October 2022 Board Meeting:

EDHC BOARD MEETING 2022, SEPT 29TH 

Gisele Littrell: President called meeting to order at 6:25pm

Stephani Klassen: VP seconded

Dominic Antonio: Voted into Treasurer via SK & GL


  1. Financials: 

    • EDHC CHECKING: $7390.17

      1. Monthly/Yearly expenses:

        1. Erie Insurance: 25/mo

        2. Quickbooks: 26.50/mo

        3. Square Space Website: 228.96/year

          1. Square space domain name:  21.20/year

        4. Visit Erie: 300/yearly

        5. Accountant’s Fee: 350/yearly taxes

      2. Fees taken out: 

        1. 394.30 IHC tax fine

        2. 820.60 IHC tax fine

    • FLEA CHECKING: $3228.20

      1. Donations May-August; September flea was canceled due to rain

        1. 862.00, 560.00, 462.00, 2000.00, 517

      2. Expenses Paid:

        1. Street closures: $1250

        2. Porto-Johns: $635

    • SAVINGS/GRANT/SCHOLARSHIPS: $0-

      1. $1500 motioned to move from checking to scholarship fund on 10.3.22

  2. Gisele Littrell will be attending the non-profit coordinator event . Won free tickets for two day event, 10.24-10.25.22

  3. FLEA REGISTRATION 2023 SEASON: non-refundable, no credit, no rescheduling for canceling or unattended

    • Early-early October 16th-26th: $50/flea; only given options to past attendees

    • Early Bird: March 2023 $75/flea; $325 for purchase of bundle of all 5

    • After March 2023: $125/flea; no discount for bundling

  4. BUDGET 2023:

    • $750: PORTO-JOHNS

    • $1250: ROAD CLOSING

    • $1000-$1500: SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING, ERIE READER ONLINE, WSCE

    • $250-500: BANNERS, SIGNAGE WITH SPONSORS 








  1. LIGHTING PROJECT UPDATED:

    • Dominic Antonio Project Coordinator

    • Lights are in!  

    • William Regal: General Electrician

    • Scope of work will begin in October: he will go to all businesses to assess and start installation of lights

    • 9 Businesses have Signed Up:

      1. Europa

      2. Tipsy Bean Cafe

      3. Dapper Don’s

      4. Hoffman United

        1. 2 vacant business spaces as well

      5. Erie Rippers

      6. Give A Crepe La CrepErie

      7. Learning Ladder

    • Grasshoppers, Chicory Hill, Vacant Pointe Foure and Gyspy Jewelry, Federal Hill Smokehouse, Ink Assassins, LeadHead Screenprinting  have not signed up yet

  2. MURAL UPDATE:

    • Week of October 1st to be completed by October 31st.

    • Hoffman United Building started on October 1st at 9 am

  3. UPDATES:

    • Accepted into the ECGRA Censustrack 19 Neighborhood Revitalization grant funding

      1. Six year plan: more updates in January ‘23

  4. VOLUNTEERS:

    • Summer student internships for social media/marketing: 5-10 hours per week

      1. Looking into SSJN for funding via grants


Meeting adjourned at 7:52pm. GL motioned, SK seconded.


Board Nominations Open!

Here at The Erie Hill District Collaborative work to better our community large and small! Living and Working on “The Hill” gives that strength of community; becoming a board member and a general member of this wonderful Non-Profit means your voice will be heard in on The Hill as well as Erie City! Contact us to see how you can become involved!

Next Meeting:

April 8th at 5 pm at Tipsy Bean Cafe!

Final Quarter 2019 News Letter

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.