08/10/2021 MinutesMAIN 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.
d. Design - This month, the Design Committee strategically changed the locations of the Earth Planters
downtown. The change has really freshened up the downtown scenery. Much of the flowerbeds were
switched out just before the Tour de Paris with fresh plants to last the seasons to come. Soon, the filler
flowers in the planters will require changing out for the fall season; Tanner Dobrovolsky and Emily
Temple would like to help coordinate this. Angie Briscoe, with a local bank, would like to help as well
and has lots of volunteers, Cheri Bedford arrange contact with she and Tanner Dobrovolsky. One planter
was hit by a car this month and was resilient! Emily Temple recommends we reevaluate our procedure for
caring for the planters, proposing utilizing volunteers for watering and labor of the landscaping to cut
down on cost for the care of the planters. An "adopt a flowerbed/flowerpot" program could contribute to
the success of this volunteer based structure. The Design Committee will look into the logistics and
implementation of this strategy.
6. Coordinators Report- Cheri Bedford reports that we have plenty of Volunteers for the Downtown Mini
Golf event. Cheri Bedford then walked the Advisory Board members through the `Sign Up Genius"
platform. The event will need Main Street representatives at the Volunteer tent on Saturday from 11-5.
Board members and Chamber Liaison Becky Semple will divide and conquer accordingly. The Paris
Historic Commission has been very busy with new applications and many downtown developments.
Farmers market vendors are working very hard on the Hatch Chile event and it looks like this year will be
a great event. There will be a "Sign Up Genius" posted to source volunteers for this as well, similar to the
Mini Golf event. There will be an abundance of vendors, it will probably spill over into the Market Square
parking lot.
7. Future Agenda Items
a. Work Plan
8. A motion was made to adjourn at 5:04 p.m.by Kari Daniel and seconded by Emily Temple.
Signed this day of
Tanner Dobrovolsky,, aia�reet Advisory Board Chair