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IN THIS ISSUE: F EBRU ARY THE P RICE IS RIGHT DOWNTOWN FUNDRAISER 2 2013 NEW FACES ON BDL B OARD OF DIRECTORS... 2 V OLUNTEER S POTLIGHT: W AYNE HOLLINGSHEAD.

.. 5 Downtown update THE GENIUS OF TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS Excerpts from an article by Graeme Sharpe on UrbanIndy.

Many buildings were financed directly by business owners or residents, who would offset building costs with lease income from unused spaces.

LEVERAGE SMALL INVESTMENTS // The SHARE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS // The typical traditional urban building is between 20 to 40 feet wide, and between 60 to 200 feet deep.

A traditional building with masonry walls and wooden floors could not span further without significant cost increases, and tax policies often charged by street frontage instead of square footage.

1 IN THIS ISSUE: F EBRU ARY THE P RICE IS RIGHT DOWNTOWN FUNDRAISER NEW FACES ON BDL B OARD OF DIRECTORS... 2 V OLUNTEER S POTLIGHT: W AYNE HOLLINGSHEAD.. 3 E NTREPRENEUR O PPORTUNITY: L IBERTY T HEATER B UILDING!... 3 V ALENTINE S DAY SPECIALS DOWNTOWN... 4 S MALL B USINESS OPPORTUNITIES... 5 S TUDENT PROJECT... 5 Downtown update THE GENIUS OF TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS Excerpts from an article by Graeme Sharpe on UrbanIndy.com // Here is their basic recipe: sizes encouraged ordinary citizens to become developers. Many buildings were financed directly by business owners or residents, who would offset building costs with lease income from unused spaces. These self-developing streetscapes ensured that no single developer or architect controlled the evolution of the city. It would reflect a social, shared history instead. LEVERAGE SMALL INVESTMENTS // The SHARE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS // The typical traditional urban building is between 20 to 40 feet wide, and between 60 to 200 feet deep. This small width was a product of structural engineering limitations. A traditional building with masonry walls and wooden floors could not span further without significant cost increases, and tax policies often charged by street frontage instead of square footage. The result was small frontages and deep buildings. party wall style of building, where adjacent buildings used the same structural wall to support their floors, was a very important money saving technique in traditional buildings. From the dawn of human civilization we have been building cities by slowly adding onto the existing structures. However, new construction codes that strictly regulate fire safety have eliminated this technique, and for all intents and purposes party walls are no longer in common use. Every building is now an independent structure. Have you ever been to an old downtown and marveled at the historic buildings? Have you ever wondered how they could create such beautiful buildings on such small budgets, compared to the placeless architecture we are told is barely affordable today? The overall effect of a traditional streetscape is like walking through a wellcurated art exhibit, where people can admire the buildings or the products in the glass storefronts. The density of different buildings and stores satisfies the pedestrian s need for visual interest. It is a key part of what we call walkability. Perhaps even more importantly, the small When we lost party walls, we didn t just lose an inexpensive way to build. We lost an inexpensive way to live. A traditional building with party walls on either side will only have exposed facades on the back alley and the front elevation. There are two benefits: reduced heating costs and reduced facade costs. BUILD UP, NOT OUT // Traditional buildings, and traditional streetscapes by extension, never happened overnight. They evolved over time, as each small plot was filled in and then raised upwards. The neat thing about masonry walls is that they can support an incredible amount of weight if they are braced at each floor level, so adding a new floor on top was usually a simple process. This gave owners the ability to start small and incrementally expand their property as needed. CREATING A VITAL, INVITING DOWNTOWN LEWISTON WHICH WILL PROM OTE QUALITY BUSINESS, CULTURAL, AND COMMUNITY GROWTH

THANK YOU TO OUR MAJOR SPONSORS: CENTURY 21 PRICE RIGHT ALTERNATIVE NURSING SERVICES FEBRUARY 22 AND OUR DOORS OPEN SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN SPONSOR: 5:00 PM THE DIAMOND SHOP Beautiful Downtown Lewiston is

This entertaining event will feature your favorite classic game show contests, numerous opportunities to win incredible prizes (we can t tell you too much, as many of the games require the prizes to

Plus, by attending the event you will be supporting the efforts of Beautiful Downtown Lewiston to create a vital and inviting downtown district that supports quality business, cultural, and community

2 THANK YOU TO OUR MAJOR SPONSORS: CENTURY 21 PRICE RIGHT ALTERNATIVE NURSING SERVICES FEBRUARY 22 AND OUR DOORS OPEN SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN SPONSOR: 5:00 PM THE DIAMOND SHOP Beautiful Downtown Lewiston is very excited to host our first ever fundraiser event: The Price is Right Downtown! This entertaining event will feature your favorite classic game show contests, numerous opportunities to win incredible prizes (we can t tell you too much, as many of the games require the prizes to be kept secret until the actual event, but, as a teaser, our top two prizes are a tropical cruise and a very special package from the Diamond Shop!), and an delicious meal prepared by Seasons Bistro! Plus, by attending the event you will be supporting the efforts of Beautiful Downtown Lewiston to create a vital and inviting downtown district that supports quality business, cultural, and community growth! Please consider purchasing a ticket to this fun first-time event! TICKET PRICE: $60 each -or- special table rate of $420 (8 tickets for the price of 7) THREE WAYS TO PURCHASE: Visit Century 21 Price Right at 920 Main Street Contact a BDL Board Member (see below for list) Call Breanne at welcome TO OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS! We are very pleased to welcome Brandon ( Beeg ) Johnson and Mike Cannon to the Beautiful Downtown Lewiston Board of Directors! Both were elected to the board by unanimous vote to fill two vacant positions. Beeg works for Lewiston Parks & Rec as Recreation Coordinator. He has been volunteering with BDL s Promotions Committee for nearly two years. Mike is an architect at the downtown firm owned by Tim Lynch: My Architect. He has been an active member of BDL s Design Committee for more than two years. These two have some great things in common: They are both already very invested in BDL as Chairs of their respective committees, and they were both very excited to be nominated for positions on the BDL Board of Directors! Please join us in welcoming them to the team! BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN LEWISTON SUPPORTERS: Thank you for your contributions! Corporate Avista Corporation City of Lewiston Edwin Litteneker Inland Cellular Media Big Country 97.7/98.5 K Hits Blue Sky Mondays Digital Barn IdaVend Broadcasting John Roy & Associates KLEW TV KOZE AM/FM Lewiston Tribune Northwest Media Productions Pacific Empire Radio Values Coupons Key Bridal Path The Deluxe Deli & Ballroom The Diamond Shop Edward Jones/Scott Arnone H & R Block Headmasters School of Hair Design Idaho History Tours Idaho Impressions Land Title of Nez Perce Co. Main Street Grill Morgan s Alley My Architect Port of Lewiston Red Lion Hotel Lewiston Stonebraker McQuary Insurance Towne Square Valley Vision Angela VanTassel Wells Fargo Bank President John Roy John Roy & Associates Vice President Michelle Witthaus Northwest Media Secretary Vikky Ross Morgan s Alley Treasurer BOARD OF DIRECTORS Wayne Hollingshead Lewiston Tribune Clarice Mattoon Jazzy s in Towne Square Joe Strohmaier Land Title of Nez Perce Co. Scott Trotter Image! Design Center Kristin Gibson Kristin Gibson Real Estate Mike Cannon My Architect Brandon Beeg Johnson Lewiston Parks & Rec Brad Cannon Cannon s BMC Ex-Officio Kristin Kemak Lewis Clark Valley Chamber Ex-Officio Business Advantage Advertising ArtBeat, Inc. B & I Computers Blue Lantern Coffee House Bott & Associates Cannon s Building Materials Center Castellaw Kom Architects Century 21 Price Right Coldwell Banker Tomlinson Assoc. CornerStone Interiors Covey s Bike & Board Creason, Moore, Dokken & Geidl D.A. Davidson Digital Barn Productions Follett s Mountain Sports

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: Wayne Hollingshead The Beautiful Downtown Lewiston Board of Directors are tasked with responsibility for the organization s vision, administration, and finances.

He is a strong leader with great vision for our downtown district and the knowledge and determination to make things happen. Wayne planting along Main Street during Refresh the Valley, 2012.

Though he is now retired, he has agreed to stay on the BDL Board of Directors and the Design Committee, a group a chaired in from 2010-2012.

3 VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: Wayne Hollingshead The Beautiful Downtown Lewiston Board of Directors are tasked with responsibility for the organization s vision, administration, and finances. Wayne Hollingshead has been an essential part of the BDL Board over the last several years. He is a strong leader with great vision for our downtown district and the knowledge and determination to make things happen. Wayne planting along Main Street during Refresh the Valley, Wayne retired at the end of December 2012 from his career at the Lewiston Tribune where he was General Manager. Though he is now retired, he has agreed to stay on the BDL Board of Directors and the Design Committee, a group a chaired in from He has also served on the Streetscape Design Initiative committee (which helped select the various public art elements installed on First and Fifth Streets) and is a regular at downtown service events such as Refresh the Valley and Decorate Downtown. Downtown Lewiston is important to our community and the valley a as a whole, says Wayne. Being part of the positive changes that are taking place is exciting. BDL is a great example of a public/private partnership as we work with the city, the college, the library and local businesses to make downtown Lewiston a more vibrant and inviting place to live, work and recreate. Please join Beautiful Downtown Lewiston in thanking Wayne for his years of service to our community, and for his continued dedication tomaking downtown Lewiston a thriving hub for business, community, and culture. BECOME A VOLUNTEER! Beautiful Downtown Lewiston has a number of exciting and rewarding volunteer opportunities available! Contact Breanne at if you are interested in learning how you can help create a vital and vibrant downtown! The BDL Volunteer Program is generously sponsored by: IdaVend Broadcasting Image! Design Center Interiors, Etc! Intermountain Claims Jazzy s in Towne Square Joe Hall Ford John Roy & Associates Jurgens & Co., P.A. Kause Success Management K & G Construction KOZE AM/FM Keeton & Tait Kristin Gibson Largent s Lewiston Tribune Lewis Clark Recyclers, Inc. Linda Joyner-Jones Martin Insurance Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, Matt s Grill consectetuer adipiscing elit, Northwest Media Productions Northwestern sed diam Mutual nonummy Financial nibh euismod Pacific Empire tincidunt Radio ut laoreet Pacific dolore Steel erat magna & Recycling aliquam erat Pals volutpatut Sports wisi Bar enim ad minim Printcraft veniam, Printing quis nostrud Pure exerci Magic tation Media lorem Creations wisi Ridinger s ullamcorper. Photography Et iusto odio te ignissim Ronda qui Realtor duis dolore te St. Joseph feugait Regional nulla Medical facilisi. Center orem Seasons ipsum dolor Bistro sit amet. Seasons & More Shinn Reimers Simple Eats Catering The Stained Glass Co. Sylvan Furniture Tri-State Outfitters Tom Woods Insurance TTJS' Inc. Boomers, CandyStore, Boomtown Twin River National Bank US Bank Wells Fargo Bank Zion s Bank Non-Profit Community Action Partnership Granite Lake Church Hope Chapel LCSC Center for Arts & History LC Valley Chamber of Commerce Lewiston Historic Preservation UI Extension/Nez Perce Co. YWCA INTERESTED IN JOINING? Contact Breanne Durham at to learn how joining Beautiful Downtown Lewiston will benefit your business and your community!

Richard & Jeanette Morgan Jill Thomas-Jorgenson Kathee Tifft Robanna & Henrik Brosten Colleen

4 Friends of Downtown Steve Forge Dan & Cindi Mader Steve Watson Dennis Ohrtman Herb Boreson Bill Johnson Mitch Silvers Judy Higueria Linda Joyner-Jones Jan Durham Charlette & Richard Kremer Richard & Jeanette Morgan Jill Thomas-Jorgenson Kathee Tifft Robanna & Henrik Brosten Colleen Mahoney John & Melva Mock Thank you to the individuals who contribute through the Friends of Downtown program!

FREE ENERGY EVALUATIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES The Idaho Small Business Development Center in conjunction with the University of Idaho Sustainability Center are offering cost free energy evaluations

The program employs student interns through the University of Idaho and provides them with credit toward their degrees. Two student interns preform each evaluation which take between 1-2 hours.

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER The Idaho Small Business Development Center at LCSC offers classes, in various subjects, for entrepreneurs and other business professionals.

5 FREE ENERGY EVALUATIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES The Idaho Small Business Development Center in conjunction with the University of Idaho Sustainability Center are offering cost free energy evaluations for small businesses in the Lewiston area. The evaluation is designed to give you an understanding of your energy usage relative to businesses of similar industry and size in the northwest. The program employs student interns through the University of Idaho and provides them with credit toward their degrees. Two student interns preform each evaluation which take between 1-2 hours. For more information please contact Spencer Batt, intern coordinator and graduate R.A. at the University of Idaho: SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER The Idaho Small Business Development Center at LCSC offers classes, in various subjects, for entrepreneurs and other business professionals. Because of a partnership between ISBDC and BDL, members can attend one of these classes each year FOR FREE! Simply Breanne at breanne@beautifuldowntownlewiston.org to register. You can also sign up for ISBDC classes by contacting their office at , but to ensure you are given the BDL Member free registration we suggest you contact the BDL office first. Some of ISBDC s upcoming classes (find the complete list at Financial Projections and Cash Flow Wednesday, February 13, :30-8:00 PM The Business Plan: A Strategy for Success Tuesday, March 12, :30-8:00 PM Key Financial Reports & Accounting Basics Tuesday, March 26, :30-8:00 PM STUDENTS PLAN FOR HISTORIC CAMPUS In a partnership between private property owner (Mark Armstrong, who owns Lewis Clark Recyclers, Inc. and parcels of land on the same block as the Nez Perce County Historical Museum in downtown Lewiston), and the University of Idaho, over a dozen upper-level Landscape Architecture students, under the direction of Professor Elizabeth Graff, will work on a semester-long project focused on downtown Lewiston. Refresh, Rethink, Renew, Refurbish will focus on land just west of Lewis Clark Recyclers, between C Street and Beachy Street. This area is being referred to as the Luna House Museum Campus. The students began their project with a tour by Mark Armstrong (photo right) in mid-january, and a week later held a community conversation workshop in Lewiston to garner ideas, historical stories, and vision from the public. Throughout the semester the students will work in pairs to create a plan for the currently unused spaces of the property. Their plan will be presented to the owner and community in April. VALLEY DESTINATION 2040 SURVEY Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) are entities designated by federal law with the lead responsibility for developing the area's transportation plans and coordinating the transportation planning process. The Lewis-Clark Valley MPO Long Range Transportation Plan ( Valley Destination 2040 ) is the federally required long-range (20+year) strategy and capital improvement program developed to guide the effective investment of public funds in multi modal transportation facilities for the metropolitan planning organization area. Visit the website to learn more and to fill out a quick survey regarding priorities for travel improvements: MIND CAPTURE CUSTOMER SERVICE SEMINAR From the Lewis Clark Valley Chamber of Commerce: In this dynamic, engaging, and timely session with bestselling author Tony Rubleski you will discover: The Key Characteristics of today s customer that you must know 5 simple, yet highly effective, ways to improve your own customer service Good and bad customer service examples and the powerful lessons they leave Proven and effective ways to stay in touch with your best clients Why it takes years to earn trust and business and only seconds to lose it The #1 sin you must avoid in your marketing that directly impacts the customer experience Tuesday, February 12th 10:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Feb. 12th The Orchid Room, 301 Main Street, Lewiston Cost: $25 per person (includes lunch), $35 per person for non-members (Chamber) Register online at

COMMITTEE COMMENTS Organization is pursuing a change in non-profit status from a 501 (c)6 to a 501(c)3, which will allow BDL members and sponsors to list their generous contributions as

6 COMMITTEE COMMENTS Organization is pursuing a change in non-profit status from a 501 (c)6 to a 501(c)3, which will allow BDL members and sponsors to list their generous contributions as tax-deductible. The committee is also planning BDL s first fundraiser event for Feb Thank you to Carolyn Radakovich for taking on the role of Committee Chair for Economic Restructuring is pursuing follow-up information and visits with property owners in the downtown corridor. Regional businesses have been visited and given information about opportunities in downtown Lewiston; follow-up contacts are now being made. Design is working on various projects, including sprucing up the informational kiosk at the Historic District Parking Lot on D Street and designing and securing funds for welcoming banners to be hung from the new light poles on Fifth Street. Thank you to Mike Cannon for taking on the role of Committee Chair for Promotions has recently conducted a survey to downtown businesses regarding special event impact and impressions. Using that information, and recommendations from staff and board of directors, the committee has made some exciting decisions about the 2013 Calendar of Events. Thank you to Brandon Johnson for taking on the role of Committee Chair for February 2013 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 Organization Mtg. (1:00 AM) BDL Board Mtg. (2:00 PM) Organization Mtg. (12:00 AM) Promotions Mtg. (8:00 AM) 13 Economic Restructuring Mtg. (4:00 PM) 14 VALENTINE S DAY Design Mtg. (8:00 AM) 15 Organization Mtg. (12:00 AM) PRESIDENTS DAY The Price is Right Downtown fundraiser CONTACT BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN LEWISTON breanne@beautifuldowntownlewiston.org Call: Mail: PO Box 617 Lewiston, ID Web:

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