5. HRSR 08-04-2008 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Rivers Edge Meeting Minutes July 9, 2008 Meeting was called to order at 8AM and was held in the Arts Alliance Gallery at 716 Main Street. Present were: Annie Deckert, Jim Rudolph, Dave Rymanowski, Roger Hebeisen, Fred McCoy, Donna Busch, Wendy Simenson, Tony Mikols. Treasurer's report: Jim reported that there is $1,622.39 in our treasury. Secretary's Report: Roger moved and Dave seconded to accept the minutes from the May 14t'' meeting as written. The motion passed. Old Business: Annie Deckert who is the City of Elk Rivers new Economic Development Assistant was introduced. Annie will be the liaison between the Downtown Rivers Edge Group and the City of Elk River. She is currently working on updating the list of commercial property available for rent/purchase in the downtown area. She.asked that anyone with retail space available for rent downtown contact her with the address, property description -including square footage, and she will have the list published on the City's website and we can link to that site from the Downtown Elk River Webpage. She will update the list quarterly so please also let her know if you have rented or sold the space. The Intersection by Rivers Edge Commons Park is done and looks very nice. Thank you to the City for its renovation. The attendance at the concerts has brought lots of people downtown. There have been a variety of crowds based on the groups performing. Most people don't stop at businesses on their way to the concerts but notice what is downtown and hopefully will come back to visit. Thanks to the Bank of Elk River and First Financial and the City of Elk River for sponsoring the quality concerts and bringing the people downtown. Jackson Square Apartments still have a waiting list. The majority of leases are up in October. The Bluffs had a successful open house and are having office hours from 1PM to SPM Thursdays to Sundays, to show the units. Stephanie Danielson is the Realtor Working with Mnwest Bank trying to sell the units. A few potential buyers have been interested. StudiO2 has moved out of the bluffs. There lease was up and they couldn't come to terms with Mnwest Bank. The downtown exercise challenge was a success. The Elk River Parks Department gave us some items with Elk River Insignia on them as prizes for the people doing the most exercise and bingoing on the exercise bingo. Certificates were presented to all completing 150 minutes of exercise a week for 4 weeks. Approximately 45 people participated in the challenge. Some turned in regular weekly exercise some played bingo. We will look at starting another challenge in the fall and going for a longer period of time. Banners, Signs, Flower Pots: The consensus of the group was that we need to increase the number of flower pots downtown. The City purchased the original pots and matching garbage cans. We have been paying for the flowers and having them planted in the pots (Meryl Gisselquist volunteers her time to bargain for the plants and planting them -she also donates some of her money towards the purchase. At the end of the season, she then moves the roses and