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November 2016
Priorities for the Month:
Coordination of tree lighting ceremony
Breakfast with the Grinch promotions/tickets/planning
2017 Operating Plan
Approve all holiday advertisements
Passport booklets & posters; design outlines
Fill farmers market booth; get materials ready for booth weekly
Add email addresses collected at the farmers market to the e-newsletter list
Recruit a new RFG representative for our committee
Continue to update website
Change message on interchangeable sign bi-weekly
Add more gift card merchants before the holiday season (4 more added)
Meet with BID intern weekly
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
Sent out 2017 invoice
Attended monthly meeting
Attended Holiday meeting
o Collect and distribute all passport program materials
o Disburse Small Business Saturday materials
o Collect info for Nov. 19th in store activities/specials
Beautification
Coordinate tree delivery, tree lighting, holiday pots, and pole décor/banners
Deliver and purchase more lights
Future project: welcome signs
Working on fixing of street poles
Replace bows/lights on all holiday wreaths
Recruitment Fund Grant & Retention Grant Program
Retention Grant applications collected: New Moon Café & Market Boutique on Main
Met with 1 potential RFG applicant
Other Highlights/Projects
Met with the new branch manager at BMO Harris Bank
Met with Alexa Naudziunas of the planning dept. to go over new alley way project
Met with Corey Mikkelson-new Leadership Oshkosh adjunct board member
Attended Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting
Special meeting-parking study
Met with Card Concepts to discuss gift card program
Distributed 2017 directory ad cost sheet
Application for WPS: Downtown revitalization program assistance; approved $500 to go
towards the 2017 directory.
WDAC Conference
Met with Oshkosh Northwestern for holiday advertisement package
Start 2017 advertising package