09/20/2011 MINUTESMEETING MINUTES
MAIN ST;R�EET ADVISORY BOARD
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107 EAST KAUFMAN
PARIS, TEXAS
Tuesday September 20, 2011
Present
Absent:
Kari Daniel
Dustin Lindsey
AsIdea Mattoon
Michael Cody
Becky Semple
Matt Coyle
Judge Harris
Britin Bostic
Guests: Greg Wilson
1. Matt Coyle called the meeting to order at 4:08
2. Approval of August 2011 minutes, could not approve the minutes, didn't have a copy, will approve next
month
3. Main Street Manager Report-
9 Festival of Pumpkins 65 vendors- at the limit for jewelry and purses, and almost at limit for non
profits: will not refuse anyone, but would like to see the festival offer unique items of interest.
• PCT will have their Haunted House
• Clint is rocking and rolling with the Zombie walk,
• Contests Freeze off, and Pumpkin carving by Main Street
• City sponsored contests: pumpkin decorating and costume contest- Sally Wright is working on
these for festival.
• LCHA- sponsors Pet Walk, Going well.
• Paris Garden Study Club, under the direction of Ashlea Mattoon is sponsoring the Kids Zone:
Ramping up the zone and offering direction in the decorations, signage, labyrinth, and balloon
towers, has volunteers and is doing a fabulous job.
• Barry Diamond is going to Emcee the kids games.
• Posters for the festival given out at the meeting with the Sponsors listed: Gold ($1500) HWH and
PRMC, Silver($1000) VCC and Chamber, Walmart- 8 bronze sponsors ($500)
• Bill Harris asked if there was a place where Santa's paws dog dash could be advertised- Cheri
explained that the Main Street Booth in the center of the South East corner of street would have
a space for all city related items.
Grand Theater
• Abatement has begun- going from the inside out, and has been promised to have the street
cleared by the festival of pumpkins.
Peristyle
Stone mason finished, sidewalks poured, terrazzo flooring in bags ready to be poured, and when Cheri
spoke with Tim Felts from Spann Construction, he said that would take 8 -10 days, so the Peristyle should
be ready very soon. Main Street would like to offer dedication service, recognizing the hard work of all
parties who were a part of the Peristyle Restoration Vision. (Possible early next year)
Farmers Market:
11 vendors on South side- new vendors are Rico's Hot Sauce and Country Bake Shop. Expecting
NL Garden Study Club, Green Display as well. FM Committee is working hard to promote the market, and
is having a Hats Off to the Market on September 20th with prizes for customers who wear goofy hats, and
the vendors will be wearing goofy hats.
4. Committee Reports
a. Organization - No report
b. Designs — (cheri reported in Dustins absence) design renderings from Texas Main Street are
currently being produced for the Paris Optical Building- Leslie Wolfenden, one of the Paris Main
Street Architects will be submitting them soon and then the Design committee will set up a
meeting with the building owner to get feed back. The design committee has also worked with
local artist Suzanna Coyle and has come up with an awesome design for the use of the festival
of pumpkins promotions this year. Bike racks are in, and Cheri appeared in front of HPC and got
them approved. Looking at locations to place them. (subway, Jaxx, and PCT)- Matt Coyle added
that the Design committee is also working on other signage for the festival.
c. Promotions - Kari working with festival had spoke with Clint McMillian and was reporting that
Choctaw Casino was giving away prizes for the Zombie Walk, and has 250 committed, as well as
a goal of 1000 zombies. Good Job Clint on Prizes!!!
d. Economic Restructure - Britin: building relationships with R3Bl and SBDC at PJC coming up with
options for market stratagies for retention of business, noting with growth of downtown we
might have turnover(which happens) but wanted to help give the businesses the tools needed
for success. This can be done with partnerships and training that business owners might not
know is available through the groups afore mentioned. Revitalization Related: Fire Posters with
Smile( logo the whole town got behind after the 1916 fire) Britin and Marvin Gorley are working
on this as a revitalization fundraiser for Main Street and will be sold at FoP. Britin brought some
show and tell of other posters and looking into the possibility of using them for other
fundraisers. Firemans Ball scheduled for March 2012- Lots of fun ideas for Fire Festival and how
to make it a success, ER did not meet for August, too hot- and September was busy for
everyone, so plans for the future meeting will focus on Building and Business inventory and
business assistance. See Attached email.
e. HPC report-Matt Certificates of Appropriateness -1 was signage for a Downtown Business, the
other was the Bike Racks.
f. PDA report Kari Daniel, PDA president
• Magazine is almost complete- has been in discussions with interested business person potential
childrens clothing store (bling style clothing for kids 8 -18) and also someone interested in
potential of a Maternity store.
• Sofa and Such moved out to the Lamar avenue location of the old blockbuster, and the building is
for sale. $1500 per month, or rumors of $150K-
• Paris Framing and Design Closed its doors, and Robin Weems- Itsy Bitsy Spider purchased the
building and is going to open up soon.
g. VCC /Chamber- Cheri filled in for Becky- $10,000 shop local campaign is going well, and they
met and have momentum going. 35 businesses to date were signed up, inclement weather
plan, and chamber bucks are going to be offered as an incentive. Buy $100 dollars for $80. And
spend them as cash for face value. Savings 20 %. 47 business is the magic number to make that
happen.
5. Future Agenda Items- Michael Cody suggested a newsletter for the Main Street. Britin mentioned Art
walk is coming and we should discuss
Other comments were made by Edwin Pickle -FYI on Keep Paris Beautiful Trash off coming on
October 15, 2011- one week prior to festival of pumpkins.
Greg Wilson mentioned the fireman wanting a booth at the festival for their calendar, and Cheri asked
Greg to have the person call the main street office.
6. Adjoum 4:40 p.m. Motion made by Kari, and Matt Coyle seconded.
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Approved by date:
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Matt Coyle, Chairman