Greentown Main Street Association
Minutes
Monday, January 6, 2020
The Greentown Main Street Association met on Monday January 6, 2020 in the Century Villa Community Room.
Those in attendance were:
Directors present: Regina Poe, Jolene Rule, Lisa Stout, Alisha Wilhelm, Ronda Eldridge, Rachel Jenkins Mark Lantz, Liesbet Patrick, Katie Regan, Garry Hill and Ed Hannah.
Directors absent with regrets: Jolene Rule , Ron Simpson, Renda Hurst
Members present: Jenny Cole, Mike Imbler, Jeff Lanning, Jennifer Lanning, , Greg Sumpter, Robin Hainlen, Amanda Condon, Wayne Sozansky,
Visitors present: Debbie Crabtree, Eric Roemer
At 5:30 PM President Regina Poe asked everyone to introduce themselves.
The minutes of the November 2019 meeting were presented. The minutes were approved as sent.
The Treasurer's reports for November and December were read. The reports were filed for audit.
The signature card at First Farmer's Bank & Trust was discussed. It was moved that Regina Poe be added to the card and Jolene Rule be taken off of the card. This would leave Lisa Stout and Ronald D Simpson still on the card. This motion was made by Mark Lantz and seconded by Liesbet Patrick. The motion was approved.
Organization
Membership – It was reported as 31 paid memberships for 2020 and 1 exchange membership. Membership forms are available if you have not paid your 2020 dues.
Fundraising – Is in need of a chairman. Most programs raise their own money for their events, but there are some operating expenses that fundraising for the general fund is needed.
Website – Updates to the business directory will be made usually in February after most of the membership dues are in.
Facebook Page – Jolene reported that the facebook page has 540 followers. This is a good way to advertise any upcoming sales or events.
Design - Katie Regan -Chairman
Katie
announced those on the Design Committee for 2020. They are Jolene
Rule – Trees and Street scapes, Rachel Jenkins – Historic
Character, Jenny Cole – Public places and spaces, Jim & Mary
Miller – Christmas Lights, Joyce Yager – Revitalization plan
projects.
Revitalization Plan - Permit for the Wildcat Creek bridge is approved. . Phase II Environmental Site assessment to look for petroleum products has been completed with no evidence found. Traffic signal plans were revised and resubmitted for approval. Final right of way plans have been submitted but this will take some time to complete.
Town
Beautification –
Murals and Signage –
Christmas Lights – Would like to add more lights or decorations for next year.
Murals and Signage –
Christmas Lights – Would like to add more lights or decorations for next year.
Economic Vitality - Mark Lantz - Chairman.
The
next business leaders meeting will be March 8. Anyone who is
interested in the town and would like to partner with other business
owners are invited to attend. What can we do to make someone stop in
Greentown? What can we do to make Greentown a destination town? The
new baseball park at Darrough Chapel is only 7 miles away. There are
some opportunities there. Greentown is a Veteran friendly town. One
idea for a meeting is What do our county officials do?
Business Directory – Regina Poe – chairman
Regina
is working on the 2020 business directory. $75.00 for ½ page and
$150.00 for a full page ad.
Promotion
Music At The Fountain – July 25 – Sept 12. They plan to stay downtown this year. .
MATF Scholorship – Jolene reported that the committee has budgeted $500 for a scholorship to an Eastern High School Senior for 2020.
Community Rummage sale – May 16th will be the Spring sale for 2020
Lt.
Mike Andry Ride –
July 25, 2020. The 2020 ride will be the last one.
Community Garden – no report
Art Show – The date has not been set probably three weekends in August.
Holiday Bazaar – Jodi Cecil -November
Farmers Market – It would be nice to see more vendors in 2020
Old Business – None
New Business – 50th Anniversary of the Glass Museum will be June 13. There will be a festival downtown and vendor applications have been sent out.
Mark
Lantz reported that the first Thursday in May is a turn around
breakfast that honors Middle school and High school students that
have made great efforts to turn their lives around and achive better
grades in school and a more positive attitude. There are sponsorship
opportunities that could be made to help two students from Eastern
school.
Regina adjorned the meeting 6;15 PM.
Regina adjorned the meeting 6;15 PM.
The next meeting will be
Monday Feb. 3, 6:30 PM in the Century Villa Community Room
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6:30 PM - The meeting
continued after a short break to discuss “ Great ideas, How do we
fund them?”
Subjects discussed
A banner over the street
telling about events in town that could be used year round.
Christmas Lights –
would like to see more and build on what we have. Maybe partner with
the Lions Club to get their knowledge on light and decoration
purchases.
We need to look at other
Main Street Communities that have a main thoroughfare as a state
highway and see what they are doing as far as decorations.
Improvements could be
made to N. Meridian Street Alley/ Chinese Restarant wall. More social
spaces, Trail improvements and Veteran friendly signage.
Alisha presented the
“Know You Why” video, and discussed working together as a
community
Haven Home Care
announced that they will be moving into the Napa building on Main
Street. They are glad to be in the community.
Mark Lantz discussed the
New Community Calendar and how it can be a hub of information all in
one location.
Lisa reported that the
domain name for the website is up for renewal and that there are some
problems with the site itself.
Greg Sumpter from the
American Legion presented some samples of Veteran friendly signs that
could be made if we allowed the Legion to take on this project.