Westside Association Meeting Minutes-Dec1-2011
Meeting called to order by President Connie Drexler @12:00
Approval November minutes (Marucs/Rick) passed
Treasurer’s Report
- Collected $460.00 from Economic Insights Breakfast
- Spent $1409.05 during the month
- $699.30- printing/copies for Economics Insights Breakfast
- $427.75- food for Economics Insights Breakfast
- $62.00- PO Box fee
- $8.80- stamps
- $151.20- envelopes
- $60.00- web hosting for 1 year
- current balance $6168.71
- in December- make final payment for pledge to Grand Opera House $ 1666.00-
Chamber Report:
- Olive Garden and US Cellular building on Koeller
- ImPro Med- adding 14,000 sq ft
- Evco Plastic – 70,000- expansion
- OAEDC- projects
- 20,000- sq ft on Westside- office space
- 15,000 sq ft retail space on Northside
- 50,000- sq office/warehouse
- working with local company looking to expand/add new employees
- Downtown
- New café
- New children’s clothing store
- Green IT- in 100 block
- Business Expo- January 26-2012 at Convention Center
- Economic Breakfast Feb
Membership
- Free lunch drawing- winner Marcus Butts
- Sending letters to guests
- New member Kevin Mrtz- Town of Algoma Sanitation Dept
- Brochures available at each meeting
New Business
- Slate of officers
- President- Connie Drexler
- Vice President- Robin Jennings
- Secretary- Kathy Hanson
- Treasurer- Phil Hergert
- Past President- Jeff Thorkildsen
- Directors- Marcus Butts and Dennis Schwab
- One more board position- director- to finish out Jeff Nelson’s term(one year remaining)
- Question- any possibility of bringing back the EAA shuttle bus
- Board will look at options
Sign Project:
- Highway 21 closures begin in March 2012
- Main focus on traffic traveling on Hwy 41- that would normally use the Hwy 21 exit
- Signs and Designs would like to get Posts for signs in the ground before the frost sets in
- Signs
- Alumilite Signs
- 4’ x 8’ -Holds 12 logos -Cost- (sign/posts)- $680.00 (approx)
- 4’ x 4’ -cost- (sign/posts)$445.00 (approx)
- contact for sign reservations
- Mike Schmidt-FNB- Fox Valley
- Suzanne Laurent- Orthopedic & Spine Therapy
- Robin Jennings
- Alumilite Signs
Meeting adjourned at 1:00PM
Next Meeting- January 5-2012- Guest speaker- Tom Buchholz- DOT- Hwy 41/21 update