Kearsarge Area Chamber of Commerce
KACC Board Meeting
August 2, 2022

Present: P. Miller, D. Watts, N. Thelemaque

Minutes
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+ Press release was made about Visitor Center grant ($3,360).
  Barbara Lassonde was contracted for this. We will seek to hire
  her for doing press releases for future donations.

+ We donated $250 to Riverside Jam. Dan will follow up to
  see that KACC is mentioned on marketing literature and
  to have our banner hung at the event.

  Aye: D Watts, N Thelemaque, M Winzler, S Daniel ; N Ladd

+ Requesting donation to BITS ETC fund for purchasing the land that
  they are leasing. Dan suggested waiving their membership for at
  least 10 years.  Dan suggested a donation but did not specify an
  amount. On Zoom a donation of $250 was discussed.

  Aye: D Watts, N Thelemaque, S Daniel, M Winzeler, S Daniel ; Nay: P Miller

  Will send this around to the Board via email for further
  discussion.

+ Requesting donation to Andover Fish and Game Club BBQ on 8/20
  Dan proposed $200. Dan to follow up with club to see that our
  name is on materials and we can hang the sign.

  Aye: D Watts, N Thelemaque, P Miller, S Daniel, M Winzeler
        
+ BAH 8/18 @ Soul Source in Bradford 5:30-8:00 pm
  Host to provide wine.
  KACC to pay for nibbles. We've asked Kearsarge Food Hub if
  they can supply this.
  Recommend a pair of $25 gift cards to KFH as door prizes
  Henniker Chamber to co-host (more like co-advertising)

+ We discussed the Conceptual Consultation that was presented
  to the Warner Planning Board for a 24 unit apartment building
  at Exit 9. There were many opposed in attendance. Planning
  Board is trying to not be anti-business and is working with
  the developer to meet their funding deadline. This gives the
  developer until the 8th to submit a completed and accurate
  application for the workforce housing apartment building. A
  Planning Board meeting will be held on 8/29 to vote whether
  to accept the application as complete or not. The funding
  deadline is September 2nd.

  It was noted that the developer has approval to build another
  building but has not been able to find any tenants. We
  brainstormed for ideas of who to contact to assist.

If anyone wants to propose in-person meetings going forward,
please suggest a location. Changing the day and/or time is also
possible. We discussed this via Zoom and consensus was that Zoom
makes it much easier to fit the meetings into our schedules.
This is still open for discussion should anyone want to make a
proposal.