Minutes from the Monthly Meeting of the
Doylestown Business & Community Alliance
Held April 8, 2003 8:00 a.m.
Doylestown Borough Hall

President, Bruce Rutherford welcomed everyone, and those present introduced themselves.

Treasurer's report: DBCA has $9400 in checking account; $10,000 in a CD.

Fiddler on the Roof: Don Stevens noted that May 20th is the date at Town and Country Players. Tickets are $15; our goal is to sell 150. Tickets will be at Rutherford's, Kenny's, Gerlings, Pine Run, Heritage Towers.

5 K Race: Brian Boger coordinating; volunteers needed to be marshals at intersections on May 24th. Brian has some entertainment for end of race; Roosevelt's will offer some food.

Hanging Baskets: Patti White reported that many people assisted over the 4 days of prep and planting 346 baskets. Hanging of baskets will be May 18 at 9 a.m. at Starbucks. Help is needed; bring ladders and/or cordless screwdriver with Philips head if you can.

Web site: www.doylestownalliance.org. Pam Mikula reported that we have 66 members email addresses; a reminder about today's meeting was sent out. We need to clarify who needs to use the database and for what.

Membership: Barbara Gross thanked Gail Balderson for her help with renewals so we can print the map.

Miles of Mules: Painting of the mule is moving along. 12 kids are taking the art class at the Conservatory of Music. We don't know yet where the mule will be shown when it is finished.

Summer Cocktail party: Pat Senn reminded everyone that this will be June 26 at Fonthill's Terrace Pavilion. There will be a $10 charge; a postcard invitation will be sent out.

Holiday Decorations: Cheryl Hearn announced that we are looking for a new Santa and need more people on the committee. The meter covers will be used again but we're not making any new ones. We will not re-use the baskets; other ideas are in development. We need a big tree donated for the center of town.

Borough report on Court House development- Phil Ehlinger of Doylestown Borough gave an informative presentation about the Borough's involvement in the discussions of a location of a new judicial center for Bucks County. Mr. Ehlinger gave an historical review of Borough development, the implementation of an historic architectural review board in the 80s, Main Street Manager program of the 90s, and the hiring of a consultant by the Borough to develop options to a location for a new courthouse. The location of a new facility has been hotly debated locally. Mr. Ehlinger noted that for the health of the business district the Borough wants to keep the courthouse in the center of town. Many DBCA members participated in an ad in the Intelligencer endorsing keeping the courthouse in the center of town. The county has agreed conditionally on the site of Shewall Ave. and Main Street (the location proposed by the Borough). The Borough is providing some incentives to the County for this downtown location. The county has hired an architectural firm. Any construction would not begin for another 2 years. Mr. Ehlinger addressed issues of disruption downtown during construction and concerns over increased traffic in town.

Revitalization Board Meetings: Bruce R. and Jack Mikula attended the last meeting; Kurt Balderson is here today representing the revitalization Board.

Other:

DBCA has agree to act as hosts for the Hospital's Designer House Friday May 2 6-8:30 p.m.- volunteers needed; there's a $10 charge.

The Mercer Museum Folk Fest is coming up May 10 & 11.

New business member introduced: Artistic Eyewear, 24 N. Main Street.

Next meeting: Tuesday May 13 at 8:00 a.m. at Doylestown Borough Hall.

Respectfully submitted,
Bruce Rutherford, DBCA President

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