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Board Officers
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Jeff Peterson
Kate Hanson
Gail Ruhland
MaryKay Pfannenstein
Penny White
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Board Members
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Brett Anderson
John Bestgen
Tami DeLand
Brad Goskowicz
Bradley Konkler
Steve Laraway
Ryan Laudenbach
Rob Ruprecht
Mark Stafford
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Congratulations and thank you, particularly to the St. Cloud Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, for hosting an exceptional Governor's Fishing Opener this past weekend. The weather was perfect. Our guests felt welcomed. Our region will certainly benefit a great deal.
Downtown welcomes so many fun-filled events for people of all ages. This list is just a sampling of some of the larger opportunities for enjoyment!
Friday, June 9, 5 - 9 pm | Downtown Art Crawl
Wednesday, June 14, 5 - 9pm | Summertime by George begins
Thursday, June 15 - United Way's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Thursday - Sunday, June 22 - 25 | Granite City Days
Saturday, June 24 around 1:30pm | Downtown Duck Drop
Tuesday, July 4 | 4th of July Fireworks!
Friday - Saturday, July 28 - 29 | Tech H.S. Centennial Celebration
Friday, Aug 11, 2 - 9 pm | Downtown Art Crawl
August 24 - New Flyer Community Bus Pull
Friday, Sept 8 | Granite Games competition
Saturday, Sept 16 | Takin' It to the Streets concert
All these events bring thousands to our Downtown and community. Start planning your outings now! |
 The City of St. Cloud, Public Services Section, will be conducting weekly meetings with the businesses. Watch for email notices.
The meetings will be held immediately prior to the construction progress meeting and will address items such as, but not limited to, scope of project, construction schedule, access for businesses, special construction related items, key contacts and future meeting schedule. These weekly meetings will be held at City Hall.
Construction is anticipated to start the first week of June with a completion date of 9.15.17. |
The Adopt-A-Planter Program, led by DTC Board member Penny White, is under way. We expect all 52 planters to be adopted again by businesses that give money to pay for the flowers and agree to water them regularly. This partnership has been so successful and certainly make Downtown a more pleasant and welcoming environment for our employees and visitors.
The City of St. Cloud is also installing new light posts that include heavy-duty hangers that will allow for hanging flower baskets. Scott Warzecha and Netgain have stepped up to sponsor baskets (with water reservoirs). We are negotiating on the price of the baskets and flowers and expect to hang as many as possible in the very near future. They will look absolutely gorgeous along Germain!
We'll include a list of all of the Adopt-A-Planter participants next week. You'll see several volunteers filling the pots with fresh soil and flowers. New mulch will be added around the tree rings as well.
Thanks to the City for their help and to Capital One employees for cleaning out the pots and tree rings. |
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Hockey Day MN 2018 Planning Underway
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 We held our first (of many) meetings this morning with Downtown businesses and others to learn more about Hockey Day MN. We also began thinking about how Downtown businesses can engage and benefit to the fullest extent from this event, tentatively set for January 19-20, 2018.
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 31st at 8:30 am at the DTC office at 501 W. St. Germain Street. All Downtown businesses and DTC members are welcome to join in the discussion and planning meetings. |
Gaslight Creative Earns 15 American Ad Awards
Gaslight Creative took home 15 awards at the 2017 American Advertising Awards Show in February, hosted by AAF of Central MN. Among the 15 awards received, Gaslight Creative earned two Judge's Choice Awards.
Is your vehicle ready for a family road trip? Call Jim's Auto Service today for an inspection at 320.252.6483.
Quinlivan & Hughes St. Cloud attorney firm Quinlivan & Hughes has elected the following corporate officers for 2017: Dyan Ebert, CEO; Steve Schwegman, DFO, and Ron Brandenburg, secretary.
Mathew Hall Hires & Promotes
- Kelli Bergen, manager of lighting and flooring dept
- Tony Santa Lucia, controller for business admin
- Cecelia Schultz, designer, interiors dept
- Anna Hall Klaers, lead material estimators in contractor sales
- Calvin Fischer, general manager of the components division
Peichel Joins St. Cloud Federal Credit UnionAli Peichel joined the SCFCU as the mortgage manager. In her position, Peichel is accountable for enhancing the member experience as well as employee and organizational efficiencies in the mortgage channel.
St. Cloud Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Wins Top Award
The CVB won the "2016 Best CVB" (25,000-80,000) from Minnesota Meetings & Events in April. The magazine polls its readers annually to find out what they consider the best places, people and things in Minnesota. The area's central location, big-city amenities and small-town feel were cited as reasons St. Cloud came out on top.
2017 Tech H.S. Centennial Celebration Mark your calendars for July 28 - 19 to help celebrate St. Cloud Tech's 100 years of history, tradition and legacy. If you are a Downtown business, consider placing a welcome sign and decorate in orange/black to show your support of this milestone. Link |
 The national trend of migrating inward to urban areas is spreading like wildfire. Downtown dwelling is picking up speed. Businesses are continually moving closer to the city center. Take a look at what i garnering all the hype. Find-a-Property Tool Link
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Become our partner and become a Downtown builder. Every day is our chance to make our Downtown and this region a little better. The DTC continually provides support, resources, strategy and a little TLC to ensure Downtown continues to grow. DTC Members should remember that this newsletter is a FREE way to share your news, announcements, events, etc. Simply send an email to Pegg by the of the week. DTC Monthly Radio Show on WJON We invite you to listen to WJON at 12:40 pm on the 2nd Thursday of each month where Downtown, the Downtown Council and our members will be featured. Link Website Redesign We're working with Cohlab to redesign our website in order to provide better value to our members. We plan to add a business spotlight series, sponsored by Capital One. Let us know what would be helpful to YOU as a member that should be considered in the redesign. Link |
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