Guadalupe Street Association
MEETING NOTES
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
9:30 - 10 AM
City of Santa Fe ~ 500 Market Station ~ Round House Conference Room
In Attendance:
Suzy Santaella - New Mexico School for the Arts
Natasha - Natasha Santa Fe
Amy McKenzie - Jean Cocteau Cinema
Linda Doria - The Beat upscale Resale
Kate Kruger - Cupcake Clothing
Lance Blankenship - On Your Feet
Maja Martin - Paloma Restaurant
Albert Zalma - Zalma Lofton Gallery
Paul Brockwell - Legend Nano Gallery
Jennifer Nevarez - Community Learning Network
Christian Nardi - Bee Hive Books
Joan Gillcrest - Andiamo
Matt Brown - City of Santa Fe
Fabian Trujillo - City of Santa Fe
Founding Concern:
Business has dropped exponentially in the last two years
Boundaries:
Guadalupe Street South
Guadalupe Street North
Railyard
Option: Paseo to Paseo
What does Guadalupe Street offer:
Recreation
Food
Art and Design
Entertainment
Historic
Shopping
Concerns:
Name and Branding
Signage
Lighting
Safety
Transiency
Traffic
Pedestrian
Cleaning Up
Painting Curb
Street Sweeping
Main Street Program
Full-Clean Up
Upkeep
Promotion
Drive traffic
Free Parking?
Vacancy Tax
Visual and historic standards - fire hazards, etc.
Questions: What are our questions
How do we grow business?
How do we pull more locals? visitors?
What are our assets and anchors?
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Concerns:
Name and Branding
Signage
Lighting
Safety
Transiency
Traffic
Pedestrian
Cleaning Up
Painting Curb
Street Sweeping
Main Street Program
Full-Clean Up
Upkeep
Promotion
Drive traffic
Free Parking?
Vacancy Tax
Visual and historic standards - fire hazards, etc.
Names:
Temporary Name - Guadalupe Street Association
Name for District: Ideas
Guadalupe Street District
Guadalupe Street
Guadalupe Arts District
Guadalupe Art District
Guadalupe District - Art, Fashion, Restaurants
Guadalupe Railyard District
Guadalupe Business Corridor
Guadalupe Historic District
Historic Railyard District
Guadalupe Art and Design District
Guadalupe Street Business District
East Railyard District
TTD:
Chose Temporary Name for Group=
Guadalupe Street Association
Choose leadership
Invite representatives from the El Dorado and Hilton and Hotel Santa Fe and Guadalupe Inn
Connect with Railyard and North Guadalupe
Matt wants us tp play a problem-solving game
Survey Business Owners, Customers, Community
Prioritize Needs
Create Action Plan
Schedule next meetings: Have meetings at other times of day? Same day and time?
Check out each other’s businesses
Have a social gathering too
Linda will walk Sandoval to get business names and emails
Paul will walk Guadalupe to get business names and emails
Jennifer will post notes and updates online at www.guadalupestreetassociation.com
and teach anyone else to help manage website content.