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Members - Present Members - Absent Staff - Present
Jeff Canter
Craig Beavers
Lucas Bremer
Josh Linville
Laura Oswald
Jennifer Frazier
Katie Axt – Main Street Director
Melanie Reason – Staff
Minutes from September 13, 2021: Not approved. No quorum met.
Open Discussion: Discussions surrounded future programming.
Event awareness: increasing awareness to generate foot traffic.
o Weekend Forecast is working well.
o EDC: Using EDC for event awareness
Reaching new audiences: goal of brand awareness; service awareness;
o Idea of billboard at Hibbs Insurance or other
Parking/Transport: advertising friendly neighbor parking with US bank & regions, utilizing
trolleys during cold weather or peak times. Education piece for those unfamiliar with parking –
fits well with regionalism.
o Scooters & Pedal taverns: both in draft ordinance stage.
Event locations:
o Alternate locations inside Downtown might include Market House Square, Dolly McNutt
Plaza
o Is Downtown still competitive to keep events on site? What factors make other people
choose different locations? Discussions surrounded campaigning for keeping events in
DT vs encouraging and linking up with events outside Downtown.
Collaboration opportunities:
o CVB arts economic impact assessment coming up.
o Helping to build collaboration with other organizations – cultural organizations,
convention center, etc; focus group discussion with CVB and other stakeholders to
streamline messaging, process, opportunities, and needs. Objective is to cast a unified
vision and break down silos and beget collaboration. Format could be meet & greet,
with representatives from stakeholder groups like KY Main Street, TN RiverLine,
City/County.
Event ideas:
o Taste of Paducah: long, farmhouse style seating water street multiple restaurants
providing different parts of the meal; ticketed event
Board of Directors
October 25, 2021
3:00 p.m.
Meeting
Minutes
o Comic-con for Paducah using Convention Center
o Family Friendly: family friendly events continue to be popular
o School spirit related events: engaging new audiences via homecoming, pep rally, parade,
window painting