Division/Clinton Business Association

BOARD MEETING MINUTES April 15, 2008

Draft MINUTES

 

Board members present: Susan Levine, Metalurges; Jane Fisher, Edward Jones; Katherine Cosgrove, Serenity Palliative Care & Hospice; Ann O’Connell, OHSU Richmond Clinic; Darice Robinson, Hollywood Impress Printing; Jonathan Legare, Legare’s Community Resource Center; Scott Hay, One Inch Round; Craig Swinford, Property Owner;

Board members excused:  Rin Carroll Jackson, Art Endeavors/Sleeping Bee Gallery; Sue Wallace, Bean Counter Bookkeeping; Jean Baker, Freelance Writer; Glenn Lambert, Division Hardware; Joe Eustaquio, Key Bank;

Absent: 

Members:  Claudia Stewart, Portland Tribune; Marci Davis, Artemis Foods;

Liaisons:  Linda Nettekoven, Hand; Ruth Lane, PDOT; Rhetta Drennan, BES

Guests:  David Bentley & Kyle Collins, Map Clicks

Staff: Nancy Chapin, The Support Group

 

Meeting Called to Order by Vice-President Darice Robinson, at 7:32am at Edward Jones. 

 

Minutes approved as corrected:  Portland Planning Commission

 

Financial Report:  Currant total $10,273

 

Crime Prevention

The Shell station has been vandalized with super glue in the credit card slots.

 

Networking

April 30th, from 4 – 6pm at Clinton Corner Café, presentation on Clinton Bike Blvd.

Katherine asked that each person recruit 3 people to be there.

People’s Co-op wants to do a kick off for the summer with an event in June perhaps.

 

Merchant News

Oscar Albert, Gretchen

RNA – no report

Bicycle Boulevard on Clinton being discussed

Four people’s designs have been chosen to look at for the bike boulevard.

 

 

Announcements

Animal rights activists will be demonstrating at the clinic on April 23rd from 12 – 2.  www.whitecoats.org.

 

D/CBA Street Fair – July 26th – Commerce and Community

From 12th – 60th on Division, and 14th – 27th on Clinton

House Call Providers has been chosen as the 2008 street fair beneficiary.  We will also do a canned food & toiletries collection at OHSU’s Richmond Clinic.  Legos also at OHSU with the bike locks, helmets and information.  Jean is looking for a spot for the Lions Van between 31st – 34th.

The Art of the Similar art contest – entry cost, $5 for adults, $2 under 12 yrs to go to the fair beneficiary.

 

Map Clicks

50,000 of the minis were printed.  Had 30 businesses last time and hope for 40 next time and twice the size.

 

Would like to have more of a partnership with and between the districts.  100 people/day and climbing on their web site.  Can click on the business logo and go to its website but share a base.  360° tours, and e-mail blasts.  Can have a website on mapclicks.com.

Need to distribute the local shopping card to at least 50,000 people.  They’ve created a co-op mailing with scratch-its on it and it seems to be working on Alberta, in NW Portland, and Hawthorne area.  Good for 90 days, 8% return in usage.  Printing has gone up, looking for sponsors for it, too.  If not a member $395, D/CBA Member $295.  Nancy will post on the list serve.  The Division Street website exists now at mapclicks.com.

 

Web Committee

Two meetings.  Divided up the sections.  Joe & Darice are doing history.  Will connect w/HAND.  Working on a news page as a blog.  Gmail account set up.  Jonathan & Katherine will be the administrators.  dcbanews@gmail.com,  dcbanews.blogspot.com.  Rss feeds – specialty news comes to you.

Ruth is exploring the ways to put together the directory.

Can imbed a Google map within the D/CBA website.  On May 9th there is a workshop on the duple system. 

Goals – measure of success needed.  What are the values?  Internet presence seminar. 

Yelp – website to find businesses.  Write reviews.

Members will get more than a plain listing.  Could down load pdf’s of their menu, etc.

Jonathan Legare, 12th – 17th, Clinton to Powell, Ambassador.  Claudia and Sam will be working on the linking and search engine part.

Meeting to be announced.  Isabelle from TSG.

 

HAND

6:30 Developer rezoning of 20th & Market for zone change.  Concern regarding traffic issues.  Planning Bureau – Central City planning downtown to SE 12th. Roll out of the new recycling carts will happen soon.

Tabor Commons – 57th & Division getting ready to dig up the asphalt and remove the tanks.

Taggart Basin $10,000 grants available.

Tom Armstrong, planning bureau liaison is looking at a possible spot rezoning at the west end of Hawthorne.  Urban design help for 7 Corners perhaps, and some other street design issues with possible available end of year dollars.  Resounding yes! 

Clean-up April 26th at Cleveland High School from 9 – 1pm.

 

APNBA

The open house was great.  Jon Turino the new executive director has visited 17 BDAs this month.  Susan moved, it was seconded and passed to pay $25 for Katherine to attend the APNBA Annual meeting.

 

Announcement – developing an on-site federal supplied pharmacy geared for their clinic clients with no insurance.  The security issues will need to be dealt with as well as the cost and dispensing fee.  40% of the patients are at 100% federal poverty level and below.

Rin’s mural pictures were shown.  

 

Meeting adjourned @ 9:00am.

 

Thank you to Jane Fisher, Edward Jones, for hosting us!