Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce



Downtown Revitalization Committee Meeting Wednesday, February 13th @ 5 p.m.In attendance were Tracy Brookshier, Amber Grote, Sue Haley, Erica Mitalovich, and Lori KottwitzNEW BUSINESS:Networking Business Showcase Event (March 7th)Project Lead: Tracy Brookshier, Erica Mitalovich, Amber GroteCheck out the event page on our facebook and please SHARE SHARE SHARE! If we have volunteers, please be there at 5/5:30pm, if able, we will have a short meeting before hand. Please let me know if you are coming so I can count you in for pizza!5K Fun Color Run (March 16th) Project Lead: TBDWe are donating race bags with our image on them for $260.00. The race will be coming downtown and are looking for any potential volunteers to help out. Beautification Project: Bench/Planters/TrashcansProject Lead: Brittany HenkeNo new news at this time.Beautification Project: Light Post Banners and PlantersProject Lead: Erica Mitalovich, Sarrah Gigous, Brittany HenkeTracy will be calling Mel Orf to see if the permission has been granted for this project, and if so, what the dimensions are so we can get PLTC the job to complete.Beautification Project: Ben Franklin Vacant WindowsProject Lead: Tracy Brookshier, Erica MitalovichErica and Adam are working on this project and will complete it when their schedule allows.OLD BUSINESS: Map of DowntownProject Lead: Tracy Brookshier, Sarrah GigousTracy is going to work on updating the map in the near future.Missouri Community Betterment InvolvementProject Lead: Brittany Henke, Erica Mitalovich, Amber GroteBrittany is working with the city to get MCB signs purchased and installed.Our 2018 GoalsWe have continued to discuss our goals for 2018, and will continue to discuss these short and long term goals at each meeting.Host at least three events on the square: Spring on the square, Living Windows @Holly Jolly Festival ?? Our third event was plete a couple small fundraising projects: Tshirt Fundraiser: 1?Complete 3 beautification projects: Filling Vacant Windows, Benches/Planters ??Trashcans: 1 In progress. Light post Banners and Planters: 1 In progress.Long-term Goals: Ideas are finding ways to utilize the vacant lot spaces and event potentially purchase our own empty building. Create a downtown investors group to help with vacant buildings. ?We are property owners! Social Media ReminderProject Lead: Marianne Everhart, Shelley Wiler, Tracy Brookshier, Amber GroteThe only form of advertising for our events and what we are doing is via facebook and word of mouth!! Please make sure you SHARE our events, and tell people about them. Click the button at the top of the page to INVITE YOUR FRIENDS TO LIKE THE PAGE!! We have just under 300 “Likes” on our page, with a town of 3,000+ we should have more than that if we want to get people excited and involved! IF you see something on facebook in regards to the downtown area, please let me know so we can be sure to share it! We now have a public facebook page and a private page for members. Downtown InvestorsProject Lead: Lori Kottwitz(no new news for 1.3.19 meeting) Lori Kottwitz has made contact with a gentlemen that was once a part of the downtown investors that we briefly discussed at our last meeting, and we are hoping to hear more from him in the near future and get an update from Lori. If we can find people interested in investing in downtown, it will make it much easier for small business entrepreneurs to get started! bgdowntownrevitalizationTracy Brookshier – Chairperson – 314-971-5886Next Meeting! Thursday, March 7th 6-7pm at the Allied Engineering Buildling (arrive at 5:30 to volunteer at event.) ................
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