July 27, 2011 Minutes

Pittsfield Economic Development Committee
July 27, 2011

1. Meeting opened at 5:30.

2. Attendees: Ed Vien (EV), Ted Mitchell (TM), Lyn Roberts (LR), Linda Small (LS), Susan
Muenzinger (SM), Ellen Barbasso (EB), Gerard LeDuc (GL), Paul Skowron (PS) and Zeb McGill
(ZM).

3. Minutes from July 13, 2011 accepted and approved

4. Zeb McGill
A. Does not need official permission to set up Facebook account for Pittsfield
B. Will set up links to Facebook and Twitter from EDC website (phase 1)
1. Can make interesting announcements to Facebook (phase 2)
2. Post picture of fun events, i.e. Balloon Rally
3. Profile picture, after some discussion it was decided to use the dam with views of 2 churches
4. Can also show Historic walking tour-make it a virtual tour of Pittsfield
a. Historical Society should have a video of it- check with Cedric Dustin
5. Try to get views from helicoptor
a. EV will contact JBI to see if it can be done before the rides start.
C. Phase 3 – Growth
1. Stimulate community
2. Get about 50 people on the site talking about doing business in Pittsfield
3. Collaborate with Suncook Sun for news and events
D. SM moved to approved Zeb’s ideas, LS seconded, unanimous approval.

5. Letters reviewed
A. LS made corrections to Christmas letter-approved with minor adjustments
B. No response to the letter regarding cleaning up the property

6. Other
A. We have the summary from DRED.-need to plan a time to present to the people
B. TM got a list of properties that are vacant, and their owners.
C. He also made a list of people who sell crafts at Old Home Day.
D. He will also contact the Rotary to get a list of people who sell crafts at the Balloon Rally.
E. EV waiting until MM gets back to contact Single Digits together regarding charging
people for extended time in the WiFi.

7. Next meeting August 10, 2011.

8. Meeting closed at 6:30 P.M.

Submitted by:
Ellen Barbasso, Secretary