05-D Main Street Advisory Bd Min 12-20-06

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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD December 20, 2006 City Hall Council Chambers 107 East Kaufman Street 3:00 p.m. A meeting of the members of the Paris Main Street Advisory Board was held Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 3:00 p.m., at City Hall Council Chambers. Casey Rose, Chairman, presided. PRESENT: Jennifer Long (Vice Chairman) ABSENT: Cindy Allcorn Matt Coyle (Alt.) Lisa House Zach Saffle Walt Brown Linda Knox Drew Crawford (Alt.) Pike Burkhart (Alt.) Karol Lyn Moore (Alt.) Others present included Becky Semple, Director, V&CC and Ann Gilliland, Holiday in Paris Chair. November 15, 2006 minutes were reviewed by advisory board members and a motion was made by Walt Brown to approve the minutes as prepared. Jennifer Long seconded and minutes were unanimously approved. Organization Committee Report - No report given at this time. Promotions Committee Report - Walt Brown reported on the 1 sl Annual Holiday in Paris event held the first two weekends of December. Walt reported on the Art Walk. He stated we had 12 Art Walk participants located both on and off the square. Art walk venues were connected by luminaries so that visitors were able to find the locations off the square. Art walk maps were also distributed prior to and during the event. Becky Semple reported on the Paris Area Arts Alliance's Christmas Village. The Arts Alliance reported $1041.00 in bids for trees auctioned during the event. Becky also reported that $500.00 profit was made from the carriage rides. The Downtown Merchants Association donated $500.00 to Holiday in Paris to pay for the first weekend of the carriage rides. Another Downtown Merchant paid for the advertising on I-30. Many out of town visitors (Denver, Houston, Fredericksburg, McKinney, and Texarkana) attended the event. There were hundreds of people downtown both weekends. Art was sold, restaurants busy, merchants busy. It was a very successful weekend in Downtown Paris. Ann Gilliland reported that the HIP group would meet in January to begin planning next year's event. Ann said she heard wonderful comments from various members of the community and Bonnie Neely had written a letter to the editor praising the efforts of the HIP coordinators. Several garden clubs donated funds to Main Street to help pay for holiday decorations. 12 new light pole banners were purchased and new ribbon for the wreaths that hang on the fountain. The collaboration was unique. So many different groups came together to make this event happen. Page 1 of2