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April 2017
Priorities for the Month:
Updated flow chart & committee members
Start holiday parade planning
Change message on interchangeable sign
Kiosk sign installed
Informational BID video & tourism video still in progress; set to be completed in June
unWINEd in Downtown Oshkosh-postcards completed; starting map & coupon sheet
o Tickets on sale
Coordinate welcome tote bags-deadline April 15th
Put together featured gift card monthly merchants
Punch card summer program-deadline May 1st
Promote gift card program; add more merchants
Continuous website updates
Reconcile gift card account every Friday
Develop and send the monthly newsletter
Put all advertising medias in place for the month & invoiced 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 Assisting with website updates
o Assisting with sponsorships
o Put together postcards/posters
Beautification
Boughs removed from pots
Held monthly meeting
o Alley way project proposed
Welcome sign location needed
Lighting for interchangeable sign
Coordinating with MaryKaye on flower pot plantings
Holiday Parade
Held first meeting
Confirmed date, time & theme
Working on new forms/applications for parade entries & sponsorships
Recruitment Fund Grant & Retention Grant
No pending applications
Other Highlights/Projects
Met with Badger Liquor
Met with UW-Extension on possible partnerships
Took the online server course for Class B license
Put internship on Handshake website-UWO
Working with Stellar Blue on Social Media Campaign
Distribute 2017 downtown directories
Start putting together block captain materials right after Wine Walk (mid-May)