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MINUTES OF THE REGUALR MEETING OF THE MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD February 19. 2008 City Hall Council Chambers 107 E. Kaufman 4:00 p.m. A meeting of the members of the Paris Main Street Advisory Board was held Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 4:07 p.m., at City Hall Council Chambers. PRESENT: Jennifer Long ABSENT Matthew Coyle Cindy Allcorn Kari Daniel Pike Burkhart Wyatt Bowden Larry Womack Clifton Fendly Visitors: Shannon Barrentine Becky Semple Pete Kampfer Greg Wilson Marvin Gorley Karol Lyn Moore Zach Saffle Minutes January 15, 200$ minutes were reviewed by board members and a motion was made by Pike Burkhart to approve the nunutes as prepared. Jennifer Long seconded the motion and minutes were unanimously approved. Discussion & Action for Particiaation in April Archerv Tournament Becky Semple asked that the board help recruit volunteers and work at a concession stand at the Archery Tournament. There will be two concession stands, one run by Main Street one run by the Paris Visitors & Convention Council. Supplies are bought together for the two stands and the proceeds are split between the two groups. Last year approximately $2,000 was earned for each group. The board would need to secure 15 volunteers for this event. Kari Daniel made a motion that we agree to help with this event. Pike seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Presentation Regardin2 Grand Theatre bv Greg Wilson Greg was brought to this meeting to discuss his history with the Grand Theatre and what has been done so far. When Greg moved back to Paris the Grand Theatre was empty and he had a lady approach him abaut getting a loan to bring the Grand back to life. After this lady's funding was proving to not be large enough Greg decided to look into the project himself. Using his wife's marketing background he planed to bring the theatre back to life and have events in the building. The building is currently under taxing entities control. Greg partnered with his cousin Holland Harper and had set a budget of approximately $150,000 to bring the building back. The roof would cost $40,000 (at Harrison, Walker & Harper's cost), just to get electricity to code would be $90,000. It has been estimated that the roof will cave-in in approximately 4 years, and something needs to be done before this point in order for the building to be saved. After discovering the task was larger than originally anticipated Greg turned to Lisa Wright and Bethany Golden. A . 000036