DDBA Task Force Findings - More than 40 DDBA members attended the DDBA General Meeting this week at Steve's Place Pizza to hear a presentation of the findings of the DDBA Restructuring Task Force.The task force discussions, between representatives from retail, restaurant, service, professionals, and property owners, have focused on supporting a common vision for the future of downtown Davis.

The task force recommendations, including image goals for the downtown, downtown's role, and funding, including no longer requesting $66,000 from the City of Davis' Redevelopment Agency and a re-examination of BID fees for 2008, will be presented to the DDBA board of directors at their board meeting on Friday, February 16, 8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. in the lounge at the Hallmark Inn, 110 F Street. The board will be voting on these recommendations DDBA members and the public are welcome to this meeting.

 

You may download the Task Force recommendations/report at http://www.davisdowntown.com/taskforcerecommendations.

 

The DDBA Board of Directors values input from its membership and encourages comments regarding this report to Melissa Martinez, Assistant Executive Director, promo@davis.com. The comments will be forwarded to the DDBA Board of Directors for their February 16 board meeting, or you may comment in person at the board meeting on Friday, February 16, 8:30 a.m. in the lounge at the Hallmark Inn, 110 F Street, Downtown Davis.

Davis Welcome Service - The Davis Welcome Service is introducing a new Downtown Davis section in its Community Book and Restaurant Guide!  These resources are included in a welcome bag, which is personally delivered to all new homeowners in Davis.  Consider becoming a sponsor in order to spread the word about all that Downtown Davis has to offer!  

The Restaurant Guide includes actual menus from each restaurant, making it easy and convenient for the new homeowner to patron your restaurant.  The most common question asked by newcomers is, "Where is a good place to eat in Davis?"

The Community Book will feature a special Downtown Davis section and each business is featured on one page in the book.  This Community Book has proven to be a valuable resource to new homeowners since they are looking for new places to shop, eat, exercise, get their haircut, have fun, have their car serviced, and other services.  

Sponsorship of the Davis Welcome Service is an opportunity to get your name and business details into each new household in Davis, while creating a positive image of our community.  

Deadline for inclusion in this new Downtown Davis section is March 1. Businesses that contact the Davis Welcome Service by March 1, will receive 10% off the quarterly sponsorship rates.   Please visit www.welcometodavis.com or contact Allison Woolley at 758-1796 or email: allison@welcometodavis.com for more information.  

The Yolo County Visitors Bureau (YCVB) is proud to announce that the Far West Divison of the National Ski Patrol has chosen Davis for their 2007 and 2008 Far West Division Summer Conference of the National Ski Patrol.  The Far West Division includes California, Arizona, Nevada and the State of Hawaii.

 

The conference will be held this year August 10-12, and August 1-3, 2008.

 

The Veteran's Memorial Center has been selected as the conference location and the Hallmark Inn will be the host hotel.  Local caterers and restaurants will be selected shortly for their board receptions and award ceremonies.

 

Conference planners are expecting 100-180 attendees for this event.  For further information, please contact Aaryn Skaggs at the YCVB, (530) 297-1900, or email aaryn@yolocvb.org.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has declared 20 primary and another 20 contiguous county jurisdictions, includingYolo County, as disaster areas following the recent cold weather emergency.

 

This declaration enables businesses located within the declared jurisdictions that may have been impacted by the cold weather to apply for assistance, including SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans.

 

The eligibility applies to any business that has experienced economic loss as a result of the freezing weather, within the declared jurisdictions, beginning on January 11, 2007 and continuing. The deadline submitting applications for assistance under the SBA program for businesses experiencing economic injury extends until October 24, 2007.

 

Within the Yolo County area, the SBA has established the following outreach center: Winters City Hall, 318 1st Street, 2nd Floor, Winters. The center is open Fridays, from  9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

Additional information may be obtained by calling the SBA at (800) 659-2955, (916-877-8339 for the hearing impaired).