March 1, 2021 FNA Board Meeting

Start 7:00pm

David: 

• Official board business
  • Membership has requested a sabbatical and need to decide whether we need to find someone to replace or appoint someone
  • Suggested that since we have about 4 months we should find someone to take over
  • Try to find someone who has been in the position to fill in for the time being
  • Storage went up $600 from last year

• Hemphill Corridor Taskforce
  • Nothing is going to the city for rezoning no sooner than June
  • There have been online meetings and because of the feedback they are taking all of it into consideration before going back to the city

• Other online options for General meetings
  • Going to try Zoom and Facebook at the same time and enable focused views
  • We are going to see if that helps with accessibility

• Next meeting will have 2 more candidates
  • Need to make sure that we seem impartial when they are presenting
  • FNA is non-partisan

• Communications
  • Need help with the Spring Digital newsletter
  • Looking for content
  • Pitch to the candidates to buy ad space in the newsletter

• Historic Preservation
  • Need to get updated pictures of the houses on the blocks
  • Applying for a Grant awarded to organizations like ours
  • A few houses have been reported for violations to the building standards in the neighborhood
  • New investors had a positive experience renovating a duplex and keeping the historical details on the inside of the home
  • New group who specializes in performing in time period events and are in contact to possibly show up to home tour

• Home Tour
  • Needs all of our help when available
  • Thursday meeting for the Home Tour committee
  • Going to have pods of houses in different blocks in the neighborhood and will have certain homeowners talking about the history of their homes
  • Others will be giving garden tours of their homes
  • If the COVID vaccination goes well, we have the ability to sell a higher cost ticket to have a limited viewing inside the home
  • Southside Preservation Hall is willing to give tours of the gardens and the inside if the health crisis allows for it

Ending: 8:06