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ASSOCIATION MEETING
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Robin Auch, Scott Cameron, Brandon Campea, Scott Carbonneau,
Justin Carlin, Robin Carlson, Denise Goehring, Rick Jensen,
Karen Palmer, Shanna Payne, Laura Schoen-Carbonneau, Rhonda
Sweetman, Kellie Yackley & Kathy Villa
TREASURER’S REPORT- $3275.89
OLD BUSINESS
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Beautification of Pierre Street. Thanks to all
who turned out to build planters, pick up trash and
plant flowers on Pierre St. A huge thanks goes out
to Modern Woodmen of America for the generous donation
of money. Thank-you Grand Rental for the free use
of the stump remover. Thank-you Ogan Construction
for the dirt. And thank-you to the business owners
who are diligently watering the flowers this
summer. Pierre St looks better.
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KCCR Ad Package - 600-30 second ads for $2000.00.
That’s $3.33/ad. There are 6 businesses, plus the
Downtown Association that have decided to take advantage
of this offer. It will be a little less that $300
per business, due in two installments. Please pay
Robin Auch the first $150.00 ASAP. They did not
get going for Oahe Days. The new goal date is
Crazy Days.
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Oahe Days/Capitol Centennial Celebration -
Everything went well for Oahe Days. There were
many, many people in attendance at the Parade, but there
was no one standing outside watching the Euclid Cruise.
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Scott Cameron asked Scott Carbonneau to hold off on
ordering the Bike Racks. Morris
Construction may be able to build them for us at a lower
rate. The City has money to buy 2, but we think we
need 8, to cover upper and lower Pierre St, so we may be
asking for donations from businesses, just like we did
for the trash cans.
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Crazy Days-July 30 and 31 - The Crazy Days Committee
will meet today, July 6, at 2:00, at Pier 347.
Committee members are Scott Cameron, Karen Palmer,
Brandon Campea, Denise Goehring, Shanna Payne, Robin
Auch, Audra Cardwell, and Kathy Villa. The next
meeting will be July 13, @ 2:00, Pier347.
NEW BUSINESS
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Dakota Radio Ad Campaigns/Kellie Yackley and Robin
Carlson
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Crazy Days/Coin Flip - The Great American Coin
Toss will take place on July 31, at 1:00. $500
in cash and prizes will be given away. The
Dakota Cruiser will be on hand for 3 hours during
the day, including the coin flip. The cost of
$400 for the Dakota Cruiser, will be covered by the
Association and will include 25-30 second ads.
Prior to Crazy Days, 1300 wooden Eagle coins will be
given away by 13 participating businesses, who will
have donated $10 cash and a $25 gift certificate.
The cost per business will be $300.30 and will
include 60-30 second ads (30 for Crazy Days and 30
for a later date.) As of this date, the 13
spots have been taken. Check Dakota Radio
website for details.
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Downtown Association Ad Campaign - We are
looking at generic advertising for the Association.
The ads will not promote any one business, but will
promote Pierre Street as a destination for shopping.
We can also promote our events. Kellie and
Robin presented 3 options and our newly formed
Advertising Committee will go over it.
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Committees - Rick Jensen suggested that we form
smaller committees that will meet monthly, in addition
to our first Tuesday meetings. It is our hope that
business owners and/or staff people who don’t normally
come to meetings, will want to participate and join one
of these committees. The committees, so far, are:
Events Committee: Audra Cardwell, Shanna Payne,
Denise Goehring, Kathy Villa
Advertising/Media Committee: Justin Carlin, Nicole
Loosbrock
Beautification Committee: Rick Jensen, Brandon
Campea, Scott Cameron, Justin Carlin
Welcoming Committee: Denise Goehring, Karen Palmer,
Rhonda Sweetman, Prairie Pages
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Meter Poles - The unsightly meter poles are going to
be turned into flag poles, displaying seasonal/event
flags. This is already in progress.
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Upcoming events - Be watching for details of
celebrations at the following businesses. Everyone
is encouraged to turn out and support your fellow
business owners.
Grand Rental - Ribbon Cutting and Business After
Hours-August 5th
Pier 347 - Grand Opening and Business After
Hours-August __
The Muze - Grand Opening and Business After
Hours-August__
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Name Change - Decided to leave as is.
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The Muze - Stop in and see this new business.
The renovations are beautiful. Justin and Audra,
along with Shanna Payne, from Curl Up and Dye, have lots
of fun ideas and the energy to make them happen.
They are envisioning movie nights and street dances and
an art alley (like in RC). Let’s encourage their
creativity and maybe they’ll let us tag along.
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Parking - A gentle reminder to tenants and business
owners-Please park behind your businesses, leaving
street parking for patrons. Thank-you.
NEXT MEETING-August 3-Pier 347 at 8:00 a.m.
CRAZY DAYS - July 30 & 31
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Robin Auch, Sue Bright, Scott Cameron, Brandon Campea, Scott
Carbonneau, Audra Cardwell, Anna Jensen, Rick Jensen, Karen
Palmer, Shanna Payne, Ann Rohlf, Laura Schoen-Carbonneau,
Mark Ulmen & Kathy Villa
TREASURER’S REPORT- $2865.00
NEW BUSINESS
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Paint the Town Pink-October is Cancer Awareness Month &
Ann Rohlf & committee members, Kelley Yackley & Charlene
Lund are asking us to help promote it by decorating our
storefront windows in pink. The Capitol and St. Mary’s
Hospital will be lit up in pink for the month, so join
in. There will be a 5K & a 10K Cancer Walk at the
Ramkota, on October 16, from 9-3:00. To pledge support
or for more information, call Charlene Lund, 224-6772,
or email
Charlene.lund@cancer.org.
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The Farmers Market is back on the corner. Thank-you
Zareckys.
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The Downtown Association website looks great. If you
want on, call John at BPRO. It’s a gift-no charge.
Thank-you Brandon & BPRO.
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Beautification of Pierre Street. The Modern Woodmen of
America is donating $1000.00 to the Association to use
towards beautifying our street.
In conjunction with the citywide cleanup on June 12, we
are asking all business owners on Pierre St. to meet at
Muddy River Hobbies on Sunday, June 13, at 8:00 (or
after church), and we will spruce up the street. In
addition to generally picking up trash, we are renting a
stump grinder to do away with the tree stumps & will
build boxes & plant flowers in their place. If your
building needs touch up painting, it’s a good time to do
that-anything to make the street & our storefronts look
prettier and more inviting.
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KCCR Ad Package-Eileen, from the Capital Journal has
offered an ad package of 600 ads for $2000.00 to be
shared amongst the Downtown Association members. That’s
$3.33/ad. These will start airing, I believe, the week
of Oahe Days. If you want to be part of it, call Scott
Cameron.
OLD BUSINESS
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Oahe Days/Capitol Centennial Celebration-June 18-20.
(The Centennial
part of it is only on the 19th.)
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The parade will be coming down Pierre St. on Friday
night, the 19th at
7:30. PLEASE STAY OPEN.
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The Euclid Cruise Reunion. Over 500 participants
will be cruising Euclid and Pierre Street on
Saturday night the 20th, from 5-9:00. Pierre Street
WILL NOT be converted back to a 2-way street for the
occasion. Again, PLEASE STAY OPEN during the cruise
to welcome all the spectators. Visit their facebook
page at Euclid.Ave Cruzin.
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The Centennial Flower is the Red Geranium. The
Chamber is selling red geraniums as a fund raiser
for the Beautification Committee. Call
Shanna Payne, 295-3677, or email curlup.and.dye@live.com.
Or email the Chamber at contactchamber@pierre.org.
They are $4.69 each
& will be delivered on June 12, & must be prepaid.
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There will be an Art Auction in the Capitol Rotunda
featuring 30 original works, all featuring the
Capitol. This is a fundraiser for the SD Heritage
Fund.
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There will be Kite Flying at Hilgers Gulch and a
Beach Party on the river.
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Scott has a Tent/Booth at Oahe Days. He is willing
to take ad flyers from you, if you want him to.
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Is anyone interested in having a Bike Rack outside their
business? Scott is working on getting one for Muddy
River Hobbies. If you want one, talk to him. He has
ideas.
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Scott will be Meeting with the Mayor on the 8th. If I
had gotten this out earlier, you could have given him
your concerns to present to Mayor Gill. Sorry.
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Next meeting-July 6-Steve from M&R Signs is invited to
talk to us about awnings, styles, options, costs, etc.
DATES TO REMEMBER
CRAZY DAYS - July 30 & 31
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