Southside Main Street Committees
Organization Committee
Organization involves getting everyone working toward the same goal
and assembling the appropriate human and financial resources to
implement a Main Street revitalization program. Southside Main
Street Project has a 13 member Board of Directors with standing
committees paralleling the Four Points and a personnel committee.
There is one full time staff person, the Executive Director, who
organizes the committees and manages the day to day business. This
structure not only divides the workload and clearly delineates
responsibilities, but also builds consensus and cooperation among
the various stakeholders. This committee heads up the yearly pledge
campaign and the general membership meeting.
Committee
Members:
- George
Wittenberg,
Chair
-
Roger Williams
-
Doug Melkovitz
-
John Twyford
Promotion Committee
Subcommittees meet separately for each event,
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Promotion advances a positive image of the commercial district and
encourages consumers and investors to live, work, shop, play and
invest in the South Main Street area. This committee is responsible
for all the activities reinforce that image through advertising,
retail promotional activity, special events, and marketing campaigns
carried out by local volunteers. This improves confidence in the
district and encourages commercial activity and investment in the
area. The promotions committee recently had a brainstorming session
to identify four events for the next year. The events will include:
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Mardi
Gras Parade, Street Party and Ball, the weekend before actual
Mardi Gras
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Hidden Treasures on South Main - an antique/art show and sale,
Oct. 11, 2008
-
Places, Spaces,
and Chairs - preview party, April 18, 2008
Committee
Members:
-
Donna Skulman
-
Lee Fleming,
chair
-
Mike Luter
-
John Twyford
-
Susan Sullivan
Design Committee
Meets
2nd Tuesday - 5:15 p.m. at SoMa office, 1206 S. Main
Design Committee deals with the physical appearance of Main Street
and how to make that the best it can be. Capitalizing on its best
assets — such as historic buildings and pedestrian-oriented streets
— is just part of the story. An inviting atmosphere, created through
attractive window displays, parking areas, building improvements,
street furniture, signs, sidewalks, street lights, and landscaping,
conveys a positive visual message about the commercial district and
what it has to offer. Design activities also include instilling good
maintenance practices in the commercial district, enhancing the
physical appearance of the commercial district by rehabilitating
historic buildings, encouraging appropriate new construction,
developing sensitive design management systems, and long-term
planning.
Our committee
executed the very successful "Places, Spaces, and Chairs"
public art project. There will be a new art project planned soon -
stay tuned. The committee is about to begin a long-term assessment of each block of Main
Street.
Committee
Members:
-
Tom Fennell, chair
-
Gary Evans
-
Sarah Bennings
-
Jeff Horton
-
Page Wilson
-
Ruth Pasquin
Economic Restructuring
Committee
Meets
3rd Wednesday, 12:30 p.m. at SoMa office, 1206 S. Main St.
This committee strengthens a community's existing economic assets
while expanding and diversifying its economic base. The Main Street
program helps sharpen the competitiveness of existing business
owners and recruits compatible new businesses and new economic uses
to build a commercial district that responds to today's consumers'
needs. Converting unused or underused commercial space into
economically productive property also helps boost the profitability
of the district.
Our committee plans to develop a business
directory, do a market analysis to help recruit and maintain
businesses, and develop a plan for better use of empowerment zones. All
these things are in development right now.
Committee
Members:
-
Muriel Lederman, chair
-
Anita Davis
-
Susan Maddox
-
Hillis Schild
-
Ron Wood
-
Gerald Turner
-
Ed Garland
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