Minutes of Menno Area
Development Meeting
The
Menno Area Development Corporation held its regular meeting at the Open Door
Café on January 17 with the following in attendance: Peg Thranum, Darlene
Mehlhaf, Nancy Larsen, Lee Friesen, Wilma Liebl, Glenn Kirschenman, Gary
Herman, Teresa Anderson, Morna Anderson, David Bender, Brent Haberman, Dale
Weiss, Shannon Herrboldt, Mike Hauck, Donna Zeeb, Ken Stepanek, Marsha
Schelske, Mark Anderson, Calvin Hagge, Alice Hagge, and Brenda Edelman.
President Dale Weiss called the meeting to
order at
Marsha
Schelske moved to approve the agenda as presented; Wilma Liebl seconded, all
present in favor.
David
Bender made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 20 meeting and the
January finance report. Gary Herman seconded, all present in favor.
Nancy
Larsen gave the SEFP report. Since
Committee
Reports: Plans
are to tear the existing motel building down this spring and put up a fence as
per our purchase agreement. The Power Show has expressed interest in part of
the building, to be moved out to Pioneer Acres.
Lee
Friesen presented some ideas about the grocery store. The ideal solution would
be for someone to buy it. He talked about possibly running it as a cooperative.
More research and information need to be gathered and if this was a real
possibility, public informational meetings would need to be held. The grocery
warehouse would establish the selling price for the store. He stated a new
store with fixtures would cost $700,000.
Dave
Bender is working on ideas for an ad campaign to encourage shopping in Menno
that would feature a monthly drawing.
Teresa
Anderson made a motion to pay all the taxes on the motel, $186.78.
Brenda Edelman seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Our
next meeting will be February 21 at the Open Door Café at
Dave
Bender made a motion to adjourn at
Respectfully submitted,
Peggy Thranum, Secretary