Mattawan Business Association

Meeting Minutes

February 7, 2007

 

 

Call to order: 12:05 pm

 

Attendance: Board members in attendance were: Dawn, Kathy, Kayla, Tom, Mike, Lori, Kristine, Kim and Jean

Guests and members: Tom Anthony, Ken King, Leigh, Lonny, Teresa Seim, Bruce

 

Additions to the agenda: Lakota Group added as item #4 New Business

 

Approval of the agenda: Motion by Kayla, Supported by Kim- MSC

 

Approval of the minutes of January 10, 2007 – Motion by Kim, supported by Kathy – MSC

 

Tom Anthony – Mr Anthony gave a presentation on a Lions Club/Festival fundraiser that will be held in October. The event is a Harlem Ambassadors basketball game. They are much like the Harlem Globetrotters except you create a team of 20 to play against them. Tom noted that several of the school coaches were interested in playing and that he was going to pursue some media players as well. He handed a sponsorship form out to everyone to review. Tom also mentioned that the Village needs 3 new members for the DDA board.

 

1.    Banner advertising on the web site – Lori spoke with the MBA board about banner advertising on the site. Banners for members are $50 for the year and for non-members it is $50 per month. The money will go to Lori to help pay for her time maintaining the web site.

2.    MBA flyer card advertising – Several ideas were discussed for the 3” x 6” flyer card the MBA will be designing. A tag line of Unique Businesses and shops with a hometown flair” was discussed. In addition several of the community annual events were discussed such as the festival, Christmas in the park, homecoming, health fair, book sale, etc. Mention of being the home of the 2006 LL World Series Champs. Web site links were also an important addition. A backdrop of a translucent map image for the card may be desirable.

3.    Membership Committee – The membership committee was asked to start looking for new members. The committee noted that they had not had a meeting yet. A welcome basket was suggested for new business members to the community which would contain items such as: membership application, gifts, listing of business owners in the community, listing of web sites etc. The entire board liked the idea of a welcome basket.

4.    Lakota Group – Mike gave a presentation of the Lakota Groups latest visit. He shared future site plan ideas such as the Formula K area having a hotel and a big box store in the future, keeping the downtown area as a historic district and future development of the Freightliner property.

5.    Kristine resignation as Secretary – Kristine would like someone else to come forward and take over as secretary. She has done the job since Chad left and has many things on her plate. No one came forward to take the job.

1.    Community Newsletter – The Village is preparing to move forward with a community newsletter that will be distributed to Mattawan residents. The MBA felt that additional copies should be printed and made available throughout different locations in the community and sent to the early and later elementary students. The Village is pursuing a contest with the school to name the newsletter. Kristine offered the Credit Union to donate a prize.

2.    Memorial Bricks for the Park – The Village is moving forward with plans to get the Memorial bricks in the park this year. Kristine asked if the cost of the 8” x 8” brick and logo could be sent to her as the Credit Union would like a larger brick.

3.    Logo samples and discussion for MBA – Several logo samples were handed around to members. Lori noted that we need to focus on what the logo is projecting? Do we want a logo for members, do we want a logo that speaks to visitors who have never been here before? It was decided that 2 logos were needed, one for MBA members and one for advertising the community. New ideas would be brought forward.

Kayla shared a accident kit with all the guests and members that her chiropractic service is now giving to its patients.

 

Next meeting date: March 7 at Main St Pub