Long Beach, WA

Long Beach Merchants Association | Regular Meeting
Friday, May 1, 8:00 am
Benson’s by the Beach Restaurant; 504 S Pacific in Long Beach; 642-3300

CALL TO ORDER 8:00 am

INTRODUCTIONS Clyde Sayce, Vin Ciaramella, Dave Little, Regan Andrew, Wayne O’Dell, Jill Grey, Melissa Herold, Dale Jacobson, Craig Smith, Mary Delong, Wendy Murry, Steven Linhart, Merry Scharfe, Sherry Hash, Diane Barker-Sayce, Ruth Ann Hocking, Jeff Harrell

UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Steven reviewed meeting from 4/30 Dale Jacobson Questioned reason for sale of storage property and was satisfied with Stevens response.

NEW BUSINESS
Steven talked about need to review and revise bylaws. A committee is need to do this Steven asked for volunteers Sherry Hash volunteered and has done some preliminary research on the subject. Dale did say he would help.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Bluegrass Festival – Ruth Ann Hocking. 7 national acts already planned for next year. Ruth Ann noted extremely positive response to the festival and Long Beach. She has heard about Blue Grassers returning to visit the Peninsula based on the experience at the festival.
Beach to Chowder – Steven & Sherry. New ad in running magazine ad placement was very eye catching. 4 people from Salt Lake City have registered. The Boy Scouts will be helping out but more volunteers are needed. A ½ mile coarse has been certified and can now be used for other races as well.

Doggie Olympics – Jill Grey. Jill has received many out of town registrations and allot of positive feedback for the event.

Sandsations – Dian Barker-Sayce. New member Regan Andrew has many new “out of the box” ideas for the event such as driftwood art contest and Sand in the City. Logo and t-shirts meeting set up with Lost Weekend clothing. 3 Masters are needed or scheduled? Brochure is in the works.

Jake’s Birthday – Wendy Murry. Entertainment confirmed. Jakes photo shoot was a success creating photos for advertising. Flyers are in the works. The vendors of the t-shirts have volunteered to work the t-shirt sales booth; they are very experienced in this and plan on selling out of shirts at the event.

Kite Festival – Merry – Moving along.

Holidays at the Beach – Still a lot of time before event. New ideas to be presented later.

Kite Museum – Sherry. Mariners program.

Loyalty Days – Regan Andrew.  123 parade entries up from last year. Abe Lincoln at the schools today. Children’s parade from 11:00 to 12:00 band will play.

Surf Perch – Dale. City and Lions Club Partner. Lions Club looking for members.

Summerfest – Ragan Andrew. Schedule is done and racks cards are out events are 3 weeks away.

Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau – No report.

Liaison to Long Beach City Council – Steven Kidd. Steven had been ill and was unable to attend the last meeting he had no report at this time.

City Lodging Tax Advisory Committee – Wayne O’Dell. King 5 Marketing team. Discussed how you can track online advertising numbers but not television ad’s numbers and impact on tourism. Web banners are better and less expensive. Una and Jerry looking into ways to advertise along I5 Moving away from TV.

Liaison to Ocean Park, Ilwaco – Dave Little.  Ilwaco bands with Oysters & Art. Oregon Tuna Classic too late to get items to Una for packets. 4th fireworks planned for Ilwaco. Garlic festival flyers are out for Ocean Park.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Roadwork information will be posted on city’s website Wayne O’Dell discouraged info about roadwork on funbeach all were in agreement.
• Regan wanted to anounce a Town Hall about keeping kids safe and drug free.
• The following info is in regard to Regan’s announcement and provided by Long Beach Elementary School
• Well Spring Community Network will be holding a Town Hall entitled “Growing a Great Place to Live: What young people need to succeed.”
• The Town Hall will feature Clay Roberts, and international speaker and author of the book Great Places to Learn.  The Town Hall will be on Thursday, May 28th, from 6:00 to 8:30 in the Hilltop Auditorium.  In addition, a complimentary dinner (ala Vinessa Mullinix of Beach House Catering) will be provided at 5:15.  Bring your family, eat dinner, and enjoy the Town Hall.

Minutes taken by VP Merry Scharfe.