TASK/COMMITTEE / DETAILS / WHO IS GOING TO HANDLE THIS / BUDGET / DATE COMPLETED
ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING
Residential Seminar / Have three speakers to talk about upper floor housing / Marty / $100 / October 10th
List of empty buildings / Update the building and business inventory / 0 / January 2012
4 Seminars for merchants /
  • Social Media
  • Visual merchandising and window displays
  • Customer service
  • Special events that bring customers into the store
/ August 2012
Develop a recruitment plan to but businesses in the identified empty buildings /
  • Manager get together information for Pkg
  • Board member’s deliver the packages
/
  • Manager put together the information
  • Committee delivers packages
  • Staff will handle logistics of the meeting
  • Board President will run mtg.
/ 100.00 / As soon as possible
Explore other Revenue sources /
  1. Tax Increment District
  2. Transportation Enhancement Funds
USDA
3. Grants/CDBG funding / As soon as possible
TASK/COMMITTEE / DETAILS / WHO IS GOING TO HANDLE THIS / BUDGET / DATE COMPLETED
PROMOTIONS
Print a list of events and distribute to businesses and retailers /
  • List of Main Streets events
  • List of all events in town
  • Print a brochure with info on these businesses

Update your website and work on Facebook and social media /
  • Get ambassadors to help with updating facebook

Write plans for each event /
  • Assign event chairs for each event
  • Divide up responsibility for each event
  • Ask new volunteers to help with each event

Add Sip & Cider event for Christmas instead of Girls Night Out / Develop a work plan for this event
Have a meeting in January with Jan Miller on Festival Development / Work on developing the First Monday Music Festival
Develop a advertising plan for the year /
  • Divide out advertising dollars by events
  • Set aside advertising for getting people to your community to visit
/ December 2012
Work on a plan to meet with City on accessing some of the Tourism money for bringing people to Ripley through your events /
  • Meet with 2 city officials at a time to go over your advertising plan and ask for money from the 2% tourism tax.

TASK/COMMITTEE / DETAILS / WHO IS GOING TO HANDLE THIS / BUDGET / DATE COMPLETED
DESIGN
Complete Murals /
  • Get approved by the Historic Preservation organization
  • Work with Students to make this happen

Identify the islands to be reworked /
  • Get approval from the City
  • Enlist Garden Club and Master Gardner’s involved

Work on sidewalk project for side streets downtown and courthouse square /
  • Work with City for CDBG monies for this project
/ At once – on going
Work with Historic Preservation Commission on rehab of buildings downtown /
  • Have a seminar for property owners on Historic Tax Credits

Work on a Façade Grant program for property owners / Develop a plan to have a façade program for downtown building owners.
TASK/COMMITTEE / DETAILS / WHO IS GOING TO HANDLE THIS / BUDGET / DATE COMPLETED
ORGANIZATION
Follow Roberts Rules of Order / At once
Needs to have committee structure strengthened /
  • Have committee chairs report at the board meetings
  • Have committee chair job descriptions
  • Have each committee continue to develop work plans to be approved by January 1, 2012.
/ At once
Develop a volunteer recruitment plan / Diversify your volunteers on each committee and activity / At once
Assist manager in securing new membership / After letters go out have board divide up names and individually call on businesses.