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City staff to assume First Fridays programming as Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association moves toward mothballing
Summary
Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association leaders told council they intend to transfer First Fridays operations to the city after years of volunteer management. Staff said they can absorb planning and marketing work and recommended 'mothballing' the nonprofit while keeping its assets for event execution.
Representatives of the Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association (DBMA) told the City Council on March 11 that the volunteer-run group is preparing to transfer day-to-day operations of First Fridays to city staff because of volunteer capacity limits.
Jill O’Brien, who has overseen downtown business activity since 2013, described First Fridays’ evolution from small street events into more robust,…
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