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li -,)) D A Parking Courtesy Downtown: When parking behind the brick block, business owners and • employees can best serve the needs of their customers by not parking in the parking spaces in the first two rows of parking adjacent to their businesses or other businesses. The preferred parking spots for employers and owners, when available, are in the rows by the utilities building and adjacent to highway 10. If these spots aren't available, the lot across Jackson avenue is always an option. Parking on the street in front of businesses should be left open for customers. Remember, if our customers have difficulty parking, they will find somewhere else to do their business. Police Chief Beahen also told us that the biggest increase in crime in Elk River has been computer crimes and identity theft. He said that reports of computer crime has increased from 3 or 4 a year to 4 or 5 a week. Currently there are three individuals in Elk River who were scammed out of considerable amounts of money over the internet by Nigerian money exchange schemes. Also he said to be wary of using credit cards over the internet. That even supposedly safe sites like PayPal have been hacked into. The Police department has put together packets regarding identity theft- how to prevent it and what to do if you are a victim of it. Call the police department if you would like a copy. Updating Downtown Directory: Approximately 100 businesses in the downtown area were contacted. We have received 30 forms back. We are compiling the data that we have and will be visiting and phoning businesses to complete this task. Lance and Roger volunteered to help with this project. Anyone else interested please contact Wendy. • Downtown Promotions: We have revisited the idea of printing placemats advertising downtown businesses on them with a photo of the mural or other downtown attraction in the middle of them. The placemats would be distributed free of charge to any of the non-profit community groups holding fundraising meals. Marlys Ellingson from the Star News will be talking to businesses about being included on the placemats. New Business: Music Downtown: Wendy talked to Michele Bergh from the City of Elk River Recreation Department about the possibility of having a free concert downtown either on a stage by the river or by the Gazebo. The Rec department does not have a lot of funds available but would consider helping us. The price of renting a stage and having it hooked up to electricity would be approximately$2000 plus there would also be the cost of the musicians. We are also going to look at the possibility of having a street dance. Suggestions were made to have a Big Band Sound one night and a rock and roll sound the next night. If you are interested in helping bring music downtown, please talk to Wendy Creative Genius will be closing on May 31. The Cut Hut has also closed. The Bead Bag is moving into the space that the Cut Hut is vacating. The meeting was adjourned at 9AM. II The Next Meeting will be held Wednesday April 14. 2004,at 8AM at the Elk River Chamber of Commerce Meeting Room.