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INFOR~VIATION <br />MEMORANDUM <br />..K.1V~~ <br />TO: Housing Redevelopment Authority <br />FROM: Annie Deckert, Director of Economic .Development <br />DATE: I August 30 I I <br />SUBJECT: Downtown River's Edge Business Association- Update <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />• Meeting minutes from July 13, 2011 <br />• Project Conserve & River's Edge Partnership Plan <br />Staff continues to attend the monthly downtown River's Edge Business Association <br />meetings and provides City updates to the group. Last month, Green Corp. member Ross <br />Pomeroy and ERMU's Vance Zehringer attended the meeting seeking authorization for a <br />partnership between the association and the City to promote Project Conserve 3. Staff will <br />be providing the HRA with an update at their August meeting. <br />Early 2010, the association became an affiliate member of the MN Main Street Program. <br />Through this program, association representative Nicole Fox (Nicole's Salon) attended a <br />training which resulted in the creation of a River's Edge Facebook page, River's Edge <br />website and several ideas regarding membership encouragement and marketing ideas. <br />At this time, the association elected not to be an affiliate member in 2012, but will consider <br />membership in 2013. <br />N:\Departments\Community Development\Economic Development\Downtown Revitalization\Rivers Edge\2011\8-1-11 HRA <br />Update.doc <br />