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October 2015
Priorities for the Month:
Interchangeable message board
List & map for the Downtown Trick or Treat
Monitor BID interns
Organize all holiday beautification elements
Holiday passports
Operating Plan
Meet with downtown merchants & Card Concepts for the gift card program
Reconcile gift card account every Friday
Develop and send the monthly newsletter
Put all advertising medias in place for the month
Update pages and events feed on website
Committee Reports:
Marketing Consortium
Put together the monthly agenda
Sent out prior minutes and agenda
Attended monthly meeting
Assist with Holiday committee planning and promotional materials
o Breakfast with the Grinch ticket design and setup
Beautification
Held our monthly meeting
Ordered NEW holiday banners
Coordinate tree delivery, tree lighting, holiday pots, and pole décor /banner hangings
New latches from Jones Sign
Put together banner invoices for 3 year sponsorships
Recruitment Fund Grant
No Grant Submissions
Met with 1 potential applicant
Possible pending application
Retention Grant Program
No Grant Submissions
Discussed with 1 potential applicant
Other Highlights/Projects
Attended Historic Tourism meeting
Put together new pricing structure for ads for the 2016 directory
Attended the WEDA conference
Met with advertisers to discuss holiday promotions and the 2016 year
Attended the monthly SERC meeting
Working on vacant building signage with Blue Door
Started to update the kiosk file for 2016