December 2023 BID Meeting Minutes
MONTHLY BID MEETING
(December 19th, 2023)
WYNDHAM GARDEN KENOSHA HARBORSIDE
5125 6th Ave, Kenosha WI 53140
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Executive Committee: Chairperson Brit Windel, Vice Chairperson Alex Kudrna, Treasurer Rajiv Sigh, Secretary Jeanette Kelly
Board Members Present: Brett Bjorn, Kevin Ervin, Rob Gresoviak, Maria Caravati, Gus Harris, Mark Wistar, Sharon Rossow
Non-Voting Members: Dennis DuChene, Laura Gregorski, Donny Stancato, Alderman Bill Siel, Dave Strash
- Minutes Approval from November 21th, 2023
- Motion Alex to approve – Mark Second
- Citizens’ Comments
- Director Comments
- Updates from the Chairman
- Downtown Kenosha Magazine Update
- Camera Update –Waiting on City Attorney- check getting cut?
- Readdress the committees – reminder who is on the each committee
- Year long events application – friendship park – Create events throughout the year and event planning – having the events sooner and we can build the events out larger and larger role – Tree Lighting in Downtown Kenosha perhaps not by the museums
- Candidate Panel Roundtable – Election for the mayor – K-Town Connects Jason Hedman, Pete Serzant – 1st week in February at Rhode Theater – BID to help Sponsor – Goodie Bag/ Swag –
- Survey Monkey – Candidate Questions – List top questions – coming from the board
- Motion to Approve to Mark – Rob Second – $1000 for Charcuterie Boxes for guests
- Matt Monroe facade program – Guest Speaker –
- Process – Methodology
- Marketing Component – communicate to the BID –
- Visit Kenosha handles marketing – application process- deadlines -review applications – metrics and then announce the awards and cut the checks –
- Ask Letter for Banks – create a draft to request funding from banks and approved for next meeting
- How much for the pool of $ –
- Matching Grant Project – Exterior Lighting – Windows
- What can we do to practically improve our community
- Treasurer Report
- Marketing Updates
- Lightin’ Up a success. Thank you to everyone who participated and helped.
Vintage Underground (Peoples)
Summer’s Garden(1stJudge)
Century Pub (2nd Judge)
Em’s Dance (3rd Judge)
Teaching Kitchen (Creativity)
Lemon Street (Creativity) - Website Updates:
Will be adding an icon on business profiles to show who accepts Downtown Universal Gift Cards - Content Creator Team established at Visit Kenosha, Will also serve Go Downtown to create blog content.
- Will be updating the site with new board members, need terms list please.
Currently top performing page is related to holiday hours downtown, traffic suggests the site is becoming a resource for visitors to downtown. Events are most popular consistently.
- Gift card promotion, buy one get a bonus card of 50% value to encourage shopping and dining downtown this holiday. FREE MONEY FOR VISITORS AND BUSINESSES. Gift card sign up in progress – Donny going to businesses to register them.
- Downtown Swag store live, please feel free to place an order. $1 from each order goes to façade grant. We can change this amount.
- Mayoral meeting, goody bags with downtown info and some snack boxes to welcome people downtown.
- Update Downtown Map – HOLDING to 2024
- Go Downtown QR Code Sandwich Boards – HOLDING to 2024
- Lattes with Law – Working on plan for quarterly events in 2024
- Newsletter going out after new year – any items?
Snow Daze 1/27, Third Thursdays continuing, State of the Downtown Annual Meeting 3/14
- Committees Comments
- Outreach and Retention
- Streets and Beautification
- Events & Promotions
- New Items of Business
- Breaking ground in 2024 across from trolley dogs
- Retail Space and condos breaking ground
- Next Meeting/Agenda
- ADJOURNMENT
Kevin Moved to Adjourn – Alex Second
Dates to Know
January 16th– BID Meeting
January 27th – Snow Days
February 20th – BID Meeting
March 14th – State of Downtown