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Uh, good evening. This is the regular monthly meeting of the Dayton um economic development committee. This meeting is being recorded for broadcast on the Dyon table channel and on the town YouTube site. The listing matters are those reasonably anticipated by the

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chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Uh all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought for discussion to the extent permitted by law. We do have two members joining by Zoom uh this

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evening and I have uh 6:00. I'd like to call the meeting to order and all join me in the pledge of allegiance. [clears throat] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to [clears throat] the republic for which

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it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. So, under old business, um, couple items. Um, I've been working on one, but I know that Robbie's and Dennis, um,

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have also been working, too. So, I don't know if you want to start. And the the two they've been working on are um a networking event, >> not something as grand as we had, something smaller, but also um something

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around promoting all the various restaurants, diners in town. Um maybe some ideas around that. I don't know what you want to do first or >> Yeah, I mean we happy to present. Um definitely first want to start by saying thanks to Chris. Silva from the chamber

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for spending [clears throat] her personal time with us to help get this going. Um and also and to exactly what I is that she has continued to reiterate that she would like to be a resource for us. So through this entire process uh we

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will have their support. Um so that said, my next scheduled meeting with her from any takeaways from tonight is uh next month. So we've already got that on the books. So, um, so what we did was, um,

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depending on what we want to go through tonight, everyone, I mean, we can talk about like literally what the networking event would look like or where we're at right now in like terms of like our needs. Um, I mean, I get right to the point and just let you know, we've narrowed it

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down to um, using Oldtown Hall um, for a few reasons. Uh we really really wanted to get a business but parking is number one. Um like for [clears throat] example you know my idea

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historical society would have been a great you know but if you know we do get those 15 cars where is everybody going to park it? So you know that's parking was uh one of parking and capacity. So like that also uh removed the library from

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the list because their their meetings their meeting room is um more of a you know a small smaller space. Um so based on you know those two parameters we we figured that parking um

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and then to next go into the people that we're going to target uh to come. We thought that old town hall would be a good set a good backdrop for uh the suggestions to invite the um

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organizations as follows seed score um or any of their committee chairs or reps um with uh just Justin Thurber our state representative um we've also got the selectman

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or their reps um should be county administrator or you police chief or or their representative, you know, etc. fire chief, their representative. Um, and the reason is is because it's, you know, we want to try

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and attract an an attention center where people can be activated while they're there to ask questions and they have an actual reason to come, not just, okay, get a free cup of coffee [clears throat] because, um, I can do that at home, you know, why do I need to go to Old Town Hall to go do that? So, we're trying to

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paint a picture here that, you know, we're we're this the springboard is a support system that then maybe we can turn into more of like, okay, well, socially it, you know, one day it's over at Arou or it's across

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the street at uh I just found out Laura the other your farm, the farm that you like was across the street. um I forget the name of it but the the reason is is that once we get this footing established and then the the um

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reputation following then the people will follow the event. So um it would be a business open house um for businesses. Uh resource and networking event would be the timeline

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um information for starting small business. >> Yeah. Well so yeah so that's so that's exactly um where thank you for saying that. That's where you know we have an opportunity at some point to bring Berkeley into the picture if we wanted.

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I think they were part of the Bristol I >> they were >> event. So um you know and this is all committee driven. It's you know I don't hold that decision. I don't think I do. Whoever wants if we want to bring Berkeley into the fold on this um I I

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think we would have Chris's support and helping us navigate in that direction. So um let's see. Next up would be sponsors. So, um, and it it would be simple as like Dunkin Donuts type, you know, a car wrap of coffee and, you know, a dozen donuts or two dozen

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donuts, something like that, you know, very basic something because the point is is that we're trying to get people together and associated with each other um as a, you know, again, as a resource and networking event, the drive isn't the coffee or the donut, but um, we want

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to be able to have that restaurant. So these restaurants, these uh people are going to be tied into the town so that they can keep up on regulations, keep up on their requests. They can pass. They would have a streamlined avenue for

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access to a rep server or uh selectmen that don't include having to go to a Wednesday night twice a you know month meeting. Um, so we're really trying to trying to keep this as as broad as possible, but also keeping it as narrow

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as resource and network. Um, some sponsor dollar suggestions, you know, could come from um, within Dyton. The suggestions were Bayos Bank and Mechanics Bank. Chris suggests probably we're not looking at anything more than a $150

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limit in what we would ask. Um, and we're definitely sticking with it being a a morning event. I believe that's where that's where we've got the most

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I think at this point between what the committee's reported and Chris's input >> weekday [clears throat] or weekend >> that is to be decided. So um I imagine since business is typically Monday through Friday and any chamber or

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otherwise networking event are usually Monday through Thursday. >> Yeah. I'm [clears throat] just wondering if people work can't come to work. People work on weekends, too. I mean, a small business owner, but

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>> um I'm not tied to like the day of the week. >> Do a weekend and I'm sure we get the building on the weekend. >> Yeah. Um just what do people think about that versus a weekday

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>> and having seed or score or the chamber come out on the weekend for us which is outside their normal hours probably. >> Have you been in food and beverage? I know the weekends are typically their busiest days. >> Well, is this for just food and beverage or

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>> I thought our target was the restaurants and um >> Oh, okay. >> I'm sorry. Restaurants and diners. I felt sorry. [clears throat] So I I thought we were talking about two different things. One was a general networking event for all businesses in

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town >> and two was a day to promote local restaurants and diners. And that's when we talk about things like we can't pull them into a central location like they do in Taton. Um, you know, I think Laura or somebody had made a suggestion of

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like a map of the town, what's going on there, having them perhaps if they want to participate agree to give a discount that day. Um, like a day of people going to their shopping. [clears throat] >> So, I have to admit this is the first time I that that concept has crossed my

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mind. I've understood that that was one of the ways we were going. However, like a night and dining day is something like that, right? Where everybody has this like, hey, everybody go out on, you know, whatever, pick a date and support and support and

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support. >> Yeah. >> Um, and yeah, I mean, I think that that's a wonderful incentive. Yeah. Didn't Taton did it recently? Um, yeah, because the chamber sponsored it if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, I mean I said in Ton

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they had a venue and restaurants went there and then people were to pass to come to the venue. >> That's not going to happen here. But we could have like you know I mean there these are the morning places to go to. >> So now I understand what Laura was saying when she was talking about like

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getting the stamps at the stations and stuff. I thought we were talking about at like you know go to Justin Derber and get your stamp or go to the selectman and get your stamp. Okay, now I understand what we're talking about. Um, >> okay. So, so basically I'm reporting

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back then on the networking event. Um, if we want to add >> the network event is still true, right? Cool. I think a bigger audience than Yeah. just local restaurant. So, >> um, so then, so then I guess I'm going to

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really Yeah, I probably a weekend morning probably be best, I think. I mean I I don't know what the majority of the business the um demographic of Monday through Friday like how if this is a topheavy like if this was a corporate heavy town we know it would be

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Monday through Friday night but there's a broad mix of a lot of different stuff that happens here. >> So for the restaurants in Dying um were you just going to keep it to restaurants? We're expanding all business. Well, for the networking, it

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would be expanding to our business. But for the second idea, which was today of like promoting the eat out in Dyon, um, you know, we have the restaurants like palaces, Haley's Diner, Country Diner. We have pizza places. We have two

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of those. Um, we have Relle's that sells sandwiches. Uh we have under the sun for actually some other um small um farmers markets where people stick signs in their front yard, but

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definitely under the sun. Um we have a couple liquor stores. I we had talked about like do we want to include liquor stores, but we might conceivably pull them in, you know, kind of under the same umbrella. Um, so those would be like the the places

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that I can think of that um we could include Dunkin Donuts. Dunkin Donuts. >> Yeah. [clears throat] because there's trash bags if not anything else. [laughter] >> I think the shell liquor.

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>> Yes. So, three liquor stores actually counts again. So, >> perfect. Okay. So, then let me go ahead. Let's see. Diet and dining. I guess then I'd have to turn the conversation around and say I

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understand what you're asking for. What what direction would you like it to go start >> or where has it been? >> Yeah. >> What do you have in your mind? >> Yeah. In your head. [laughter] >> I mean, I got what you're saying where as far as what they're going to what could be on the map where everybody's going to go >> now, as far as

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um printing this map, publishing it or [snorts] designing it. Um well one thing is >> or the flyer or something or even >> Facebook these places interested in having us do this. >> Okay.

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>> You know particularly if we had said like oh you know get 10% off and they might say yeah [laughter] I'm not doing that. So, um but um whatever the draw is, >> maybe we could just [clears throat] mock up something like this is our idea,

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maybe like just a mock like how we would might market it. This is what the map might look like and then shop it around the places say this is what we're thinking about. Would does this interest you? Do you would you want to be part of this? >> And they could, you know, they could get

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maybe one stamp at each place. So they do a morning dinner here or there and then go into a raffle. >> Yeah, >> there's got to be some motivation. [laughter] That's Yeah, I think that's what we [clears throat] hits all the places complete ticket

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>> goes into the thing about affordable [clears throat] >> the December Lions Club thing. >> That's like businesses. That's not an individual. >> Oh, true, true, true.

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>> Hit two points and be done. Call it a night. >> Okay. So So what I can do is let me put together some a a script to approach the business. But before I do that, I'll send it to you for approval.

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>> That's fine. But I I do think like people just a lot of people are very visual. So you just you know it's just a draft. >> Yeah. You know, it's like just so when you talk to them, you're like, "Here's what we're envisioning."

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>> One day, you know, um if we did this, you can, you know, say like, "Would you want to do anything on that day?" Like a discount like% off, however you want to do it. >> Yeah. Like any [clears throat] interest, the deal percentage off or something.

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>> Yeah. I don't think it's a breaker to say they don't do it, but still just push it. And I don't know what they did in time to other than advertising it. I don't know what they did to draw. >> There's a lot of eb blasts that went into that. >> Um

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and [clears throat] I know it's probably featured on their website. >> Um we actually, you know, I didn't mention it. We have a food truck in town. Um food truck. Um

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barbecue. Oh yeah. Yeah. The name escapes too the whole forot. But anyway, you know what I mean? Yeah. >> Jerks. Two jerks. No >> just open up the trailer.

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>> But we had to I mean he may want to set up. >> I put him on the list. So, I've got restaurants, uh, I mention Roelle's sandwich place, >> Dunks, the three liquor stores, food truck,

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two pizza placements. You do have at least one. You could have more. I don't know. Some people who sell home goods and I don't know where they sell them. They're not selling out of the house. So, I don't they must go to

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fairs and that kind of stuff here. But, um there's one place in town called Cozy Crumb. She sells um big foots. So, I I don't know what her outlet was for those are. She might be interested in like setting

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up a spot someplace, but just >> Dunkin Donuts, >> right? And like we're the food truck is maybe >> um >> that would be kind of neat to have like a pavilion for all of the the non brick and mort.

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>> I mean the pavilion does have electricity so that would help with the food truck. >> Um there may be other places like that that sell some of the people that sell honey and that kind of stuff. I don't know how

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many of those, you know, identifying all those might be a problem because some of them are just like home based businesses that not they're not registered with the town unless you know cozy prom is registered with the town. The others are just like more of this

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sign kind of thing. So that might be harder to identify them. >> Yeah. >> Unless you did a social blast. mother got to that point and say, you know, you have honeys or jams or baked goods or

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of course you have to ask, you know, help if it's okay and all that stuff, but and then those pavilion that day >> for those people. So, here are all the restaurants. Here's all the >> that's a place to

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like a lot. I think it would be a draw actually if you got all these people who are doing baked goods, jellies, jams, etc. in the pavilion. Probably get some people just some attention from that and then the people might not go to pizza

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place or country diner. >> I agree. >> All right. So, it sounds like just to recap, I'm going to recap. We're going to we're going to probe for any answers first. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah.

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>> Um but for the networking event, um if it's broader, >> any ideas about >> when you think >> Well, you have to figure out big day, weekend, but >> Friday, Saturday. >> Friday, Saturday. >> Yeah, definitely then. Yeah. Yeah. If

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it's all business, I think even maybe Saturday would probably Do you want to stake like put a steak in the ground for when we want to do this? Just keep talking about it. >> Um, let's see. I'm meeting with uh Chris

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again in June. >> September, something in the fall, I think. >> Um, do we have any town events in September?

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Columbus Day is arts festival that weekend. >> Other than that, I don't believe >> competing with much. Okay. [clears throat] Maybe just the weather at that point, but probably not. >> Yeah, let's Okay, let's So, shall we?

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>> Well, I would say Well, I wouldn't do it on Halloween. Um, I would say after Labor Day weekend, after the kids go back to school, after the parents are settled with back to school, then [clears throat] probably like second or third Saturday. Is it? >> Yeah, >> sound good. Okay.

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>> All right. So then, let me just get calendar so I can put it on record what we're talking about. So currently then that would be September 9th or 16th. >> Okay. And we have to get the permission

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to use the building. So we know that like dictate one and two. So >> perfect. [clears throat] >> And so this one we're talking the networking event, correct? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Okay. 9. No, it's not for me yet. >> Um or 9:16. Those would be the

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potentials. The second or the third that gives uh mom and dad the chance to get kids back to school. I'm sorry. I You're right. It's It's 12 and 19. >> And what about those Saturdays? >> Those are Saturdays. Yeah.

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>> Okay. No problem. >> And that also gives time to reach out to see and score and server's office. >> So I guess >> so when you decide let me know. So we can actually go to the select office say

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we would like to have this building on the day of that's these times. >> Yeah. I think I mean if the 9th is I'm sorry why am I still the 12th? If September 12th is available that is our first choice. >> Okay. Yeah. All right.

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Laura Raphael, did you have any >> I'm confused. We're doing like two events. One for places that serve food and drinks and another one for businesses. >> Correct. >> Okay.

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>> One that serve food and drinks and we're just going to promote them and maybe a map or something to help promote them. That's one idea. And then second is just a general networking event open to all businesses in town um where they can you

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know get together for coffee and donuts and something small. >> So those are when like crafters could come set up a table and meet people or no >> for the networking event. >> No. No. >> Okay. Show up. Yeah, it's just person just bring your person in the business

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card. [clears throat] >> Um [clears throat] like table set up where people could lay out fires. >> Absolutely. >> Like that. >> That'd be actually that'd be really good for us just to have available to them when we do the invitation to say, "Hey,

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there's going to be a space where you can leave business cards or triples or rack cards or you know nature." That was actually one feedback that I got after the Bristol Aggie one, which is somebody said they were kind of upset. They had a couple place for them to display the material.

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>> It was just like come eat, meet people, but they wanted to be able to hand out like their trifolds and stuff like that. So, I think the chamber even has a dedicated space for business card displays. >> Okay. >> I think so. I could be getting that

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mixed up with Groundworks, but um I think they've got a dedicated space. >> Okay. You know, we could even anything left over we can ask Chris, hey, is there is there an opportunity where businesses get a little space or something? >> Oh, okay. >> If any of the businesses are interested. Yeah. I mean, you know,

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I'd be the first to say that, you know, marketing in big swaths of areas can become overwhelming for small businesses at one time. So, you know, what might be good for one might not be good for another.

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Anything else? Um, do you feel like you would have an update in our next meeting or probably not till like July, August or >> I know you said you're meeting next month with them. >> Yeah, let's see. I'm meeting Chris again

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on June 11th. Oh, so you can at least tell us at the next meeting what transpired at your meeting with her. >> What she wants to do at that meeting is put together a fly design a flyer and I'll be over this this will take place

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in the chamber offices um put together for the networking event. >> Okay. >> And include like the the language of all you know representation will be available that we cover. It'll be a rough draft obviously to begin with. >> Yeah. But we'll go from there. That's

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good. Yeah. >> Um, are there any questions or anything I can answer that I can hang off Chris? Did anybody >> No, only to ask her. This is on the food

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event. >> What did they do anything at all? Did they have a raffle? Did they give anybody anybody anything for showing up? um or was it something that [clears throat] they got people together, you know, promoted? >> So, she had one thing.

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She had made a couple comments on getting people together, you know, [clears throat] like the the um if you're going to do like what is that where they go, you know, all the kids go and mark off the boxes and go to different places at different times, you know, you could open up something that

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would be like two to three weeks or month of whatever everybody that gets a their fitful card stamp by the end of the month goes into the drawing or something like that. So it would be just kind of boosting your business through

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>> months. I I kind of like the idea [clears throat] of a month of opposition. >> Oh, they all the things they have those lists of things. Remember they used to do campgrounds where the kids would come in looking for all those >> scavenger hunts. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know,

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>> I was like chores. I don't know. [laughter] >> The list, >> but I mean, you know, you eat a D house of pizza three times, a country diner twice, and you get five diner. >> You get five entries in the um in the

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thing. you know, maybe we could even have something like um either they just get their card stamped by those places or we had to give those places something to hand out and say like [clears throat] here's your ticket, remember to write your name on it and you know, amp it up. We just had

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three. [clears throat] >> Part of what you mentioned a couple times was they overestimated how many people would actually come. So she a couple years a food truck or was that this event? >> This event they did

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>> just she was kind of in general that in the past they both overestimated how many people they they were actually going to get. Um, I just remember she mentioned that a couple times that just uh, you know, don't expect to go too too

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big. Um, if for the I know it keeps going back and forth between the two events. If we talk about the restaurant ones, it's kind of as big or small if we will participate. You know, if every time somebody walks into

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one of these places, they say, "Hey, fill out this card. opportunity in a radical word way but that's just them with saying you know promoting their own business and

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it's as becomes as big or as small in terms of how many participants you know they're able to drive and you know they're promoting it themselves and [clears throat] um and at the end of the week drawing in one name whether there's

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10 names in the pile or 500 names in the file is pulling down the age. So, and would there be a good um positive outcome for a particular business prize for the business that gets you just to get the business involved

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of, you know, I don't know, just motivated. [laughter] Um I don't know. I mean, I will say that as you've been following the um conversations between Miss Sleptin and the finance committee, it looks like our budget next year will be somewhere

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around $400 total. Um, so in terms of our ability to come up with something, it's going to be limited by that, but >> certific. [sighs] [laughter] [laughter] >> All right. So, what I'm gonna ask Chris

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just so I can recap because I don't want to lose that thought. died before we got to know. Um, so regarding her event and proving any information she goes including any incentives to show up if there was a

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raffle, was there another example that you had? >> No, I don't know what they used for their >> the food meant for the draw. Med has been like, you know, we have 10 restaurants here, you know, come, you know, come pick and choose what you need

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for lunch today. And just the fact that they threw all these restaurants, but they drew them all in one place, you know, we're not talking. >> Yeah. >> Okay. maybe see what maybe her marketing techniques were or any

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just sorry Nick mentioned she did suggest using um social media socials and channel 9 to promote we were talking about the networking a bit at the time but it could be for actually both days if you like but that

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was that was that was her last suggestion >> [snorts] >> Um, and also this is just about to talk about the advertising science. This would be open to anybody who says I'm a business. That's all they need to

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do is like we're not asking for credentials. We're not asking for proof. They just say I'm a business. >> Yeah. >> They will come. Right. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Or I'm thinking about becoming a business. They will come. >> Absolutely. Yeah. Come learn more about

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how it Yeah. the quick start guide even. Here you go. >> Yeah. >> So for the uh the next event which is the um advertising signs which is going to be in December. Um and so they're at two locations.

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Uh there's one double-sided sign uh location which is um Williamson Center and one double-sided sign location which is Forest Tmont. Um [clears throat] those we have been talking about

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to put your name in the drawing. Um you would have to be listed on the Titanite talent business directory. Um and also you have to opt in. I mean

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we're not going to draw your name if you know you're not really interested in doing it. So, uh, we'll have to like talk to people, reach out to them, say like, are you, you know, do you want to be included or not? Um, but when we first set up the Titan business

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directory, we did restricted to a, you have to be a Titan business, but two, you have to be a recognized business, meaning you have to either have a business certificate that you pull from the town or you have to be on file with

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the state department of corporations listing as your place of business. One of those two. So it's not like you know the example was you know my son cuts grass on the weekends it's like you don't you know can't be on the

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business directory for that >> right it has to be established established directory again >> um and so when we talk about science we're going to say you have to be on the directory that also means it has to be an established business so >> that's kind of the hurdle to get through

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anyway. Yeah, that makes sense. >> But also, it's, you know, would you like to be on the diretory? Here's how you can be going on it. >> Um, and that sort of thing. So, it's kind of promoting it as well as being as the gateway for like just kind of

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narrowing it down. >> Absolutely. Yeah. It's helpful. Um, and the other thing is when we voted for the money to um to do this, um, we did not decide we decided not to include

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the cost of the signs. So, the signs are typically if you have all your artwork ready, it's $20 per sign. And remember, these are double-sided. Like there's actually two signs like back to back on the other side of the frame. So for one location

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that get signs. >> Um and if you don't have any artwork done and you want the guy who does it to prepare it for you, he'll do that. That's completely you

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negotiating with him about what's needed and how much time it's going to take and that sort of thing. So we're just providing the location >> with the caveat. You have to find a sign >> and the lines do use what person who's got the exact dimensions and where the

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holes need to be and type of material that's used and all that kind of stuff. So, we just deal with him deal. >> That sounds pretty consistent way. >> Yeah. The question I had and I think we brought it up at the last meeting, we

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just didn't get around to deciding it was since we have two locations. Typically the Lions rent out the locations like you get you're buying locations A and B for this month.

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We have A and B for that month for the month of December for those two sites. Do we want to pick two winners as opposed to one? like we're going to draw it now for Tmont and then we're going to draw it up again for

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um Williamson Center. >> Yeah. as opposed to like what they typically do which is the same person but spots better coverage people would be more inclusive >> right

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feel free to >> I'm open to it it's just my thought is some people only travel in one area like one of the locations you mentioned don't go that way. So, I would never see

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that business advertised. >> Whatever. I'm I'm okay either way. >> Side could be one and then the other side. [laughter] >> We typically we could do whatever we want, but um >> people might like why did you put me on

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the north side? I wanted to be on the south. Um we can switch it >> to be honest the Lord like that's actually why the lines do it this way and they pick signs in two different places you know in town. So you're kind

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of like true. So that's the advantage of doing you know what the lines do and what we're suggesting as opposed to the only advantage to our doing it splitting it up is to have more people get a shot at being advertised. I'll tell you from

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um because I do I am part of the Lions. I'm actually in charge of the sign program. Um so I'm working with people who want it and that kind of stuff. The Lions charge $250 for one month to be in two locations.

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And there are lots of people I've approached who said, and these are people with brick and mortar stores, not just like I work out of my home. I can't afford $250 for a month of advertising. It's way out of my range, you know. So, there are smaller places that this gives

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a shot at. So, the idea is give two people a shot as opposed to one person shot. But, so there's tradeoffs. I had for a timeline. This was kind of going back to our last meeting that we would

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kind of launch it the first week of June in terms of putting it out there on social media, maybe come July asking the staff to put it on their announcements, you know, posting it regularly on social media. um talking to people about like here's how

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you get your business certificate if you want a business certificate and um getting them on the directory because they typically just email me and so like and there's like some information I need from them to put them on the directory. It's very easy to do. It takes less than five minutes but it's just like a back

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and forth conversation in the email about like here's what I need, you know, you forgot to do this kind of thing. So there's some back and forth. So we started promoting it in June with a cut off for drawing at our September

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meeting. So we announced the winners by pulling at them. That also gives plenty of time for the signs. Um the person who does the sign doesn't need three months to do your sign unless you need them to do the artwork too,

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which some of these places may. you know, it's kind of we don't know who's going to win, what they want. >> Then it can be drawn out depending upon, you know, so that gives us plenty of time to well for the signs as well. So, um,

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if people are still good with those dates, it just means that we kind of have to decide tonight whether we're going to advertise as we pick two people, two winners, but we're pick one winner because that's I was planning to start posting, you know, in a couple

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weeks or once on Facebook. Will the winners get to decide which location they get? >> That's going to get complicated. I would say like we're drawing now for center and Williams. We pick a name and we're drawing now for Forest and Streamline

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and we pick a name. That would be otherwise we get into like well I don't like that spot. I want the other spot. Second person says, "Well, I don't I want that same spot." So, we could just stick with one winner. I'm

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just trying to think about how to broaden it. But I two. >> Yeah. I mean, I'm just trying to put myself in the [clears throat] in the eyes of what the purpose is, you know? I don't know. This the thing is there to

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be a part of the community, I think, was the essence of those signs to begin with. >> Yeah. Hence why probably the lions >> and you don't need know who's going to see which sign at which place and who's going to want to buy whatever it is. I mean I think it's kind of random anyway

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[laughter] and it is to people >> I mean if it gets down to splitting hairs we can always look on the DOT website for traffic data. [laughter] >> I've done that.

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So, Laura, your preference would be one winner. >> Yes. But I'm okay if you do two. >> And Raphael, what do you think? >> One winner. >> One winner. >> Mhm. >> Okay. So, it's two two people for two

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winner for two. One. Um um I'm just thinking that I know one brought it up that the logistics of picking two and having people say I don't like that

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site. I want the other site. Keep it simple. Just keep it simple. We'll just say one. So >> one letter, you know, just pick one letter for two sites. >> Yeah. It'd [clears throat] be nice if we could do this. If it goes well, we can do it again next year, but it's 250

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bucks out of 400, but it appears to be a $400 budget next year. So, it's going to be a lot. Is Is this the first time that this has fallen into our hands where we're, you know, going to put out this donation situation or where the business is going to be able to get the free advertising? >> Yeah, it's the first year we're doing

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this. >> So, yeah, keeping it simple out the gate then would probably definitely under underscore what you're doing. Um the next item I had was announcements. I hoping to get a list of new businesses from the um town clerk,

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but I wasn't able to get that in time for tonight. Um so I will follow up and it will be anybody who's pulled the business kit since um at that point since March last time you had that. Um I

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will just mention in passing that Ultra Eco Simon which is actually moving from Berkeley to Dyon and it's going to be located in the plaza where Dunkin Donuts and Don House of Pizza are located. Um their grand opening is tomorrow at 4:00.

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So I will be attending the Thton Chamber of Commerce will be there. So just want to welcome them to town. Um, I don't have any correspondence. Is there any public input? Um,

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next item would be approval of minutes. There's a motion. I don't know if everybody got a copy chance [clears throat] to read them. If so, would somebody like to make a motion to approve the minutes for March 23rd? Uh, make a motion. Uh, approve the minutes for March 23rd, 2026.

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have a second. All those in favor? >> I >> um so our next meeting will be sticking with the fourth Monday of the month, June 22nd at 6 PM. Thank you all for

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coming out on the holiday. I bet when we had our March meeting and and we canceled April, I wasn't even thinking forward where does it fall since this evening. So, thanks for coming out. Um but um I have 6:45. Do I have a motion to adjurnn?

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[clears throat and cough] >> Have a second. >> Second. [laughter] >> All in favor? >> I >> Thank you. Good night. Good night. >> Good night. Are you ready? Yep. Good evening. Have a

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good night. [clears throat]