OUR 2008 BOARD AND COMMITTEES

Board Chair Rod Lindquist ETC Enterprises/Grandstay 24707 County Rd 75 St. Augusta, MN 56301 (320) 202-7744 RodneyL@etcenterpriseinc.com	Board Vice Chair Nicholas Delaney Rinke Noonan PO Box 1497 St. Cloud, MN 56302 (320) 251-6700 ndelaney@rnoon.com	Board Secretary Tony Goddard Paramount Arts Resource Trust 913 W. St. Germain St. St. Cloud, MN 56301 (320) 257-3106 tgoddard@paramountarts.org

Board Treasurer & Finance Chair Paul Thompson Bremer Bank PO Box 847 St. Cloud, MN 56302 (320) 255-7129 pethompson@bremer.com	Economic Development Chair Stan Weinberger Gray Plant Mooty 1010 W. St. Germain St. St. Cloud, MN 56301 (320) 202-5334 stanley.weinberger@gpmlaw.com	Marketing & Events Chair Lori Popp ING Direct 600 W St Germain St St. Cloud, MN 56301 (320) 229-4134 lpopp@ingdirect.com

Membership Chair Penny White Retired/Resident 2539 Colony Circle St. Cloud, MN 56303 (320) 253-3853 penwhite@charter.net	Parking & Transportation Chair Laurie Summerland Herberger's 600 W. St. Germain St. Cloud, MN 56301 (320) 654-2268 laurie.summerland@bonton.com	Dan Borgert McDonald Property Management BK Foley Development Corp. 816 W. St. Germain St. St. Cloud, MN 56301 (320) 251-1925 mpm@cloudnet.com

Susan Dean Newcomers Service 21983 Agate Beach Rd St. Cloud, MN 56303 (320) 983-2872 susan@newcomerservice.net	Tom Jovanovich Rajkowski Hansmeier 11 N 7th Ave St. Cloud, MN 56303 (320) 251-1055 tjovanovich@rajhan.com	Joseph Mullen MidCountry Bank 1113 W St Germain St. St. Cloud, MN 56301 (320) 229-5253 Joseph.Mullen@MidCountryBank.com

Chad Olson Prime Mortgage 1311 2nd St. N Suite 103 Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 (320) 226-4849 chad@prime-mortgage.com	Lou Suski INH Properties 300 East St. Germain St. St. Cloud, MN 56304 (320) 258-5256 lou@inhproperties.com	Chriss Wohlleber Radisson Hotel/Suites 404 W. St. Germain St. St. Cloud, MN 56301 (320) 654-1661 cghotels@aol.com

Ex-Officio Member Mayor Dave Kleis City of St. Cloud 400 S 2^nd St St. Cloud, MN 56301 (320) 255-7201 dave.kleis@ci.stcloud.mn.us	Ex-Oficio Member Julie Lunning Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) 525 Hwy 10 S Suite 1 St. Cloud, MN 56304 (320) 202-6711 julie@granitecountry.com	Ex-Officio Member Steve Ludwig SCSU VP Administrative Affairs 720 4th Ave S St. Cloud, MN 56301 (320) 308-2286 sludwig@stcloudstate.edu

Ex-Officio Member Bruce Thielman St. Cloud HRA 1225 W. St. Germain St. Cloud, MN 56301 (320) 202-3151 bthielman@stcloudhra.com

Downtown Council Staff:

Pegg A.K. Gustafson
Executive Director
pegg@stclouddowntown.com

Erica Knudson
Office Assistant
erica@stclouddowntown.com

OUR COMMITTEES:
Economic Development Committee - Meetings held the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:45 am at the DTC office.

Catalyst to affect change and to take action as it relates to DTC economic development issues;
Responsible for implementation of the vision, actively involved and will participate in retention and recruitment of businesses;
Helps to set guidelines for storefronts and general aesthetics of Downtown;
And, helps to set policies by making recommendations to the Board.

Loan Program - Meetings as needed.

Responsible for reviewing loan applications;
Works with staff to promote the loan program to financial institutions and property owners;
Works with staff to maintain and expand upon funding programs;
And, helps to set policies by making recommendations to the Board.

Finance Committee -

Responsible for establishing guidelines regarding the budget;
Responsible for monitoring the budget on a monthly basis;
And, helps to set policies by making recommendations to the Board.

Membership & Promotions Committee - Meetings held monthly at 11:30 am, (various restaurants).

Responsible for membership recruitment and retention;
Works with staff to develop membership marketing and promotional materials;
Works to gather information about member concerns and ideas as they pertain to membership;
Works with staff to maintain and expand membership benefits;
And, helps to set policies by making recommendations to the Board.
Works with staff in planning out the DTC annual promotions calendar of events;
Formulates new ideas for seasonal and/or annual promotions;
Establishes alliances with DTC members for the purpose of creating partnerships;
Works with staff in developing an annual marketing campaign;
And, helps to set policies by making recommendations to the Board

Parking & Transportation Committee - Meetings generally held on a monthly basis at City Hall.

Key contact with City of St. Cloud staff regarding parking and transportation issues;
Works with staff to gather information about member concerns, ideas as they pertain to parking in order to enable the DTC to initiate or react to those issues;
Works to understand parking and transportation issues
And, helps to set policies by making recommendations to the Board.