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Dayton Receives Multiple Awards at the 2014 Excellence in Downtown Revitalization Awards

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Friday Nights award
Kelly Haverkate, DCDA Program Coordinator, accepts award at 2014 Main Street Conference

Dayton received several Excellence in Downtown Revitalization Award from Oregon Main Street Wednesday during the Oregon Main Annual Conference in McMinnville, according to a press release. Awards were received for:

  • Best Special Event Series: Dayton Friday Nights
  • Best Façade Renovation: The Barlow Room
  • Outstanding Business: Archie’s Ice Cream & Eatery

Accepting the awards were Mary Czarnecki for The Barlow Room, Ashley and Scott Archibald for Archie’s ice Cream and Eatery, and Kelly Haverkate, program coordinator for the Dayton Community Development Association. Attendance averaged 300-400 at the events, which enjoyed strong support from the community, businesses, and volunteers. “We are thrilled to present these awards to Dayton,” said Sheri Stuart, Oregon Main Street Coordinator. “The community has really come together to transform this tiny town in just a few short years through their downtown revitalization efforts.”

 

band playing in bandstand
Second Winds Community band at Dayton Friday Nights
cars lined up on street for cruise in
Cars line up for Friday Nights Cruise In
Kids making paper lanterns at craft table
Volunteers help kids at the Lantern Parade craft table
vendor with cart full of knitted items for sale
Handmade By Michele vendor at Friday Nights

Dayton Wins Awards for Revitalization Efforts

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Dayton won a “grand slam” at the Oregon Main Street conference on October 3rd and 4th, 2012, winning four awards for its revitalization efforts!

The Dayton Community Development Association won an “Outstanding Design Program” award for its facade improvement effort downtown. The city of Dayton received a “Special Project” award for its redevelopment of the old Masonic Lodge into the Palmer Creek Lodge Community Center. DCDA Program Coordinator Kelly Haverkate was named “Transforming Downtown Coordinator of the Year”, and Ann-Marie Anderson and John Collins won “Volunteer Couple of the Year” for their volunteer efforts with the DCDA.

The awards were presented at the Excellence in Downtown Revitalization Awards Ceremony, Oct. 3, 2012 in Corvallis, during the annual Oregon Main Street Conference.

The News Register has a nice write-up about the awards.

New Article about Dayton in Oregon Business

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First Baptist Church RenovationOregon Business magazine features Dayton in their September 2012 issue.

“Downtown Dayton’s Dawn”

–“Coming into Dayton off Highway 18, one of the first things you’ll see is the renovation of Dayton’s First Baptist Church that’s under way. It stands out as a visible sign of progress in a downtown marked by vacant storefronts and worn buildings.

The project is the signature of Bill Stoller, who was born and raised in Yamhill County….” Read more at Oregon Business website 

Facade Improvement Project

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Thanks to the work of the DCDA, in 2010, Dayton’s downtown was selected for a free design ‘makeover’, courtesy of the State Historic Preservation Office. Design professionals from that Office created (at no cost to our community) inspiring recommendations for restoring and beautifying the facades of some of Dayton’s historic storefronts.

The design team met with downtown Dayton property owners in May 2010, then returned in July 2010 and presented their recommendations to more than 30 property owners, business people, city officials and other interested members of the community. The presentation detailed design modifications and upgrades proposed for the facades of nine buildings surrounding Courthouse Square. It also sketched out historically compatible design treatments for buildings that could be put up on two vacant properties. Suggestions included door and window treatments, canopies, new paint schemes, new signage, transom restorations, new entries and higher rooflines.

A number of property owners have begun implementing some of the recommendations. The city of Dayton offered support for storefront facade improvements for historic property owners through matching grants via the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, funded by the National Park Service through the National Historic Preservation Act. The DCDA also offered a matching grant for non-historic property owners.

Examples of recommendations (see presentation for all recommendations):

     

Some changes implemented so far: