October 8, 2014 Minutes

Pittsfield Economic Development Committee
October 8, 2014

1. Meeting opened at 5:35.

2. Attendees: Ted Mitchell (TM), Lyn Roberts (LR), Linda Small (LS), Susan Muenzinger (SM)
Paul Sherwood (PSh) and Ellen Barbasso (EB).

3. Minutes for September 24, 2014 were accepted and approved.

4. Window Decorating Contest
A. TM received an email from Ann Banks at PMHS regarding a community service project
B. Students will showcase their art work in the available windows in downtown buildings
C. They will create seasonal art work to display
D. It was agreed that this would be a better way to decorate the window than to have a contest

5. EDC Budget
A. A letter from the EDC needs to be sent to Board of Selectmen indicating how much we have
spent what it was used for, and how it benefits the town.
B. We need to get an estimate from Matt Monahan as to how much it will cost to get
the statistics for the profile of the town.

6. EDC Website
A. Need to add the newsletters for Fall 2013 and Spring 2014
B. The Carson property should be listed.
C. Businesses to be listed include: Life’s Little Pleasures, Elm Grove LegacyMedical Solutions
D. Contacts-need to change the building inspector’s email.
E. We need to go through each section of the website and go down the clicks to see if there is
anything else that needs to be changed.

7. Other
A.. TM will be sending a revised packet to a grocery store
1. Need to see if the PMHS students could make phone calls about shopping habits using a
telemarketing form to record the answers.
2. Responses will also be added to the packet.
B. Town Fall Clean Up
1. Will take place on Wednesday October 15, 2014 at 9:00 AM.
2. Seventh grade students will be helping since the rest of the students will be taking tests.
3. LR, LS and EB will be available at 10:30 and will meet at AMENICO.

8. Next EDC meeting will be October 22, 2014 at 5:30 P.M.

9. Meeting closed at 6:25 P.M.

Submitted by:
Ted Mitchell, Chairman
Minutes taken by: Ellen Barbasso, Secretary