A LOOK BACK AT THIS YEAR'S SALE
I felt like things were kind of "meh". Not a lot of traffic, gloomy weather, and not the level of excitement I felt in 2012. At the last meeting (June 20th) everyone in attendance basically came to the same conclusion: there needs to be a paid advertisement in the Erie Times-News. All of the free notices, ads, and listings are still a big part of the picture, but that paid advertisement needs to happen to really put the sale on people's radar.
THE THING ABOUT SIGNS
I learned a very hard lesson about where to place signs. Apparently, if you place signs in the median on State Street they will be taken down. The same applies to East 38th St. near the V.A. My wife and I made 9 signs like this...
and six of them were taken down, and taken down within a matter of hours. So "campaign style" signs are not allowed in the medians, and apparently this rule is strictly and swiftly enforced. Wouldn't it be nice if all of the zoning and property violations in the neighborhood were this quickly dispatched?
We did decide at the last meeting that we need to have larger, crazier signs in the days leading up to the sale. Now that more people are involved in the association, I think it would be fun to have a pre-sale sign making party.
HAVE AN IDEA?
If you have a suggestion, idea, or improvement to help the neighborhood sale run more smoothly or attract more people please let us know. You can email me at academy.neighborhood.erie@gmail.com or attend one of our upcoming meetings, although as of today, July 7th, we don't have a meeting scheduled. We do have these two events:
Neighborhood Family Walk: Saturday, July 13th, 8 a.m. meet in front of Uptown's
Baker's Field Clean Up: Saturday, August 3rd, 8 a.m.
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