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MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES
8 A.M. – JUNE 11, 2008
WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
Board Members Present: Kirk Kriegel, chair; Bob Hewgley, vice chair; Ellen
Davis, secretary; Beverly Adam; Trevor Dunham;
Connie Watson
Board Members Absent: Cheri Thanos
City Staff Present: Shelly Hargrove, Main Street Manager; Robbie Wyler,
Historic District Planner
Guests: Janet Hewlett, Georgetown Citizens Academy
1. The meeting was called to order at 8:04 a.m. by Chair Kirk Kriegel.
2. Bob made a motion to approve the minutes of the May 21 meeting and Trevor
seconded it. The minutes were approved by all present.
3. Robbie Wyler gave an update on projects coming before HARC. The new
Monument Café is supposed to open in August and the Tamiro building is
supposed to open in August or September. The CarQuest building was sold
to the county, so we will get back the $8,207 we had given that owner for a
façade grant.
4. Shelly presented the staff report. She showed the draft of a design for a new
billboard promoting downtown Georgetown that is a joint project between
the city and DGA. She said she is shadowing the Downtown Austin
Alliance’s retail recruiter in Austin because she is now doing similar sales
calls for Georgetown.
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5. Kirk reported on the annual meeting of the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone
(TIRZ) board which he attended this week. The board voted to spend $25,000
on a study of whether a parking garage downtown would be used.
6. Committee reports:
a. Economic Restructuring: Bob presented a report from their
committee meeting. He said the committee would like to work
closely with Economic Development to recruit new businesses. He
offered to begin drafting a scope of work to be performed by a
downtown consult if we are able to get the funding for one.
b. Promotion: Connie presented a report from the Promotion
Committee meeting since Cheri was absent. This led to a long
discussion on what the focus of the board should be. Shelly
suggested we should focus on one event and do it well. She
suggested opening a skating rink in town for Christmas. This has
been done successfully in Fredericksburg and The Woodlands.
Trevor volunteered to help her look into the possibility of this. The
future of the City‐Wide Garage Sale is in question.
c. Organization: Kirk presented a list of organizations in town the
board should partner with and which board member is assigned to
each organization. He also talked about the “10 Criteria” that all
Texas Main Street programs need to meet on an annual basis.
d. Design: Bev said she had talked with Kay Harvey‐Mosley about
doing another design workshop in June. She and Robbie discussed
the possibility of doing a workshop for new business owners in
conjunction with HARC and the Heritage Society.
7. The meeting adjourned at 9:40 a.m.
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Kirk Kriegel, Board Chair Date
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Ellen Davis, Board Secretary Date