[Winona Online Democracy]
I agree banners along the highway in an eye pleasing manner is a good idea.
(like Red Wing does, although they have the highway going right through
town).
Many tourists driving along the highway have no idea of the beauty of our
downtown and riverfront area.
Linda Fort
[Winona Online Democracy]
I need to agree with Paul on this one. All small businesses struggle
otherwise
they wouldn't be small businesses. Most of the shops in downtown are barely
getting by. If you watch the paper, there is not much advertising from these
businesses, because advertising is so expensive it can quickly take a small
business down. If you use the argument that the Farmers Market is doing
downtown a favor by being there, then the same would be true for any
business
that is there.
I personally do not agree with the City giving money to any business profit
or
non-profit for advertising or otherwise. The City should not the business of
financially supporting hand picked business such as the Farmer's Market as
suggested, or Shakespeare. Shakespeare is a business any way you look at it.
It
just happens to be under the auspices of non-profit. We have many other
needy
non-profit businesses in this town that could benefit from having 50-100
thousand dollars a year thrown their way.
I do agree with the City spending money toward bettering the majority of the
City. For example instead of having banners saying visit the farmers market
it
has a banner saying visit our Historical Downtown Winona. Instead of giving
money to Shakespeare every year what about having the money go toward
advertising All events in Winona All year around. It would be better use
than
seeing hundreds of thousands of dollars fly out of this City by way of
Shakespeare. The claim is Shakespeare is a tourist attraction. So are the
Art
Festival, other plays including the St. Mary's Professional Series and other
events that go on in this town. The difference with most of these is the
money
stays in town. For Shakespeare how many meals at restaurants need to be
sold,
hotel rooms occupied, and items bought by tourists to put $600,000 a year
back
into this town? Not the best investment in my view. The City should not be
in
the business of supporting other businesses, profit or non-profit. Can you
imagine if Churches and other charities came to the City and asked for
money?
Every other non-profit and for profit business need to fend for themselves.
I
don't think we should get into the practice of asking the City to support
them
or Paul is right taxes will be so high no one will be able to live in
Winona.
Janice Turek
Quoting Scott Lowery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
[Winona Online Democracy]
Just a quick reply to Paul's free market critique of my modest
suggestion on behalf of the Winona Farmer's Market. Maybe I could
agree with his approach if the economic situation for food producers
was anything like the level playing field conjured up by Paul's
philosophy. First, we'd have to eliminate all the hidden subsidies
which support the agricultural-industrial complex with our tax
dollars. Let's see, how about the Corps of Engineers, the Interstate
Highway system, the vast labyrinth of agricultural subsidies that
keep agric-biz produce prices artificially low for happy big box
shoppers. How about all the public costs of monitoring and sometimes
cleaning up after potentially toxic "modern" agricultural practices?
Gee, the cost to the City of a few signs or newspaper ads in support
of local, sustainable growers doesn't look too bad, does it?
Scott Lowery
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:23:17 -0500
From: "Paul Double" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FW: [Winona] Re: Planning
To: "Online Democracy" <[email protected]>
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The ink isn't even on a plan yet and the line and ideas are starting to
raise my taxes. How about they raise their prices to afford to pay for
their own advertising, provide their own gas money plus charge enough to
make a profit for their time and energy?
Paul Double
Behalf Of Scott Lowery
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:00 PM
"I'd like to see the City provide some free advertising, at
least some sort of banners or signs which would direct the casual
weekend traveller toward the market. These businesses are all quite
small and probably unable among themselves to generate enough profit
to fuel a major advertising campaign... and my point is that they're
doing Downtown a favor by being there."
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