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We have all artists except for 2 needed to make this happen. Paintings will be auctioned from the competition and that money will go back to the artists. 3. Paris Poetry Society met and participated in the last Friday Art show at the Gallery. Money collected from the community art show was donated to NIS Paris Art Movement (400.00) Finally, 4. Kim and I participated in the Tour de Paris bike race- 47 volunteer hours this month total for Mary Hart. Kevin Moore asked about putting out social media regarding the crosswalks, Mary Hart confirmed, that yes, we have a photographer and plan to do that. Melissa Jones- Melissa Jones participated with the Main Street Paris Arts Movement meeting at Bonfire, helped create part of the GOG Garden Stakes over 3 separate days, will be participating in Battle of the Artists, and has offered to take the lead in the Scarecrow Competition Idea. We are asking downtown businesses to create a scarecrow, put it on display, and ask the public to vote by putting pennies in a container for that particular scarecrow. A map would be available for all community members showing where scarecrows are located. All proceeds would go to the Art Festival planned for the Spring of 2026. Kevin Moore asked if this was a Paris Downtown Association(PDA) Initiative. Melissa said no, we are going to go to them to see if they want to participate. Cheri Bedford stated that she met with the president of PDA, Misti, and they are liking the idea. More info. to come. Glee Emmite, regarding arts and entertainment, was contacted by a community member about adding our events to a community calendar. This year, Halloween will be on a Friday evening. In the past, downtown merchants had given out candy. PDA has elected not to do candy because most churches do something, and it is a football night. PDA has elected to do a business of the month. They will vote and are presenting a beautiful sandwich board to be displayed in front of the recipient for that month. This month, Paris Brewery won. This will encourage people to come into the businesses. PDA will start info about the Christmas parade and events downtown. Tyrone Hayden- nothing to report. Kevin Moore- walked around downtown with Cheri Bedford to deliver a newsletter to vendors. We discussed trying to get vendors to do something in front of their shops during Festival of Pumpkins -like an adult open air market to encourage more people buying things in shops. A physical, perhaps quarterly, newsletter is important to encourage communication and collaboration. This newsletter should include PDA events. Kevin Moore suggested that building a strong foundation with our board is key. How do we ensure that the MSAB has a strong foundation that will set us up for the next 10 years? Policies are needed to have a smooth transition between board members leaving and entering office. We are currently not required to have a VCC rep, etc. In 3- 5-7 years, who will now be on our board? Kevin Moore suggested that we may need to consider designated members needed to ensure we are continuing to work with other organizations to advance our plan. Most of our plan includes Arts and Entertainment. Kevin Moore asked about the different art organizations in Paris. Mary Hart defined the different groups: Guild membership is to allow you to sell art in the gallery, provide workshops for the community, and participate in city events. The alliance is moving more towards offering big -named ballet or larger programs related to art to schools and children in the schools. When COVID shut everything down, they were then gifted the land for the Pare de Arts. Mary Hart shared that she is a member of both the Arts Alliance and the Guild at this time. Mary also stated that the MSPAM and Guild is there to support art in downtown. One of the things they did as a Guild was to provide nine murals for the Parc de Arts. Each group has a different mission. The Alliance would be better aligned with our Toole Plan at this tune. Melissa Jones agreed with that