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ISSUE 2VOLUME 1 SUMMER 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 Continues to Grow
Over the past year, the ER Committee conducted amarket assessment in which you may have been askeda few questions by an ADI volunteer on your opinionon a variety of issues.Did you know from our survey?
New sidewalks
was the most popular physical im-provement wanted in town.
Banking
was the establishment most visited in down-town.A
hardware store
was the #1 suggested store in townthat the community would like to see.The most popular radio station listened to was
T102.
In conclusion, it is a privilege to serve as Ashland’sMain Street Manager and to work with the ADI volun-teers who have given great time and energy in makingthis “Great Town Even Better.” If you would like tosee more of the outcomes from the market assessmentor if you have any questions or observations, pleasecontact me at 875-3571, or visit the ADI office at 733Centre Street. Log onto www.upperschuylkill.comwhere you’ll find more interesting information aboutour town. Thanks goes out to Tom Joyce, Sharon andGeorge Demko, Eileen Kuperavage, Harry Hause, andJim Klock for submitting articles for the newsletter.We look forward to hearing from you,
Gregory W. Fisher,
Ashland Main Street Manager
Hopefully, the first issue of
Around Ashland
,
sparked your interest in wanting to come back formore on what Ashland Downtown, Inc. (ADI) is allabout. It is our goal to inform you of the progressbeing made through the hard work of this volunteer-driven community effort.In the first issue of
Around Ashland
, we ex-plained that there are four key components of theADI program. They are: Design, Promotions, Or-ganization, and Economic Restructuring.
The firstcomponent to be explained in greater detail will be
ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING (ER)
. Thiscomponent focuses on finding new or better pur-poses for Main Street enterprises. In other words,ADI has an ER Committee which works onstrengthening the downtown’s existing economicbase and gradually expanding it.Activities of the ER Committee include:
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Developing Market Information
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Business Retention
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Business Recruitment
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Developing New Economic Uses
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Coordinating Financial Incentives
July 3
American Fire CompanyFireworks display-Rain date July 4
July 3
Zion’s Reformed U.C.C.Food Stand for Fireworks
July 9
Ashland RotarySeasoned Sounds Swing Big BandJuly 26Good Shepherd Lutheran ChurchWing NiteJuly 28-31Coach “O” Soccer CampsAugust 9Bracey Pharmacy75th Anniversary Celebration
August 16
Ashland Community EnterprisesPioneer DayAugust 21ADI, Ashland Chamber, Ashland Boro, andPioneer TunnelAmerican Red Cross Blood DriveAugust 29North Schuylkill Youth Soccer AssociationKick off Pep Rally
August 29-September 1
Upper SchuylkillUpper Schuylkill Homecoming Weekend
August 30
108th ABA ParadeSeptember 1Ashland Recreation“Annual Rec Regatta”September 13First United Methodist Presbyterian ChurchYard, Bake, and Soup Sale
September 14
Zion’s Reformed U.C.C.Holiday Penny Auction
Join the Downtown Team!ADI Monthly Meetings
1st Monday—Design2nd Monday—-Economic Restructuring3rd Monday—Board of Directors/Organization4th Monday—Promotions
Borough Council Meeting
2nd Wednesday of Month
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Community Calendar
Ashland
FACELIFTING THE VFW BUILDING
As members of the VFW noticed the ADI banners and planters in Ashland,we realized something new happening in Ashland. We then saw the transfor-mation of the News-Item building and thought maybe we could improve thefaçade of the VFW building. We contacted ADI to see if we qualified forany façade grants. Greg Fisher, ADI Downtown Manager was very helpfulin answering all our questions and confirmed that we did qualify.We filled out the application, which proved to be a very easy process.Mr. Fisher sent for a rendering of our building, which showed it in its currentcondition and also a view of what the building could look like. Once weobtained approval from our members to do the refurbishing, we then got a listof contractors for painting and installing a new awning.This a great opportunity to refurbish a building with the help of ADI. Thiswas much easier than any of us thought. We encourage all property owners,business and residential, in the downtown area to look in to this. Taking careof our buildings can only make Ashland more attractive and have the historiclook the town deserves.Respectfully,
Harry HauseCommander, VFW/Legion
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