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ISSUE 3VOLUME 1 FALL 2008
Around
ASHLAND DOWNTOWN, INC.
OUR MISSION
Ashland Downtown, Inc. seeks a vibrant, attractive downtown by preserving its architectural charm, promoting economic vitality and marketing its historic and cultural resources.
ADI’s Objectives
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Defining Main Street’s market niche—its uniqueposition in the surrounding markets
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Creating new image campaigns, retail promo-tions, and special events to bring people back todowntownNot only is the promotions committee involved withall of the above, but it is the main committee that putstogether this informative newsletter. I thank them fortheir dedication in putting out a professional product.As always, it is a privilege to serve as Ashland’s MainStreet Manager. I cannot say enough for the hardwork the ADI volunteers have given to this organiza-tion on the many projects and meetings they attend inmaking positive changes in this great town of Ash-land. Also worthy of note, is the valuable partnershipsADI has with local businesses and organizations inworking as a team for the betterment of our commu-nity. A special thank you extended to Tom Joyce,Sharon and George Demko, Eileen Kuperavage, andJim Klock for their continued support in writing arti-cles for the newsletter. As always, please contact meat 875-3571, or visit the ADI office at 733 CentreStreet regarding any questions you have.We look forward to hearing from you,
Gregory W. Fisher,
Ashland Main Street Manager
Wow!! We are already in our third issue of
Around Ashland
!
! It is our goal that this piece of literature is very informative not only on what Ash-land Downtown, Inc. (ADI) is doing, but to helpspread the word about local organizations /busi-nesses as well. By the way, we are always seekingfresh ideas for our newsletter and are open to sug-gestions for making this newsletter better eachtime.
In the first and second issues of
Around Ashland
, we explained two (
DESIGNDESIGNDESIGNDESIGN
and
ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURINGECONOMIC RESTRUCTURINGECONOMIC RESTRUCTURINGECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING
) out of the fourkey components of the ADI program. Theremaining two components to be explained are
PROMOTIONSPROMOTIONSPROMOTIONSPROMOTIONS
and
ORGANIZATIONORGANIZATIONORGANIZATIONORGANIZATION
. During thisissue, Promotions will be explained in greaterdetail.
PROMOTIONSPROMOTIONSPROMOTIONSPROMOTIONS
This component focuses on promot-ing downtown as the center of commerce, culture,and community life for residents and visitors.Activities of the promotions committee include:
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Understanding the changing market in regardsto potential shoppers and the competition
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Identify downtown assets including people,buildings , heritage, and institutions
October 3Ashland Area RotaryOmega Health ScreenOctober 4First United Methodist Presbyterian ChurchBake & Soup SaleOctober 4Good Shepherd Lutheran ChurchTurkey DinnerOctober 5American Fire CompanyKick Off of Fire Prevention WeekOctober 6 & 7St. Catherine’s Medical CenterAARP 55 Alive Driver’s CourseOctober 11American Fire CompanyAnnual Dinner DanceOctober 15VFW Auxiliary #7654M&M Chicken Dinner (Oct.10 order deadline)October 18Ashland Downtown, Inc.5th Annual Ashland AppleFestOctober 18Good Shepherd Lutheran ChurchBreakfastOctober 26Ashland Area RotaryHalloween ParadeNovember 4Zion’s Reformed U.C.C,Election Day Pork and Sauerkraut DinnerNovember 4Good Shepherd Lutheran ChurchSoup, Sandwiches, and SundaesNovember 8Good Shepherd Lutheran ChurchSpaghetti DinnerNovember 10 (order deadline)VFW Auxiliary #7654Weaver Pie Sale (Nov. 25 Delivery)November 12St. Catherine’s Medical CenterBooks Are Fun/Book &Gift Fair/Bake SaleNovember 29Ashland Area RotarySanta Parade & Tree LightingDecember 20Ashland Downtown, Inc.Old Fashioned ChristmasJoin the Downtown Team!ADI Monthly Meetings1st Monday—Design2nd Monday—-Economic Restructuring3rd Monday—Board of Directors/Organization4th Monday—PromotionsBorough Council Meeting2nd Wednesday of the Month
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Ashland
The Donut Shop Making Changes
Past
Present
I have had the Donut Shop at 900 Centre St. for approximately 9 years, 7 of those years as being a rental. After purchasing the property 2 years ago, I hadalways visualized changes I wanted to make, but was not ready financially to so.Then I heard from a friend of mine, on council, that in a few months I couldmake changes on my building and get financial help from the town. I didn’t paytoo much attention to him at the time since it seemed to good to be true. Thencame ADI. Greg Fisher dropped an application off with a list of contractors andinformation. I immediately filled it out. Some renderings were drawn up andafter I saw the possibilities, I was anxious to get started.Through the whole process the committee was very helpful, we even changed afew things along the way. Whenever I contacted Greg about needing to make apayment for work being done, he always made sure a check was there for me. Iknow if it weren’t for ADI, I would never have gotten this all done. EverywhereI go, I get compliments on my building. It turned out better than I ever imag-ined. My advice to anyone considering doing this is to “Go For It.”I have all good things to say about my experience with ADI and am lookingforward to doing it again.Thanks Again!!!!!Cheryl Ladick, ownerThe Donut Shop
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