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MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES Paris City Council Chambers Paris Texas 75460 Tuesday August 10, 2021 PRESENT Tanner Dobrovolsky EmilyTemple Tyrone Hayden Kari Damsel Shelby Gilliam Becky Semple, Visitors and Convention Council Liaison C}neri Bedford, Main Street Manager ABSENT Glee Emmitte Don Yarborough Malnir Pankaj- Council Liaison Andrew Mack, City Planner 1. Chair Tanner Dobrovolsky called the meeting to order at 4:34 pm. 2. No one presented during citizen's forum. GUES'T'S 3. A motion was made to approve the July 13, 2021 meeting minutes by Tyrone Hayden and seconded by Emily Temple, motion carried. 4. A Work Plan will be reviewed at the next Main Street Advisory Board Meeting. Committee Activity Reports: Advisory Board members Shelby Gilliam and Don Yarborough will be put on a committee and Cheri Bedford will reiterate details of committee responsibilities via email to all of the Main Street Advisory Board Members. a. Promotion- Emily Temple gave a rundown of the latest Promotions Committee meeting. The committee is confident in a fun filled and smooth Downtown Mini Golf event this weekend. They are organizing a Scavenger Hunt to go along with the Hatch Chile Fest. Movies in the Park will return in October with an Elvis theme to commemorate Elvis' trip to Paris in 1955 including a costume contest and "Brown Bag specials" from Downtown restaurants. We are hoping for yet another great turnout for Mannequin Night October 16th with the addition of Food Trucks; This event will be coordinated with Jill Drake. The beloved Festival of Pumpkins will take place on October 23rd. Wine Fest will be postponed until it's regular season, April 9th— rather than in November as previously discussed. This change will give organizers much more time to put together a top notch event. The weekend before Wine Fest, Movies in the Park will show the film April in Paris. Finally, the Committee is partnering up with local media company DeadCat Media to produce a promotional video series highlighting each of the downtown businesses. b. Organization -Skipped c. Economic Vitality – Cheri Bedford and former Advisory Board Chairman Will Walker have discussed a Virtual Walking Tour guided by the Distrix App involving downtown art and historic markers. The duo have also been working on compiling resource documents for downtown business owners on matters such as property maintenance, sign ordinances, visual merchandising, and window displays. As well as compiling a step by step guide for future downtown business owners to clarify the procedures for starting new businesses.