First Quarter News Letter

Shops on the Hill Quarterly

Upcoming Events

  • Feb 20th: Hill Membership Meeting

  • Winter Dinner Series Hosted at Tipsy Bean Last Wednesday’s of Months Jan-April

  • Emergycare Gala:  April 24th

Meeting Discussion

  1. Meeting commence: 6:05

  2. In attendance:

  • Stephani Klassen – Give a Crepe

  • Christine Hoffman – Hoffman United

  • Gisele Littrell  - Tipsy Bean

  • Heather Casper – Sisters of St Joseph

  • Emily George  - Pointe Foure Vintage Boutique

  • Bill Kern – Bastion Studios 

  • Rob Ewing – EmergyCare

  1. ECGRA / SSJN Grant: ECGRA grant for lighting. First year of monies granted  is sitting in the SSJN bank ready to be used. All money requires a match to be used. The match could come out of the Hill funds.

  2. Light up the Hill meeting – Some sort of small open house event to get the Hill District members in to talk about this lighting and make sure everyone is on board.

  3. 1 on 1 meetings for those who need more details or didn’t attend the open house.

  4. Flea Markets / Events:

  • Over $2,000 raised collectively over all fleas in 2019

  • Erie Community Foundation grant to improve the flea markets.

  • Cover marketing, tents, and other things.

  • Scholarship applications for those who can not afford the booth fee; Income limit / diversity will be a deciding factor

  • Multicultural center sponsors

  • Super Early Bird Special for previous vendors.

  • Square/Venmo money processing; Online form to join the fleas through our website; pay online only. 

  • Fleas are the last Sunday in May, June, July, August, September

  1. Non-Profit status

  • By the end of the year? Waiting to meet with the legal folks

  1. Next Meeting:  February 17 7:00pm @Bastion Studios  * has been changed :  noted in “upcoming events”

  2. Meeting adjourned: 7:20

Our Website

Our website has been a definite boom to information being able to give to future members of the Hill.  From listing all our amazing businesses, to upcoming events for each and all locations; we have been able to inform the public and ourselves of what is happening on The Hill.

Please check out shopsonthehill.org to see how the ECGRA Grant awarded to the Historic Hill is being utilized this year and next!