Thursday, July 20, 2006

July 10, 2006 - Meeting Minutes

SIA Board Meeting


July 10, 2006


Members present:
  • Wayne Jones

  • Steve Howard

  • Lori Sauls

  • Nadine Nicolls

  • Sarajane Smith

  • Eli Sauls

  • Amy Blankenship

  • Ron Dougherty

  • Ron Corder

  • Pascal Gill

Guests:
  • Dalton McGuire

  • Bill Hebeison
This was the first meeting where the Board had the opportunity to meet with Dalton McGuire to discuss the Town Center property. Mr. McGuire told everyone how he had grown up on the hill. He stated he wanted to work with SIA any way he could.
Minutes
Steve Howard gave a report on the Farmer's Market.
  • On opening day, there were many buyers, but few vendors. However, following the TV coverage on Saturday night, many more vendors called him. The grand opening will be on August 5 at 10:00a.m.

  • Thank you notes should go out to Keitha Nelson and Connie Rockco.

  • JoAnn Munghia will continue to handle publicity. Crafts will be allowed any Saturday for now, not just the first Saturday of the month.

  • SIA will collect the cans at the market to turn in as a fund raiser.

  • The rental on the portable toilet is $78 a month. No bill has been received as of yet.

  • Beginning in August, the vendors will be charged a nominal fee. It was suggested in the range of $3 to $6. No decision was made.

  • Volunteers are needed to keep the grounds clean and cut. Janice Shaw is going to bring some barrels to help with the trash problem. Ron Dougherty suggested having a bonfire from the piles of cleaned up debris and making it into a family outing.
Board mmembers urged to attend the MDOT meeting on Tuesday, July 11, from 4 p.m. to7p.m. Fill out the survey and vote for option 1 or 1a as the new route.

The SIA logo is still being debated. The Saucier Merchants Association has it on their agenda to vote to allow us to use the design of the word Saucier that they use. The discussion on the logo was tabled until after the merchants meeting on July 18th.

YourTown Workshop is sponsored by Mississippi State University. The purpose of the workshop is to get planners together to help them know how to implement the plan of development. The workshop will be held at the Woolmarket Community Center for 2 and a half days. The dates are the 20, 21, and 22 of August. SIA Board members will receive information inviting them to participate.

Committee heads need to hold meetings with their volunteers and then give a report to the SIA Board.

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July 3rd, 2006 - Meeting Minutes

SIA Board Meeting


July 3rd, 2006


The main purpose of the meeting was to review last week's meeting where we started to envision the new Town Center development. Since this was a review, there is little to report here. The following breif notes indicate other things that came up for discussion.

It was suggested that the ball field needed to be included in the center of town. New buzzword - revitalizing.

We started to look at Small Business Incubators.

Amy suggested that we have recycling areas for cell phones, ink cartridges, cans, and etc. We could use this as a fund raiser.

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