A Quick Proposal: Merry Main Street Makes The Rounds in City Council > on video too

 

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First there was a study session at 7:30 a.m. then there was  the press release just four hours later [that's fast times for action, Huh?]
News: Merry Mesa is returning to downtown
Post Date:10/01/2015 11:26 AM
. . . and 56 days ahead of time to propose this event
Here are some excerpts, but first take a good look at the logo for this event - is the New Urban Downtown Mesa symbolized by  a street lamp pole? [or was that just a rush-job by the graphics department?]

 

City Council has given direction  to bring back Merry Main Street, which was once the largest holiday celebration in the east valley attracting more than 35,000 people to downtown Mesa. . . . . . The original Merry Main Street began in 1998 as a winter holiday festival. In 2005, the City was forced to end the annual event due to budget challenges and businesses unable to bear the financial burden . . .

“. . . I’m excited we are bringing Merry Main Street back to downtown Mesa,” Mayor John Giles said. “This is the one event I hear our residents reminisce about each holiday season. With nearly half a million people seeing the Temple Lights and the addition of light rail on Main Street, the time is right to bring them all together to celebrate.”

• . . .  The new Merry Main Street is scheduled to be held Nov. 27 through Jan. 3 and the winter holiday festival promises to be bigger and better than ever. Among the proposed activities are an ice skating rink, community performances at the Mesa Arts Center, a downtown Main Street market place, food truck forest and a holiday tree lighting.

The City of Mesa; Mesa Arts Center; Mesa Parks, Recreation and Commercial Facilities and Downtown Mesa Association are partnering to plan Merry Main Street.
There are numerous sponsorship opportunities for businesses and other interested parties to participate in Merry Main Street. For more information, contact Mesa Public Information and Communications Director Steve Wright at (480) 644-2069 or steven.wright@mesaaz.gov.
Public Information and Communications
Contact: Steve Wright
Tel. 480-644-2069
steven.wright@mesaaz.gov

See the Channel 11 video on demand of the City Council Study Session >> mesa11.com/vod/?Show=1329&Mode2=Video

You'll see Steve Wright, who's mostly behind-the-scenes but on top of getting the news out in the City of Mesa Newsroom, present the proposal - your MesaZona blogger was there: it was a proposal not a done deal, with some details that  are sketchy - and no budget at all + no cost-benefit analysis.

Projected Revenue =  $175,000 for 37 days
Costs = Not Specified

Does anyone at all want to call this TRANSPARENCY  & ACCOUNTABILITY???????????

...and not a real Holiday Tree either! Mesa may be "A Green City" on paper, but . . .