Visual Merchandising and Window Displays
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
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.
Explore other Revenue sources /
- Tax Increment District
- Transportation Enhancement Funds
3. Grants/CDBG funding / As soon as possible
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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
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.
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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
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.
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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.
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.