West Bank Business Association – Meeting Thursday

Hello,

A reminder that our next member meeting is this coming Thursday, November 15th, 4:00pm at Augsburg. At our Strategic Planning session, many members talked about wanting to get involved, wanting to know more about membership and wanting to know when our committees are meeting and working. Many of you also had great ideas on how we can grow and improve. Thursday will be our chance to put those words and thoughts into action! I’m really looking forward to meeting with you on Thursday, to talk about …

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Center for Energy & Environment bring 401E to your business!

The Center for Energy and Environment 401(e) program will help your employees save energy in the workplace and at home using an educational workshop held over lunch. At the workshop employees will get energy saving tips and have the opportunity to sign up for a special discounted “Home Energy Squad Enhanced Visit”.*

IT’S EASY, HERE’S HOW

1) Work with Ashley to schedule a lunch n’ learn for employeesat your workplace
2) CEE will provide you with flyers and an email template to helppromote the program to employees
3) CEE will conduct a FUN and INFORMATIVE …

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Free CPR / First Aid Class

FREE CPR/FIRST AID CLASS!!

Join us for this to learn how to practice bandaging and splinting and learn a plan of action to recognize

And deal with these emergencies:

Unconsciousness
Bleeding
Broken bones
Head, neck, and back injuries
Sudden illness and Winter Emergencies
Choking
Comparations /Resque Breath

We will offer FREE CPR/FA training for the West Bank residents and will receive a First Aid certification from the American Red Cross!

When: Saturday September 29, 2012

11:00 – 2:00 pm

Where: Brain Coyle Center

To register please contact:

Hani (612)876- 9348 or Yahye Mohamed (612) 203-9254

 

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Development is just around the corner… (Literally!) Join the conversation!

Development is just around the corner… (Literally!)

Join the conversation!

The City of Minneapolis has plans for major development around the new Cedar Avenue LRT Station, the first development will be on the Lot A site (see map.)

The West Bank Business Association, West Bank Community Coalition and West Bank Community Development Corporation are working together to: to educate the community on the development and RFP process and plan a community response to the proposed development

We want community members to join us in this effort!

Why this is important:

This …

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Reminder – Member Meeting September 20, 2012

Hello,

A reminder that our annual meeting is coming up on Thursday, September 20, 2012 – 4:00pm-6:00pm. This is a longer meeting where we will be electing officers for the next year, as well as conducting a strategic planning session. I hope that all of you are able to make it.

Below please find links to two surveys: one for feedback on the recent West Bank Music Festival, another an opportunity for you to give feedback on the long-term plans for our organization. This survey will be …

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Sharing memories (and making new ones)

Attention Fbook & Twitter friends – We’re looking for awesome old festival photos! if you have any old photos of the first two West Bank Music Festivals – OR Cedarfest (yep!) share them and help us get some excitement going! Either tag City Pages West Bank Music Festival or use the hashtag #WestBankFest to be eligible. The winning photo will be determined by the festival planning committee and the winner will be eligible for a $50 gift certificate to any …

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August Member Meeting next week!

Hello!

Just a reminder that we have our monthly member meeting coming up next week. We’ve got a great meeting planned, with festival announcements and information from the Safety Center on festival/event safety and West Bank crime updates. I hope that you’ll join us!

West Bank Business Association – Monthly Member meeting

4:00pm Thursday August 16, 2012
***At the NEW Safety Center!!!

Agenda

Call to order

I. Welcome/Introductions (10 mins)

II. Business (10 mins)
– Approve July minutes

III. Updates (5-10 mins)
– Fall Cleanup
– Updates from Alatus

IV. Event Updates (5 mins) …

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Lunch on the Avenue – July 26, 2012 @ Lucky Dragon!

Next week “Lunch on the Avenue” comes to the West Bank! Join us on July 26th at The Lucky Dragon. To RSVP please email: info@midwaychamber.com

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Great Cities – Business Improvement District Presentation

Reposted:

The Great Cities collaborative is inviting community members, stakeholders, and interested parties to learn about the Business Improvement District model as well as the work they are doing to install this model in the Twin Cities metro area. The group will be giving a panel presentation followed by a question and answer session.

Panel:

Carol Jean Becker, Overview of Business Improvement Districts

David Feehan, Business Improvement District operations

Area Presentations (directors of each org will speak to challenges & progress)

Joyce Wisdom – Lake Street Council: …

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Notes + Opportunities

Hello,

Thanks for a great meeting yesterday!

A draft of the minutes can be found here: http://wbba.thewestbank.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012-06-21_MemberMeetingMinutes.pdf
The supplemental materials that were passed out can be found here: http://wbba.thewestbank.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012-06-21_MemberMeetingSupplementals.pdf
and a rough video of the meeting for those of you that weren’t able to attend can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3bCFNSQkkY (I put a summary of the time breakdown in the Youtube description so if you’re looking for a particular presentation, you can hop around.)

 

Bike Rack Opportunity
We have the opportunity to place some meter-bike-racks along Cedar. The total cost of …

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