August 18th, 2022
Call To Order - 4:35PM
Today we were graciously hosted by the State Tower building. If anyone else would like to host our monthly meeting, please reach out to us.
Members - We had 6 participants in today’s meeting representing businesses, residents, and community leaders.
Beautification (Chair: Betsy Elkins)
Cleanup Clan
We are hoping to set up a monthly Saturday Cleanup to maintain the beauty of the square.
We have been having parks going through and cleaning up the square before and after the Thursdays events.
Second Saturday of each month will be the cleanup. Sept 10th at 10:00am will be the first one.
Hanover Square Bike Rack
The Broken Chain bike rack has arrived at the DTC. We are hoping for a plaque.
Events
Hanover Thursdays: hanoverthursdays.com
GeniusNY teams arrived downtown for the next 4 months and are competing for a million dollar prize.
I-81 Design Charrette Aug 23-27th (check out the Downtown Committee for more details)
Salt City Blood Drive Aug 31st organized by Senator May
16th Annual Downtown Living Tour “Live Downtown For A Day” with free museum tours for the day. For tickets, visit Downtownsyracuse.com
Everson is having a new event “Everson Social” Tickets are on sale now.
Identity/Outreach
Invite your friends and neighbors to our next meeting.
Safety/Security
Luke and Heather met with SPD captain to address some of the issues lately and he said that they are attacking the issues we have been having downtown lately. He described managing the issues as a sort of “whack-a-mole” game but they are trying to be on top of the situation. They have emphasized that importance of reporting issues via 911 so that they can address the issues as they come up.
We have had some reports of noise in the evening and we need to have those reported via 911 as well.
New Business
Sidearm Sports has offered to host our next meeting inside the State Tower Building
Meeting Adjourned - 4:56PM