West Central Mountains Economic Development Council

Monthly Meeting: Tuesday February 11th, 2020

Location: Donnelly, City Hall

Time- 3:00 – 5:00pm

  • Executive team meeting, open at 2:30pm
    • Signing of check for previously approved items
    • Agenda discussion
    • Executive session closed if needed
  • Call to order, regular meeting, 3pm
  • Adoption of agenda (ACTION ITEM)
    • Cynda transit reliability discussion addition  
  • Approval of minutes–approved by proxy vote for new bank account signers (ACTION ITEM)
  • Welcome visitors and guests
  • 30 minute presentation from Tom Reinhardt from Cascade Medical Center about strategic plan
  • Community reports: Cascade, Donnelly, McCall, New Meadows, Valley County
  • Treasurer’s report (ACTION ITEM)
    • Invoices/thank you’s for the month 
  • Adoption of 2020 budget (ACTION ITEM)
  • Discussion/approval of 2020 fundraising plan (ACTION ITEM)
  • Funding request for CUB Chamber mixer on March 19th–up to $50 (ACTION ITEM)
  • Letters/requests (ACTION ITEMS)
    • N/A
  • Finalize subcommittee assignments 
  • Scenic Byways update
  • Grants (open/future)
    • Yellowpine 
    • Northlake
    • EDPro
    • Idaho Women’s Charitable Fund–TBD 2020
    • Idaho Power Professional Development
    • EDA disaster funds
  • Recreation/Pathways
    • Weiser River Trail: GEM, USDA grants
    • Packer John revitalization and Council Rec Center
    • NPS recreational/trails assistance workshop April 22
  • Education and workforce development:
    • Cascade SBA training April 21
    • Construction Pre-Apprenticeship with AGC
    • Culinary Pre-Apprenticeship in Cascade
    • Update on BSU meetings/game plan
  • Community Projects/Infrastructure
    • Broadband/legislative update
    • Recycling update
    • Update on regional Arts coordination 
    • Senior project funding from Operation Facelift remnant project dollars–sent to schools
    • Monument signs update–smaller sign option and New Meadows update
    • Cascade seasonal wayfinding update
  • Business retention and expansion
    • Business outreach update–9 BRE/entrepreneur visits
  • Economic Summit update
  • Marketing
    • Board collateral items–new business cards
    • Spring project outreach plan
      • PR
      • Print ads
      • Digital
      • Instagram discussion
  • Round Table, Upcoming Events & Public Comments

Adjourn