2017-04-27 Edmonds Downtown Alliance (BID) MinutesEdmonds
• Downtown
ALLIANCE
April 27, 2017
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Edmonds Center for the Arts
Room 225
Meeting Minutes
Attendees: Robert Boehlke, John Rankin, Apple Catha, Cindi Cruz, Jacob Comstock, Clayton Moss,
Kiersten Christensen, Petra Rousu, Kimberly Koenig, Patrick Doherty, Cindi Cruz, Carrie Hulbert
Guests: Pam Stuller—Walnut Street coffee; Courtney Fischer —Zinc; Jody—Chroma Salon
Call to order - 8:07 am
Approval of 3/23 Minutes - Cadence moves to approve minutes, Kimberly seconds
President's Report -
Officer election: Kiersten nominates Kimberly for president, Kimberly nominates Jacob for VP, Kimberly
nominates Petra for treasurer, and Kimberly nominates Kiersten for secretary. Results of blind vote: 8 Voted
for Kimberly, as president, 8 votes for Jacob for VP, 8 votes for Petra as treasurer, 8 votes for Kiersten as
Secretary.
Treasurer's Report - 2017 Balance $82,066.00, Total expenses YTD $4,1 15.49
New businesses - Seattle Sugar Spa, Vanity Lash Lounge, Isaacson Law firm, Zoe Riggs
Annual meeting update -
• Thanks to Carrie for getting materials and everything brought together
• Turnout was similar to last year
• Businesses appreciated collaborating with each other on topics displayed at meeting. Information
gathered at meeting will be tallied and distributed to committees.
• Suggestion to start the meeting earlier to make it easier for businesses to attend
• Each committee will meet before next meeting, using info from annual meeting to give updates
RevitalizeWA conference update: Very helpful, topics included succession planning for boards, and
board members, as well as how to effectively run a board. Recap with action items to follow at next meeting.
Committee Updates -
Marketing: Bus Ad campaign to go live in this week, digital campaign to start up soon as well, in
conjunction with bus ads.
Communications and outreach: New businesses here to be reached out to, committee planning on working
thought getting to new businesses.
Professional business resources: No report
Grant Program: Art walk/ Wine walk, want to submit grant, timing would not work, looking into bylaws to
see if board can do an early approval process to move grant approval along.
Administration: three extra spots for board position, one open door, and two by appointment. Looking to
fill in following weeks.
City update -
• Conference, for small businesses with seminars with Ed! Advertisements included on paperwork.
Conference will include resources for businesses to run better such as: SBDC, IRS info, social media
tools
• Last Sunday a group of French travel writers came to Edmonds, and enjoyed their way through the
town, had lunch, did whale watching.
• A city pedestrian signs meeting happened to go over possibilities and ideas that will make the signs
viable for where/how they will fit into downtown. Ed! Wants to write an RFP to get project going.
• Met with Puget Sound Express operators; they want to get menus from downtown restaurants to
encourage participants to go downtown and eat, shop, use other resources.
• Get back on track to co -changes and bylaws for next meeting, or one after.
New Business - None
Public Comments - none
Adjourn - 9:27 am