Approval of June Minutes – Jane Bucceri makes a motion to approve, David McGill seconds
Entrepreneurship Conference
- Danny Bendebba volunteered to do the talk on Promotions
- Sholanda Strokes was suggested David
- Still need suggestions for networking fair
- Volunteers for surveys
- Jane Buccerri
- Volunteers for marketing video
- Businesses to donate gift cards
- Zella’s
- Primo Chicken
- Culinary Architecture – Biff will ask
- Union Sq Mission Pizzeria
- Breakout room monitors
- Danny BenDebba
- David McGill could be a back-up
Old Business
- West Baltimore Street Updates – Rodney & Curtis
- Clean and Green off to a good start
- Hiring
- Had a developer’s meeting to connect one another to each other
- Capital Improvement
- August 2nd release date, application period ends October 15th
- Purpose is to get businesses ready to open doors
- Combines 3 grant products into one application
- Made in Baltimore Home Accelerator program site visit Sept 8 from 2:00 – 5:00
- Promotion and Branding – looking at locations to hang banners; 17 poles mainly at corners
- Clean and Green off to a good start
- Facade subcommittee update – Carrie
- No new updates
- 3 applications in process
- Commercial Capital Improvement Update – Carrie
- Curtis provided update
- Pigtown Mainstreet Updates – Frieda
- Groundwork Kitchen is open for carry-out for breakfast and lunch
- Deputy Mayor is coming to tour Pigtown this Thursday
- Mayor is coming on August 12th to see new businesses
- ABC’s of Investing
- This Thursday, second event
- teach residents how to invest in local businesses
- every person that attends the event receives a $50 credit to invest
- SoFusion Cafe & Greywood Group’s Project 1411 W. Baltimore
- This Thursday, second event
New Business
- Hollins Market Update
- approved for grant for food pop-up stall
- received Choice Neighborhoods Grant to fit out remaining of stalls with plumbing and electrical
- in the environmental review stage
- Tomorrow a group of students from Ireland have been researching Hollins Market and will be giving their report via Zoom
- dodonnell@baltimoremarkets.org
Bill Freeman makes motion to adjourn the meeting; Jane Buccheri seconds
