Recap from our General Member Meeting January 23, 2025

Agenda

12:00 p.m.
Welcome, Jessica Gutowski-Slaydon, Swift Printing, SBA President  may have reminded us to put our phones down and talk to our neighbors. :)

Thank you, Bridge Street Market for hosting us!

12:05 p.m.

Ryan Waalkes, Bridge Street Ministries, SBA Board Member led the meeting with awesome energy and got us very excited to hear from our presenters. Ryan also shared about the Membership Survey. Here’s the link, it is a very short survey. TAKE THE SURVEY!

12:12 p.m.
Introductions
(Round robin: Introduce yourself at your table and what is your favorite animal?)

12:18 p.m.
AliciaMarie Belchak, First-Ward, Commissioner gave her mission statement for what she plans to do for the First Ward. If you would like to contact her, here’s her email address: abelchak@grcity.us

12:28 p.m.
Kailey Smith-Barth, shared about ArtPrize and how sign ups are already happening soon! Take a look at the Econ Report.

ArtPrize Economic Impact Report here

12:38 p.m.
Emilio Zamarripa and Santiago Gayton from Steepletown shared a higher overview of what Steepletown is and does. If you like to connect with them here’s their contact info: santiago@steepletown.org and emilio@steepletown.org

12:48 p.m.
Monica Hall  Our New, Westside Commercial Corridor Manager shared about the facade grant. Which if you’re East of Seward on Bridge Street your business/building doesn’t qualify, because that part of Bridge Street is in the DID/DDA Boundaries.

1:00 p.m.
Thank you for coming!

If you’d like to present at the SBA please send us a message at hello@stockbridgegr.com and we will get you on the agenda sometime!