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Board urged to recruit downtown business reps and improve volunteer tracking after accreditation review
Summary
State reviewers noted a lack of downtown business representation and weak volunteer‑hours documentation; staff asked board members to visit businesses and log contacts to shore up accreditation scores.
Staff told the board that Main Street America reviewers deducted points for limited downtown stakeholder representation and inconsistent volunteer‑hours reporting. Clancy said the advisory board currently has a vacancy and that recruiting at least one downtown business or property owner to fill that seat was an explicit recommendation from the state review.
To address documentation gaps, staff proposed a simple worksheet and asked board members to log business visits and follow up via email so the contacts count as volunteer hours in quarterly reports. "We want to be that 1st point of contact," Clancy said, urging members to make brief in‑person visits and forward notes to staff for tracking. The board agreed staff will provide a business spreadsheet and volunteer tracking template and that the EDC and committees can help identify potential candidates for appointment.
