June Economic Development Meeting Minutes

Economic Development

Met at Winston City Hall

June 8,2016, at noon

Discussion items:

1. Branding- 6 new banners are coming sponsored by the Chamber.

2. Brochures-AI Creative will be submitting a bid for brochures.

3. City Urban Development Fund  report- Terry Luce of HV Cellars is opening a brew pub/winery/BBQ  when licensing completed . 4 Play is set to open end of June. Urban renewal was explained by Dick Hayes and the projects completed so far. The current project they are doing due diligence on purchase of Core Project properties. The plan is to convert downtown to boutique type properties and close the Junction MH park. Core project name was changed to Elephant Walk.

4. New Business Lookingglass Brewery tasting room open Wednesday through Sunday beside the donut shop.

Umpqua Video will open next to the DC Co op.

5. .Mike Winters and Mandy Johnson are working on Khyam. They will work on tennis court finish with new lights..

6. Maia Hardy spoke on Community lending Works which supplies loans for start up businesses. They loan to investors, cities, counties, tribes, individuals, and foundations. USDA gave $500,000 to lend out for these small businesses.
NEDCO is Neighborhood Economic Development Corp. The loans also include technical assistance. The timeline is from 2 days to 1 week. Call Maia at 541-345-7106 x 222.

7. World changers are coming June 27th to July 1st. They have projects in line.

8.Ann Mitchell spoke on RDI(Rural Development Initiatives) They give Technical assistance grants. For a fee of $375 for Level 2 help they will pair community assessments, pre assessments, customize tools, facilitate

They have additional help for Level 3 assistance for $1215 which will bring a team in and do all logistics. They will prioritize projects, look at strengths and weaknesses, do action planning, implementation, cleanup and signage. They bring groups together to coordinate and consolidate projects. They suggested we partner with Myrtle Point.

9.Safari is planning for October 14th and 15th a "Wild Land of the Umpqua" which will bring in Arts, Vintners, and anything to do with the Umpqua.

10. Riverbend Live starts July 5th and will be every Friday in July. The Youth will be doing "Beauty and the Beast"

11. Next meeting will be July 13,2016.

2. Happy Fathers Day

 Winston's potential is great and businesses can and do succeed here. Get the word out.

Thank you for all those participating, we are making a difference.

Respectfully submitted,

Valynn Currie