Shops on the Hill Quarterly

Upcoming Events

● Oct 27th: Hallow’d Hill Flea 11-4

● Oct 24th: Soft Open of Bastion Studios

● Shop Small Weekend November 29-31

○ Fri, Nov 29th: ShopSmall Give Big Donation Drive Begins 7-9 @ participating businesses

○ Sat, Nov 30th: Shop Small Saturday

○ Sun, Nov 31st: Showcasing holiday cheer with business decorations

● Dec 6th: Gallery Night 5-10

● Dec 14th: Holiday on the Hill

Meeting Discussion

1. Membership Dues and Benefits:

○ VisitErie

○ Part of Fleas, advertising, any grant monies given

2. Shop Small Give Big Winter Donation Drive

○ Visit local businesses to give back to the community.

○ This year’s recipient: Erie City Mission

○ Every business has a donation box for non perishables &/or winter wear

3. Gisele Littrelle, President

○ Discussing how to become a 501c3 for Non-profit

○ Plans in the works

○ Looking at internships for any business a part of membership to help grow with low costs

4. Discussing with SSJN to see if our mission statement can become easily accessible

5. Feedback from members on how to increase attendance, as well as when the next meeting is. Looking at quarterly meeting to regroup and progress.

Our Website

Being a member, lets you have a spot on a simple website meant to drive customers to all business on The Hill. The website will be live by Nov 1st, and Stephani is looking for you all to please send a quick bio of business/owners to bring to light, or just business website to drive people to you.