Minutes from the Monthly Meeting of the
Doylestown Business & Community Alliance
Held March 8, 2005 8:00 a.m.
Doylestown Borough Hall

OPENING INTRODUCTIONS by Pam Mikula

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – With no objections, minutes from the February meeting were approved.

TREASURER’S REPORT - Sal LoCicero reported the cash balance as of 02/28/05 was $17,532.10.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Holiday – Ken Hackman and Bobby Newton acquired the trailer for storage. It is in place at the Borough lot.

Membership – Jack Mikula reported that all previous members who were on the map last year have been contacted about membership this year. Potential new members have also been contacted.

5K Race - Don Raskin said planning is going well.

Merchants – There will be a meeting on April 1 at 8:30am at Paint N’ Pottery to discuss First Fridays.

Publicity – Linda Brinker reported that a DBCA ad was in the Intelligencer twice this month to announce our membership drive.

Fall Arts Festival – Rich Slabinski reported that planning is going well.

Visitors Guide - Rick Kempes hopes to get the map to the printer by April 1.

Flowering Baskets – We will be prepping the baskets on Tues. April 5 and Thurs. April 7 from 5-7pm at the Delaware Valley College Greenhouse (accessed from the road next to the new farm market on Lower State Rd.). We will be planting the plants on Sat. April 9 from 9am-1pm. If we do not finish, we will be planting on Sun. April 10 at 9am. Please check the website Saturday afternoon to see if we need you on Sunday. MANY VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL!!! Please try to attend at least one of those days.

OLD BUSINESS
Ken Hackman and Linda Plank have agreed to co-chair the Town and Country Players benefit this year. They need two more people for their committee. If you can help, please contact them at jkhpb200@hotmail.com or lplank@dh.org.

NEW BUSINESS
Doylestown Borough has agreed to insert our membership request letter in their next newsletter. This will save us a lot of money! 4,000 copies will be distributed. Thank you to John Davis, Borough Manager, for helping us out.

Our annual hosting night at the Designer House will be Friday, May 6. Leslie Bilotta will work on a poster to display at the event. We need 4 more volunteers to be hosts from 6:15-8:30pm. Each host will receive a complimentary ticket to come back to the house within 2 weeks after hosting ($20 value). Hosts always have lots of fun! If you can volunteer, contact Joyce Hanson – jhanson@yorktownmanor.com or 267-488-0398.

GUEST SPEAKER – John Davis, Doylestown Borough and Joan Doyle, Doylestown Revitalization Board
John and Joan gave us an inside glimpse to new “friendly changes” throughout the Borough for new parking regulations. Potential changes include converting 37 meters on W. and E. State St. to 10-hour limits; converting all remaining 2-hour meters to 3-hour meters; adding handicap spaces; creating 15-minute free spaces, converting eleven 10-minute spaces in Kenny’s parking lot to five 15-minute free spaces and six 3-hour limit. They also discussed adding new signage and marking spots with lines on the pavement. Thank you for the first hand information. Their public meeting will be held on March 14 at 7:00pm at Borough Hall.

50/50, ADJOURNMENT

UPCOMING EVENTS

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