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Trick or Treating Downtown (Oct 26): Going from 11 to 6 (or when you take your sign down) Passed out information sheets on trick or treating and had samples of poster for doors. Steve said that left over Supplies from fright night will come downtown, along with the hay bales. Rivers Edge Commons Park will be decorated for trick or treating.There will be a place for parents/caregivers to take photos with a Halloween themed background, Art Crawl John Stander Artcrawl will be on the 25th of October downtown. Businesses open their doors and allow 2 artists to sell their wares in their businesses.This year will be from 4:30 to 8PM. Last year there were 17 businesses and 25 artists. Call arts alliance at 441-4725 if you are interested in signing up. Need to have back by oct 12. Mariachi band will roam the streets. Word find prize. Pumpkin Roll (Oct 26) Friday night of trick or treating. Fund raiser to make money for downtown. Help fund tree in the park.Target at bottom of hill by park. Last year had trip to Las Vegas donated by McCoy's.This year we are looking at having Businesses donate something and give a grand prize. Advertise 500.00 worth of downtown coupons as the prize.Time: 5pm to 8pm. Last year 1st national sponsored pumpkins and will do that again next year.They will get around 50 pumpkins this year. Christmas Downtown (Dec 15) Big Tree (Lighting Ceremony?) Want to have a Tree lighting ceremony around Thanksgiving. Goldenmans has given us a good price on a big tree in the past. Neil is working on contacting them and coming up with a budget for a sturdy stand and decorations. Gift Bags for Santa, Last year Santa gave out over 300 bags.There were coupons and a small amount of candy in them. Please start planning what you would like to contribute to the bags this year. Let's try to make them more fun for the kids. Facebook page let Jennifer know if you have special events going on or what something put on downtown Elk Rivers Facebook page. Granite shores has leased all of the residential units in the building.They are currently building some executive offices on the main floor to rent out. Jim suggested that we have a business/resident encounter at Granite Shores. Schedule at 6:30pm some night,offer desserts and invite area businesses to come in and give a 60 second spiel about their businesses bring coupons etc. Granite Shores has a screen in their lobby that lists upcoming events for residents. Let Christine know when downtown events are so she can put the information on the screen. Thanks to granite shore for the food and hospitality.Thanks to Fred for providing beer and wine. The meeting was adjourned at 4:40PM