Minutes of
Millwood Better For Business Meeting, May 11, 2015
Shirene
Young, IEP, welcomed everyone and explained the purpose of the meeting, to
decide what to do with the need for establishing an identify for Millwood, and with
the need to make the Better For Business group a more formal organization.
Alexander
Scott, Stratagem Business Consulting, encouraged the Millwood business
community needs to take the lead now, to maintain the momentum created during
the first two business consultation sessions this spring.
Shirene
Young said Millwood businesses need to formalize the Better For Business group
by incorporating as a not-for-profit. She said we need to write bylaws and
obtain about $1,000 for seed money.
Steve
Crowder and Dave McClave, Case42, explained the concept of neighborhood
marketing, and developing a “brand” for the community. Steve said his group
visited businesses over the past week and identified some issues. Millwood “needs a facelift.” We need to make it easier for people to turn
off of Argonne. The stoplights are too long. There is an odor from the
papermill.
Greg Mott,
Shirene Young, Margie Anderson and Alexander Scott agreed to meet as a
committee on May 21 to move forward with the branding project.
