Minutes from the Monthly Meeting of the
Doylestown Business & Community Alliance
Held April 13, 2004 8:00 a.m.
Borough Hall

Diane Bochenek opened the meeting and began introductions.

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Lynn gave the treasurer's report. $7,000.00 in membership dues have been received as of March 31, 2004. The invoice has been received for the flower baskets for 2002 and 2003. The $10,000.00CD was used to help pay this bill.

Committee Reports:
Rich gave an update on membership. We have some new merchant members thanks to Kurt Balderson and the Merchants Committee. Rich will have a more extensive report next month.

Bobbie Newton gave a report on the Holiday Committee. The committee met in March and put together a proposal and voted to accept it. They will present this proposal to the membership at the May Meeting. If it is voted to accept this proposal, it will then be sent to the Boro for their approval. Santa will arrive at Sate and Main Streets and then process down State to his house at Hamilton Street parking lot. Rick made the following motion and Ellen seconded it:

The Holiday Committee proposes to the general membership that the celebration of the winter season be expanded to include both Christmas and Hanukah. It is recommended that a 15 foot Christmas tree and an 8 foot dreidel be placed in downtown Doylestown together to represent these holidays. It is proposed that these two symbols be placed next to each other in the garden on State Street near the Hamilton Street Parking Lot and they be lit simultaneously on the Friday evening after Thanksgiving when the holiday season begins. Santa's House would remain at its' Hamilton Street Lot home. To spread the idea of multiple holidays further throughout the town, it is proposed that several of the parking meter boxes be repainted to show dreidels.

The motion was passed.

Kurt gave a report on the Merchants Committee. Some new merchants joined for 2004. First weekend in May is "Build a Bouquet" on Friday and Saturday when visiting a participating merchant you receive a flower to add to your bouquet. IN the summer they plan to have a 'Meet and Eat'. For this event they hope people will meet in Doylestown and stroll through the shops and have something to eat at the restaurants. The Committee hopes the shops will stay open late on Friday nights. This Committee meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays on the second floor above County Linen. Please use the stairs in the back of County Linen. There will be two additional events coming this fall. Diane expressed appreciation for the work Kurt has put into this committee.

The Hanging Baskets are being prepped April 13 and 15. The planting is April 18 at Del Val. May 23rd is the date to hang the baskets throughout the town. We need volunteers for this project. Please come at 9:00 AM, bring a ladder and a friend!

The 5K Race is Saturday, May 29th. Registration is 8AM. Brian needs volunteers for registration, course marshals and finish line. He would like to have different businesses sponsor different intersections. The race will most likely be finished by 11 AM.

Don Stevens is chairperson for the Town and Country Players Benefit Performance on Wednesday, June 9th. We really have to pull together and make this a success. We committed to sell 150 tickets at $15.00 per ticket. Tickets are available at Nuts Plus 215-348-0874 and Thomas Travel 215-348-1770.

Arts Festival applications are on the web site. Applications are coming in. Everything has been moving along smoothly.

Publicity is considering advertising in the Herald. Press releases will be done as events come along.

Summer Cocktail Party is June 24th. It will be $15.00 per person. It will be held at Fonthill in Doylestown. We will be recognizing the three gentlemen that were responsible for modernizing Doylestown in 1964.

Joyce Hanson asked for volunteers to host the Designer House. We will be hosting on Friday, May 7th, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. The location this year is at Pine Tree Farm on Lower State Road, Doylestown, PA.

The Revitalization Board is doing a study on the parking situation in the Boro. The DBCA website has an online survey to help with the study.

It is time to do a fund raising letter for the Hanging Baskets and Holiday decorations. The Boro will provide the mailing list. The letters will go out in May to all person on the Boro "water bill" list.

The DBCA will make a donation to the Mercer Folk Fest this year. The motion was passed to send a $100.00 donation.

With no further business the meeting was adjourned.

Next meeting: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:00 AM, Boro Hall. Guest speaker will be the Central Bucks Healthier Community Team. Topic will be "First Night 12/31/04"

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