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BID Manager Report
May 2013
Priorities for the Month:
Monitor our BID intern
Continue to distribute 2013 directories
Continue to update/ make changes to downtown website
Purchase an additional 350 daily parking permits
Send out email of road closures and advertising opportunities to mass email list
Put together May’s monthly gift card promotion and featured business participant
Put together coupon sheet for Destination Downtown
Develop and send the monthly newsletter
Continue to promote Destination Downtown
Work with Blue Door on new recruitment piece
Committee Reports:
Marketing Consortium
Sent out prior minutes and agenda
Events
Met with Destination Downtown committee for planning/budget purposes
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Appeared on Oshkosh Today to help promote Destination Downtown
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Helped put together goodie bags for attendees
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Assisted with set up of Destination Downtown event
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Beautification
Reviewed billing for our contracted services contractor
Put together beautification agenda for monthly meeting
Held our monthly beautification meeting
Met with Public Works Dept. downtown in regards to bike rack placements
Recruitment
Held 2 RFG meetings
Met with 1 additional RFG applicant
Met with Matt & Heidi from Blue Door for the design of a new recruitment piece and
design of a downtown folder
Other Highlights
Attended Destination Downtown
Attended the OCVB ribbon cutting
Attended Special Permit meeting
Gave downtown update to Origin committee (Oshkosh Regional Innovation & Growth
Incubator Network)
Attended a meeting with the City planning dept. & UW Extension in regards to a
business need survey
Met with Jeff Bollier for our monthly meeting: focus on recruitment
Attended the OCVB tourism breakfast
Other Projects that continue to be in the works
Continuing to work with Cornerstone and downtown business owners to get more
downtown gift card participants
Put together a new Request for Proposal document together for the 2014 year (will be
completed by July)
Put together a retention grant for 2014 (will bring to BID Board in July)