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October 2016
Priorities for the Month:
Breakfast with the Grinch-Eventbrite
2017 Budget preparations; Operating Plan
Start holiday advertising layouts; Passport booklet
Put together trick or treat list of participating businesses
Fill farmers market booth; get materials ready for booth weekly
Add email addresses collected at the farmers market to the e-newsletter list
Put together 2017 beautification contracts
Research welcome signage/location spots
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 planning meeting for 2017
Attended Holiday meeting
o Put together Facebook event; boost event
o All info added to website and OCVB site
o Collect info for Nov. 19th in store activities/specials
Beautification
Coordinate tree delivery, tree lighting, holiday pots, and pole décor/banners
Future project: welcome signs
Working on fixing of street poles
Replace bows/lights on holiday wreaths
2017 contracts
Recruitment Fund Grant & Retention Grant Program
Put together paperwork for Brinkley’s Boutique grant
Retention Grant application collected: Wagner Insurance Solutions
Sent retention grant information to 2 possible applicants
Submitted receipts for Brinkley’s Boutique
Other Highlights/Projects
Ran Farmers Market Booth on 10/8/16
Submitted application for free materials for Small Business Saturday
Met with Card Concepts to discuss gift card program
Re-organized storage unit
Distributed 2017 directory ad cost sheet
Submitted application for WPS: Downtown revitalization program assistance; emailed on
10/12/16 to check in
Met with Oshkosh Northwestern for holiday advertisement package
Focus dollars on Downtown gift card program for the holiday season
Start 2017 advertising package