March 2024 BID Meeting Minutes
MONTHLY BID MEETING
(March 19th, 2024)
WYNDHAM GARDEN KENOSHA HARBORSIDE
5125 6th Ave, Kenosha WI 53140
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL – 8:33am
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 February 20th, 2024
Approval – Maria approved – Alex Second –
- Citizens’ Comments
Reanna – Happenings Magazine –
Bill Siel – Flock Cameras approved by the city –
- Director Comments
- Updates from the Chairman
- Camera Update – businesses who are interested in the cameras – move to streets and beautification committee
- State of Downtown – Recap – entertaining – food was efficient –
- Additional information – more networking –
- Facade Program – UPDATE
- Treasurer Report – audit has been completed and should be completed by May
- Marketing Updates
- New Ideas
Video commercial for Downtown***
PPC/OTT Campaigns, budget based (could use commercial)
Direct Mail – cost prohibitive (4 counties about 70,000 households = $30,000)
ValPak – $3500 for 100,000 Homes, in with others, need an offer
Spectrum News & OTT – budget based – need commercial *** - Downtown Magazine – do we want to allocate dollars to improving paper quality and keeping costs down for advertisers? – May 9th Deadline – May 17th delivery –
- Will be going through website to update and add to all landing pages for businesses. Any items for next phase of updates? – main page – featured business – to draw attention to promote new businesses
- Adding Merch store to website – how much would we like to mark up items? Supports façade program?
- Any additional items to include in April newsletter? Put videos on website
- Interested in being on the board?
- Committees Comments
- Outreach and Retention
- Committee is working on distributing basic information to business and property owners
- One on one touch-base to update database
- Pulse survey sent in January – included again in March newsletter. People don’t seem to want to share information. Can we discuss reasons for that?
- Streets & Beautification
- Would like to plan for larger tree in Friendship Park for holiday season, do we wish to purchase an LED tree? 30 feet tree?
- Will be contacting Streets to reset all breaks for light post lighting and replace lights that are out
- Please gather final graffiti list by end of March – use online form or submit Dennis
- Cleanup Scheduled for April 20th, the Saturday before earth day.
- Parks/Transit conversation regarding hedges at 6thavenue and 54th Street in progress
- Trash – pick up a concern. Need to inventory blocks that have issues without dumpsters and discuss with Alderman/PW
- Events & Promotions
- State of the Downtown – Thank you everyone for a successful event!
- Lattes with the Law – March 21, 8-10am, please join us – at the buzz
- Bunny Hop – March 23, 50 participating venues 10am-1pm
- Sip & Stroll – June 8, event application being turned in
- Third Thursdays, adding larger scale quarterly events this year
- Email will be going out about Sidewalk Sales – application to be submitted for spring/summer/fall months
- Does BID want to have a presence in the Parade this year? A float? It takes place downtown, so should we be more active?
- New Items of Business
- BBC shooting a piece on the riots –positive piece – painting it in a positive light – selling to HBO or Netflix –
- Proposal for Business Viability Improvement Program (BVIP) – larger scope –
- Looking to establish and then asking the city for a specific match and to banks – looking to improve this from downtown
- Next Meeting/Agenda
- ADJOURNMENT
- 9:41am
- Kevinadjourned – Rajiv Second
Dates to Know
March 21st– Lattes with the Law
March 23rd – Bunny Hop
April 16th – BID Meeting
April 20th – Spring Cleanup Day