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MEWTES MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD Tuesday, December 8, 2020 4:30 PM Present: Absent: Tanner Dobrovolsky William Walker Carolyn Patterson Kari Daniel Glee Emmite Paula Portugal, Council Liaison Emily Temple Tyrone Hayden Becky Semple — Chamber representative Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager 1. Tanner Dobrovolsky called the meeting to order at 4:38 PM, November 10, 2020, in the City Council chambers. 2. Citizens Forum - No one present to speak. 3. Review and approve minutes — A motion to approve the November 10, 2020 minutes was made by Tyrone Hayden, second by Glee Emmite, motion carried. 4. Board member activity reports - - Emily Temple —1) Paris enjoyed a "reverse" 2020 Christmas parade due to COVID restrictions. It was well received by Paris citizens. The floats parked at various places around downtown including the plaza and Bywaters Park. Observers drove around to see the floats decorated with lights and Christmas scenes. 2) "Merry and Bright" will be the shopping promotion for downtown merchants on the two Thursdays left in December. Participating stores will be open 6-8 PM for holiday shopping. • Glee Emmite —1) The downtown merchant window decorating contest was won by Bee Sweet with the theme of Elf on the Shelf. 2) Buildings in the historic district will receive the Distrix app QR code stickers for the door and counter top. This allows customers to scan the sticker and find information about downtown. 3) Board members and Cheri made 13 Christmas trees from magazines. The trees were advertised on FaceBook and will be sold for $15-25 per tree with 4 already sold. They will be sold at Farmers Market if volunteers are available to man a booth. Proceeds will benefit Main Street activities. 4) Glee commented that sidewalks off the plaza are dark at night and hinders shopping during the evening hours such as during the "Merry and Bright" promotion. • Tyrone Hayden — Main Street t -shirts have not been ordered. The board considered adding a list of events on the back of the shirt. More discussions will follow on the topic. • Tanner Dobrovolsky — Tanner requested to be included in the plant beautification project around the plaza in the spring. 5. Updates from Community Partners - - Becky Semple, Tourism Director from the Chamber of Commerce & VCC — The following information and events were presented. 1) The information kiosk at the Eiffel Tower is active. 2) Another information kiosk is being planned for the downtown area. Approval will be needed from the appropriate departments for the project to continue. Emily, Tyrone and Tanner volunteered to be part of a committee to work on the project. 3) The Chamber's weekend get -away tourism promotion was very successful. The contest received 1,700 entries. 4) Red Bull will sponsor a Memorial Day'race at the pump track. There will be 3 qualifier races.