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September 2019
Priorities for the Month:
■ Meet with Dave (Thrive Media) on monthly basis
■ Finalized Fall Wine Walk Coupon Sheet/Map
o Wine walk postcards printed and distributed
o Finalized wine list/delivery/licenses
o Stuffed goodie bags
■ Beautification plan
o Upgrade holiday decor
o Look into local grants &OACF funds
■ Holiday Parade sponsorship letter follow ups &emails
■ Holiday Parade entry form went live on our website
■ Weekly meetings with 2 fall interns
■ Start Holiday Bingo (replacing passports)-encourage spending local over the holidays
■ First email template completed& sent out to property/business owners
■ Change message on interchangeable sign
■ Continuous website updates
■ Reconcile gift card account every Friday
■ Develop and send the monthly newsletter
■ Put all advertising medias in place for the month &invoiced businesses for
reimbursement(buses,billboards, directory ads,banners)
Committee Reports:
Marketing Consortium
■ Put together the monthly agenda
■ Sent out prior minutes and agenda
■ Attended monthly meeting
■ Attended Holiday meeting-Whoville
Beautification/Retention Grant/Mural Grant
■ Beautification plan
o Upgrade holiday decor
o Look into local grants &OACF funds
■ Started collecting available wall locations for murals
■ Met with Hrnak's& Grounds Guys to go over summer feedback&prepare for
winter decor in the flower pots
■ Added 5 banners around William Waters Plaza
Holiday Parade
■ Looking for more sponsorships; deadline Sept. 22
■ Park N Print secured to donate the printing of 2500 coloring books
■ Secured contract for bleachers; still working on other vendors
■ Start looking for volunteers
■ Started invoicing for sponsorships
Wine Walk
■ Continued to promote event for ticket sales
■ Finished all print copies of coupon/map sheet&wine list
■ Stuff bags
■ Met with the Time Community Theater for registration set up
Recruitment Fund Grant
■ Put together paperwork to submit receipts for payment-Adventure Games
Other Highlights/Projects
■ Will make a Facebook event for Whoville/Breakfast with the Grinch
■ Grant applications-holiday parade finished-WPS; will look into a beautification
grant after the holidays
■ Start 2020 Operating Plan
■ Met with our new Leadership Oshkosh adjunct board member
■ Will make Facebook event for holiday bingo
■ Will start design of holiday bingo in early Nov.
o Bingo will run Nov. 23-Dec. 31