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August 2016
Priorities for the Month:
Distribute EAA coupon booklets
Send out invoices for EAA coupons
Fill farmers market booth; get materials ready for booth weekly
Add email addresses collected at the farmers market to the e-newsletter list
Live at Lunch table; bi-weekly
Research welcome signage/location spots
Inventory & condition of trash receptacles
Continue to update website
Change message on interchangeable sign weekly to bi-weekly
Meet with BID intern weekly
Send out any road closure notifications
Reconcile gift card account every Friday
Develop and send the monthly newsletter
Put all advertising medias in place for the month & invoice businesses for reimbursement
Committee Reports:
Marketing Consortium
Put together the monthly agenda
Sent out prior minutes and agenda
Attended monthly meeting
Attended Chalk Walk meeting
o Ordered banners, postcards, posters
Attended Holiday meeting
Beautification
Held monthly beautification meeting
Fall banners ordered
Future project: welcome signs
Working on lighting for interchangeable sign
Recruitment Fund Grant & Retention Grant Program
Met with one potential RFG applicant
Met with one potential RGP applicant
$1000 paid for Satori Imports (Retention Grant)
Other Highlights/Projects
Submitted application for WPS: Downtown revitalization program assistance
Ran the Farmers Market Booth on August 13
Attended SERC Meeting
o Downtown Trick or Treat approved
o Whoville Holiday approved
Attended Historic Tourism Meeting
Guest on WOSH “Taking Care of Business” segment
Volunteered at the Chamber Golf Outing