium for the period of July 2023-June 2025. Events include:

  • Oregon Main Street Conference, October 2023
  • Open Door Pitch Contest, October 2023
  • Excellence on Main Awards, October 2023
  • Oregon Heritage Conference, April 2024
  • Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards, April 2024
  • Oregon Main Street Virtual Deep Dive, October 2024
  • Oregon Heritage Virtual Summit, April 2025
For information including descriptions of the events, target audience, number of attendees, sponsor levels, and benefits, view the following:


If you'd like to commit to being a sponsor for an event fill out the following form:


Contact

Kuri Gill
(503) 383-6787
kuri.gill@oprd.oregon.gov