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December 2022
Priorities for the Month:
• Post on social media 5+ times per week
• Continue email template to be sent out to property/business owners
• Change message on interchangeable sign
• Continuous website updates
• Participate in biweekly Community Partner Update with Oshkosh community leaders
• Attend monthly Chamber EDAC meetings and give monthly BID update
• Meet with Rob Kleman from the Chamber and Tricia Rathermal from GOEDC once per
month for downtown opportunity update
• Reconcile gift card account and BID invoices every Friday
• Develop and send community newsletter (I send these as I feel they are needed)
• Put on First Friday event every First Friday of each month
Committee Reports:
MemberCO
o Attend monthly meeting and give BID update
o Holiday Window Decorating and Thursday night gift wrapping
o MemberCO Leadership/Future of MemberCO – no one stepping up for leadership
roles
Beautification/Retention Grant/Mural Grant
o Beautification
o 2022 Banners
▪ Over $30,000 fundraised for the project
o 2022/23 Mural Project Update
o Horticulturist Position with City of Oshkosh
o COTS Garbage Cleanup Partnership
o Restring/add lights in Opera House Square
o Holiday Update: November bough installation, new holiday tree planted
o Beautification/Blade Sign Program
o Vibrant Spaces Grant Program – due January 31st, 2023
▪ Alley between Carrot & Kale and House of Heroes/New Moon
o Beautification Grant
o No pending applications
o Recruitment Grant
o No pending applications
o Mural Grant
o No pending applications
Marketing & Communications
• Window Displays: Banners & Art Installations
• Herald ads for holidays
• Holiday print advertising
• Bus ads in 2023?
• Other ideas for 2023?
Events
• Year in Review – moved to 2023
o February 2nd, 2023 at Becket’s
• Holidays
o Seasonal Sip & Shop – November 19th
▪ Sold out at 300 tickets
o Small Business Saturday – November 26th
o Holiday Parade + Tree Lighting – December 1st
▪ Balloons were a big hit!
▪ Select 2023 date
o December First Friday – December 2nd
▪ Sponsored White Christmas at the Time and had over 100 in
attendance
o Reindeer in the Square – December 10th
▪ Great attendance
▪ Musician was awesome
▪ TDS sponsored cocoa & cookies
• Future of First Fridays
o Quarterly/seasonal Art Walks with Oshkosh Art Collective and Gallery
Walk(?)
Other Highlights/Projects
• Vibrant Spaces Grant Pilot – Alley Activation
• DORA – Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area
o On 12/13 Council Meeting Agenda
• Plaza Concept and Downtown Planning/Imagine Oshkosh Plan (CVB, City,
Chamber, GOEDC, Community Foundation)
o Had round-table discussions the first week of December with HLA
• Commercial Rehab Loan/Grant Project
o Suggested and did extensive research on this and presented to City,
Chamber and GOEDC
• E-Scooters (2023?)
• CVB Destination Oshkosh rebranding committee
• Update BID Recruitment/Retention Grants
o New recruitment grant in 2023
o Will get committee together mid-January
o Would like to collaborate with GOEDC and the Chamber
• “Meet Me Downtown” Marketing Campaign
o Starting with bus ads
• New newsletter templates
o BID Newsletter complete
o Community newsletter in progress
• New business guide/packet
• Need new kiosk in Opera House Square and downtown guides
• 2023 Event & Marketing Plan
• BID Annual Survey to go out in December or early January
• Year in Review video