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Special Meeting of the Elk River <br />Economic Development Authority <br />Together Elk River Committee <br />Held at the Elk River City Hall <br />Monday, December 18, 2023 <br /> <br /> <br />Members Present: Charlie Blesener, Joanna Arbic, Debbi Rydberg, and Jennifer Wagner <br /> <br />Members Absent: Molly Nadeau-Peterson <br /> <br />Staff Present: Economic Development Director Brent O’Neil, and Economic Development Specialist Josh <br />Mollan <br /> <br /> <br />1. Call Meeting to Order <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the Elk River Economic Development Authority <br />Together Elk River Subcommittee was called to order at 5:05 p.m. by Jennifer. <br /> <br />2. Consider Agenda <br /> <br />Moved by Debbi and seconded by Joanna to approve the agenda. Motion carried 4-0. <br /> <br />3. Consider Minutes <br /> <br /> Moved by Debbi and seconded by Joanna to approve November 20, 2023, Meeting Minutes. <br />Motion carried 4-0. <br /> <br />4.1 Visitor Marketing and Community Engagement <br /> <br /> Josh introduced a community engagement software called Bandwango to determine if it would be a good fit <br />for our community and if the Together Elk River Committee should be involved. <br /> <br /> Brent shared additional details on the software including pricing. <br /> <br /> The committee determined that this software may not be a good fit for Elk River and was not interested in <br />hearing additional information. <br /> <br />4.2 Billboard Update <br /> <br />Josh shared that the previously approved billboards will run through December 26th. Josh then shared the <br />list of available billboards and their corresponding locations and prices. <br /> <br />Jennifer would prefer a static ad if a billboard was secured on I-94. <br /> <br />The committee requested that staff provide Placer.ai data to help determine the most effective billboard <br />location. <br /> <br />4.3 General Updates <br /> <br /> Josh shared that January’s meeting will fall on a Tuesday due to the MLK holiday. <br /> <br />