Lake Wales Main Street Progress Report

December 11, 2009 – January 8, 2009

•Media Coverage/ Advertising

oWrote articles for the Main Street News and posted on Main Street web site.

oFull-page ad in Main Street News and Lake Wales News: call for historic photos

oArticle in Downtown Times: call for historic photos

•Lake Wales History Book: Researched library files and found 20 photos

•Virtual Tour currently has 34 videos: YouTube.com/user/lakewalesmainstreet

oEdited Main Street Virtual Tour web page

oCompleted editing and rendering new Green Horizon Virtual Tour and uploaded it to the Virtual Tour and YouTube.com/lakewalesmainstreet

oFilmed, captured, editing Holiday Inn Express

oMet with Clark Berry Jessie Jackson to plan the Lake Wales High School Virtual Tour

•Filed Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations 2010 Annual Report.

•World Dance Bazaar

oFirst committee meeting will be Monday, January 11th at 225 E Stuart.

oWorking on booking dancers and creating a dance contest

oNeed sponsors and prizes from Lake Wales businesses

oLetters have gone out to potential sponsors

Meetings

•Board of Directors meeting December 11th 

•Attended Chamber Annual Meeting December 4th

•Promotions Committee: Met with Rumble on the Ridge committee for review and planning December 16, 2009

•Design Committee met January 6, 2010

•Privett met with Webber University student intern Sabrina Randolph. Randolph is interested in event planning and will assist with research and planning the Gazebo, Lake Wales Car Cruise and World Dance Bazaar. We met with James and Kay Hahn about planning an art event downtown. James offered to draw the proposed Gazebo to help promote the project. RandolphSM@webber.edu