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commercial lights so that they would match and last longer. Amanda will see if there: would be another use for lights that are left from the batch that HRA provided to Downtown in 2013. Park and Rec Update Concert Series: Steve Benoit: The Bank of Elk River will do the first and last concert giveaway. There will be 8 opportunities at the other concerts. Give aways for the crowd was a win - publicity for business was a win. Blast email to see if businesses are interested in offering a give away at the concert . The line up for the concert series is done. It is posted on the downtown webpage. Half'of the groups are new this year. Farmers Market: Karen Wingard: Music lined up for every market day except July 2 (1 to 2 people with guitar) will play from 2 to 6 or• 3 to 5. Good variety of vendors have signed up. Downtown Sale Flier — do for every single market day same offer each week. Would need by middle of May. Fliers will be distributed at main market table. Rivers Edge Commons Park Project: Michael Hecker: Changes will need to be made to support parking lot behind Sunshine Depot because there is earth movement in the lot. City is looking at putting in curved retaining wall. Storm water is currently distributing to the river - looking at putting in a waterfall or other water feature to address that. Looking to expand for concerts and rental opportunities. Nothing will happen until after the concert series this, year. Talking about moving the power box that is by the park — may have impact on power to downtown businesses when it would be moved (Sunshine depot to Great Room), Will be a lot of cost and be more about beautification than increasing seating in the park. A suggestion was made to beautify it like outhouse to cut down on the expense. Phase two discussions on the park include putting a real bath room facility in the park. Three to five parking spots will be lost in the higher lot. Lower lot would put impervious bricks, City would clear steps to allow for, access to parking lot during the winter. Pavers are expected to last 10 to, 15 years. Newer pavers are better than old. Snow plows and salt cause problems with the pavers. Website & Facebook Annie passed around sheet for suggestions of information to put on facebook each month. She suggested that we could spend some of our budget to have paid promotions on facebook. Other members of the group agreed. ArtSoup Saturday June 27, 2015: Stacy reported that planning is in full swing. First fanners market is Thursday before ArtSoup — one more place to publicize the event, Flowers and Pots: Ask Marcy — only people who have indicated that they would like The Rivers Edge Group to plant their pot so far is the Bank of Elk River, Rivers Edge Plan: what do we want to see downtown what are our priorities: Colleen and Annie met to discuss priorities. Annie passed out survey and asked that everyone fill out and return. Survey will go out to community in April. Annie asked that we complete our surveys asap.