Information for Meeting of Economic Development Committee
Monday August 14, 2017 5:00 PM EDT

1. Appointments
- Meredith Harris http://marlboroughedc.com/about-medc
- Jacob Shur (prospective member)
2. Minutes (unfiled: Jan 19, Feb 2, Feb 23, Mar 9, Apr 25, May 11, 2017 & undrafted: June 29, 2017) (Nadine – Thank you!)
3. Discuss/Handle/Vote:
-Reimburse Connie
-Policy/clarification re: appointments
-New England Sports Center re: advt findings (Paul)
-Melissa Fetterhoff, President & CEO, Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce http://www.nvcoc.com (awaiting BOS / PB guidance) (Peter)
-Incentivizing pub/brewery in Marlborough (to: Tim, Walter & EDC) July 20, 2017
http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20170717/NEWS01/170719954/1049?utm_source=enews&utm_medium=495Biz&utm_campaign=Thursday 
-Commerce or Economic issue – request that EDC be notified & EDC to become involved with FinComm and new Capital Planning Committee (Peter)
-Report to PB (First EDC meeting was 11-2-16 and next Planning Board meeting Oct 10, 2017) (Paul to draft)
-Attend Bolton, Harvard EDC http://harvardma.virtualtownhall.net/Pages/HarvardMA_Bcomm/EDC/index?textPage=1 & CMRPC (Connie to attend)
-Community compact (Berlin is a member)  http://www.mass.gov/governor/administration/groups/communitycompactcabinet/signedcompacts/berlin.html  &  http://www.mass.gov/governor/administration/groups/communitycompactcabinet/faq & http://www.mass.gov/governor/administration/groups/communitycompactcabinet 
-Berlin spending (Peter)
-Town Clerk to notify when new business opens in Berlin (Peter)
4.	Choose next meeting date
5.	Future:
-Discuss ways to attract business owners to attend EDC meetings (and perhaps which businesses to personally invite) so to streamline the ease of Being a Business in Berlin
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BerkShares
-EDC slogan
-Idea offered to us: 1.	Set up a website with a listing of all Berlin businesses as kind of a yellow pages for Berlin businesses with a tag that says keep your business local.  I assume that we have a lot of tradesman and other service providers – I suspect that they would see it as favorable if the town helped them with exposure and would be helpful to residents that are in need of services  and 2.	Promote the idea of a weekly farmers market for Berlin growers (perhaps fee free to Berlin farmers but a participation fee for ex-Berlin participants…
-Create To Do / Ideas list