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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995 04-20 Minutes Kickoff Meeting Kickoff Meeting • April 20, 1995 Summary Notes Attendance: Myrna Kragness, Maynard Oss, Charles Adkisson, Will Rogers, Karen Youngberg, Kristen Mann, Sue LaCrosse, Terri Swanson Walk /Run with Community Education Karen Youngberg will chair subcommittee which includes Will, Debbie Diamond and Shawn Reilly of community ed and Terri. Ideas for the run include: course to include Brookdale Center and the trail behind city hall; Brookdale to be used as a pit stop; solicit Brookdale tenants like Champs and Footlocker to sponsor the walk; use a professional to plan the event if it includes a long distance run since that type of competition requires lots of detail; give participants t- shirts for their entry fee. The subcommittee will meet to plan details and when ready will initiate participation from other school district community education departments. Bingo cards Many ideas were bounced around including a button program like during the St. Paul Winter Carnival and a treasure hunt. After discussion, the group thought the best idea for us would be to have a bingo card contest where businesses pay a certain fee to have a square on a bingo card. Residents would then purchase a card and take that card to the different businesses on the card for a stamp. Once their card is complete, residents could then use this card as an entry into a drawing, perhaps for a weekend stay at the Inn on the Farm. Kristen Mang will be in charge of this subcommittee. Terri suggested that she contact Char Waughtel to help her with this effort. Press conference /publicity Terri stated that she plans to hold a press conference before the parade regarding the promotional campaign and Earle Brown Days. She mentioned that she would like to have someone at each event to promote the campaign and to hand out stickers. Members of the committee mentioned that they will be at almost all of the Earle Brown Days events and that at a later date we can put a schedule together of who will be in charge of each event. The group decided to distribute decals of the logo so that people can display them on the windows of their cars homes or businesses. Swanson will check the cost. Parade The chamber of commerce has offered to sponsor the float. Steve Bowling of Brookdale Center will be in charge of this effort. The next meeting will be Monday, May 1 at 7 p.m. in city hall. Other Maynard suggested that sometime we hold a contest for the best landscaped house, business and apartment or apartment complex. He also commented on the excellent response time of our police dep[artment. Other important points that people suggested to include in our publicity effort included interviews with realtors, all- volunteer fire department and our personable dispatchers. The next meeting will be Monday, May 1 at 7 p.m. in city hall.