February 17 Meeting Notes
Roughly 50 people attended the meeting held in the Rainbow Room of the Day’s Inn.
Frank opened things by recapping the meeting that he, Colleen, Deb and Marti had with Mayor Dyster concerning Positively Main Street and Niagara Homecoming. It was concluded that a national musical act might be too ambitious for this year, but that the city is open to providing funding to Niagara Rises to benefit both events.
Geri recapped the great developments surrounding the “Arise and Shine Worship Event” on Goat Island. The group is putting together a great web site and will be holding a meeting on March 3rd at the Summit Events Center to bring together all participating churches.
Geri also talked about a fundraising opportunity available through Niagara Candy. Her group has purchased candy bars and they will be sold at the:
Community Medical Pharmacy
918 Michigan Ave
Niagara Falls, NY 14305-2608
(716) 282-1292
Please be sure to stop there for your next chocolate fix.
Robert Emerson from Old Fort Niagara addressed the group concerning a very special event happening this summer. On May 30th re enactors will celebrate the burning of Fort du Portage. It is the 250th anniversary of the burning of Little Niagara above Niagara Falls. The vent promises to be one to remember and volunteers are needed. Visit https://oldfortniagara.org/events/ for more information.
Roger Spurback electrified the crowd with energy and enthusiasm that only he can bring. He detailed some of the great ideas espoused in his “Community Action Template,” which will be posted on this site soon.
Roger offered his expertise to Niagara Rises in broadening our media presence. He also had some great ideas as to how agencies like the NTCC and the Niagara County Legislature should best be involved with Niagara Homecoming.
Marge Gillies wanted everyone to know (and your humble correspondent forgot to mention) that the Historical Tours group is going to put on a walking tour during Homecoming. Actors and re enactors are needed. Please send an email to niagararises@yahoo.com if you are interested.
I had a great pre meeting chat with Chris from www.stenztv.com
Chris brings much to the table and has a wonderful site and we are going to figure out the best way to partner up our site with his.
Colleen talked to the group about nominating someone for Niagara Falls for the “Extreme Home Makeover” Show. There is a posting below this one with details. The nominating period closes this Friday, so let’s thing of who is most deserving and get them nominated.
The 50/50 split was won by Chris from StenzTV and he graciously donated his share back to Niagara Rises (I told you he was good people).
The next happy hour is on March 5th from 5-7 PM at the Como. Please RSVP back to this address and tell us how many will be in your party. We had 85 at the last one, can we get 150 to this one? Yes, we can. Spread the word and bring a new friend.
Niagara Falls is on the rise people – can you feel it?
Cheers,
Frank
We also handed out postcards for each of the attendants to mail out to invite someone to the homecoming. We want everyone to remember that we are closing in on 4 months to the start of Homecoming. We would like everyone to start reaching out to their friends, family, old neighbors etc…
Recieved a Email with this link.
It looks real nice. Hope everyone that thinks this is a good idea will forward to at least 5-10 friends to check out.
Niagara Falls, Niagara Rises…right on…
RU
BoomDays at LaSalle Yacht Club -
exhibits, reenactors, fireworks, music, fun evening. Sat, April 18th, 6PM – 11 PM.
How do I go about getting this event posted? We would love for you to consider using the event for a meet up. Ken Sherman, LaSalle PRIDE, 523-3980.