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March 2018
Priorities for the Month:
■ 2018 directory printed & started to distribute
■ Cocoa Crawl survey sent out
■ Sent out 2018 directory invoices
■ Start excel document for kiosk changes
■ RFP for website completed
■ Started unWINEd-spring wine walk planning
o Postcards, licenses, ticket sales,wine purchasing
■ Update all individual business listings on website-if possible
■ Change message on interchangeable sign
■ Featured gift card monthly merchant
■ Work with Stellar Blue on monthly social media calendar
■ 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
■ Sent out 2018 membership invoice
■ Attended Chalk Walk meeting
Beautification &Retention
■ Collected paid invoices for 2 encumbered retention grants
■ No pending retention grants
■ Held monthly beautification meeting
■ Kelly to remove boughs from pots before April 1
■ Bump out execution if"test"bump outs come back this year
■ Started to reach out to banner sponsors
Recruitment
■ Update available downtown properties
■ Met with 2 potential new businesses & 1 expanding business
■ Researched a few boutiques to possibly visit
Other Highlights/Projects
■ Working on a wine walk promo video-Stellar Blue (part of social media contract)
■ Had 2 bike share meetings with SPIN and city/community partners
■ Attended the City's art&beautification committee meeting
■ Attended future ice rink discussion
■ Researched new event ticket websites
■ Met with Oshkosh Herald
■ Met with Amy( OCVB)website partnership