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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBID Manager ReportBID Manager Report 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