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Sr FE THE CITY OF NASHUA "The Gate City”
Economic Development Division
To: Mayor Donchess ~ Alderman Cookson, V. Chair of Finance Committee
From: Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development Division
Ce: Mary Lou Blaisdell, Chair of Downtown Improvement Committee
Date: August 4" 2017
Re: Downtown Nashua Holiday Lights/Decorations Expenditure
Request
This memo is to notify you and seek approval of a request to spend special revenue from the surplus
parking revenue account to fund holiday lights and decorations on Main Street in the amount of $10,000.
Background
The Downtown Improvement Committee (“DIC”) voted unanimously to recommend this allocation to the
Mayor and is well within their budget and the special revenue account can accommodate this request.
This request comes at the recommendation of the Downtown Improvement Committee via their regular
meeting from July 14" 2017 meeting. This recommendation from the Downtown Improvement
Committee comes from a funding request by the Holiday Lighting Committee. Communications from the
Holiday Lighting Committee are attached. In summary, the Holiday Lighting Committee would like to
purchase additional garland to fill out the street light poles along Main Street as well as purchase five to
seven lighting decorations which would be hung across Main Street approximately in the mid-block of
each city block between City Hall and Railroad Square.
Attachments: —_ 1) Letter from Mary Lou Blaisdell (DIC) to Director Cummings with recommendation for funding.
2) image of the Holiday Garland and a typical cross street holiday lights
