Information for Meeting of Economic Development Committee
Thursday June 29, 2017 5:30 PM EDT

1.	Appointments – www.riverbridgenorth.com (Matthew & Chris Senie) & Indulge http://www.berlinah.com 
2.	Review/discuss/approve minutes
3.	Review/discuss survey responses
4.	Discuss/Handle/Vote:
-Email policy
-Reimburse Connie
-Campaign filing
-Commerce or Economic issue – request that EDC be notified
-EDC to become involved with FinComm and new Capital Planning Committee
-Report to PB (First EDC meeting was 11-2-16 and next Planning Board meeting Oct 10, 2017)
-Attend Bolton, Harvard EDC http://harvardma.virtualtownhall.net/Pages/HarvardMA_Bcomm/EDC/index?textPage=1 & CMRPC
-Housing Production Plan
-Sears https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/06/23/sears-holdings-store-closure-lista/424590001 (Solomon Pond Sears not part of most recent 20 stores to close)
-Community compact (Berlin is a member)  http://www.mass.gov/governor/administration/groups/communitycompactcabinet/signedcompacts/berlin.html  &  http://www.mass.gov/governor/administration/groups/communitycompactcabinet/faq & http://www.mass.gov/governor/administration/groups/communitycompactcabinet 
-Greendale Mall article http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20170626/PRINTEDITION/306229994 
5.	Choose next meeting date
6.	Future items
-Discuss  - New England Sports Center re: advt findings
-Invite National Lumber
-Discuss ways to attract business owners to attend EDC meetings (and perhaps which businesses to personally invite) so to streamline the ease of Being a Business in Berlin
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BerkShares
-Prospective members: Mack Louh, Gordon Miller and Al Collinson (withdrawn)
-Gift certificate
-EDC slogan
-Idea offered to us: 1.	Set up a website with a listing of all Berlin businesses as kind of a yellow pages for Berlin businesses with a tag that says keep your business local.  I assume that we have a lot of tradesman and other service providers – I suspect that they would see it as favorable if the town helped them with exposure and would be helpful to residents that are in need of services  and 2.	Promote the idea of a weekly farmers market for Berlin growers (perhaps fee free to Berlin farmers but a participation fee for ex-Berlin participants…
-Create To Do / Ideas list