03/10/2026 MinutesMINUTES OF THE MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS
March 10, 2026
The MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD of the City of Paris met for a
regular session at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10 at the PARIS CITY COUNCIL
CHAMBERS 107 E. KAUFMAN PARIS, TEXAS 75460.
PRESENT: Tyrone Hayden, Melissa Jones, Kim Kalina, Mary Hart,
Glee Emmite, Kevin Moore (4:43) Karen Doughtry-VCC
Liaison,
ABSENT; William Walker, Alix Putnam
CITY STAFF Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager, HPO
Hayley Reynolds -Assistant
1. Call meeting to order.
Co -Chair, Mary Hart called the meeting to order at 4:33. She read the Vision and
Mission statements.
2. Citizen Forum
No one requested to speak.
3. Approve minutes from the meeting of February 10, 2026
A motion to approve by Melissa Jones and seconded by Glee Emmite. Motion carried,
5 ayes — 0 nays.
4. Committee Reports- Workplan updates from committee members:
Chamber/VCC- Karen Dougherty - Pumpjack event; if there is an event going on let
me know to put on the calendar; getting ready for Tour de Paris and 903 Sunsets;April
4 Paris Steak Wars, April 11 Winefest and PTXCon; April 18 Hell of the North Gravel
Ride; 25-26 Montin bike races at Pat Mayes Lake. April 30-May30 drag boat races
and rodeo at Lake Crook. Another Bass fishing tourney is coming as well. JC Penney
is doing a commercial at our Eiffel Tower with students from our school. Lamar
County got a new map. We are accepting advertising for these.
Melissa Jones, Board Member- working on getting artists for Art Fair and Winefest
Kim Kalina, Secretary/Board Member, passed out posters for Winefest; social media
and minutes, attended Place Al training.
Mary Hart, Co -Chair and Board Member- Passed out Wine Fest flyers to businesses;
completed Placer Al training;
Glee Emmite, Board Member and HPC/PDA Liaison- attended Placer Al Zoom
meeting; met Hayley; worked on getting wineries to sign up for the Winefest as well
as hotels for the wineries. Spoke to the mayor and attended HPC meeting.
Tyrone Hayden- nothing to report.
HPC Glee Emmite- special meeting on March 23. Acted on 3 grant applications, two
for business and one residential. Reviewed the certificate of appropriateness for
property located at 425 1 st ST SW. Cheri will be attending a NAPC conference in
Minneapolis in July.
PDA (Glee Emmite)- Regular meeting is 3rd Tuesday of the month at 8:30 a.m. at
Rosewood Eatery. PDA board meeting today. The next big thing is the mini golf
event. Kids get to go free. 12 businesses that participate. PDA is planning a fashion
week to match France's big event. St. Patricks day big drawing happening at Bee
Sweet.
Coordinators Report -
Cheri Bedford introduced her new assistant- I-layley Reynolds. She will be working
on events. She is currently working on Winefest and brick pavers project for first
street.
Cheri will be working on behalf of downtown with Chris Lambka reviewing with
city staff and stakeholders the Toole Plan for downtown. Anyone is welcome to
attend meeting on. March 23 to go over the adopted downtown plan and ask
questions. Mr. Lambka will be in town for 3 days.
Beverly Abel will be here the following Monday to lead a board training and refresh
on transforming strategies. Please review the Main Street workplan before the
meeting with Ms. Abel. Time set is 2-6 p.m. on Monday the 30th.
Winefest is coming along well. Due to busy month of April, the board meeting will
be skipped unless something is pressing. Board members are doing specific tasks for
Winefest. Kevin is working on the VIP with Walt Reep, Melissa is organizing music.
Trolley de Paris will be at the event. Everyone continues to work on finalizing the
wine fest event.
Cheri and Hayley are setting up an interest meeting for Farmer's market for anyone
interested in getting a booth at the Farmer's Market. Cheri is working on quarterly
reports with data such as number of businesses, parking spaces, etc. Cheri shared her
data sheet to show businesses that opened, closed, relocated, etc.
5. Future Agenda Items- Kevin asked about any future items. No one responded. He asked us
to review our Toole Plans for the next meeting.
6. Adjournment.
There being no further business, A Motion to adjourn was made by Board Member
Tyrone Hayden and seconded by Board Member Glee Emmite. Motion carried, 5_
ayes —0 nays. Kevin Moore, Chairman, adjourned the meeting at 5:19 p.m.
Kevin Moore, Chairman