Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 10, 1995 TAG: 9505100055
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-8 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Medium
"I'm going to need, and I'm soliciting, all of your help," she told the other Alliance members at their meeting Tuesday at the Renaissance Restaurant.
Jonas was the organization's vice president, and has been active in promoting various downtown festivals sponsored by the Alliance. She succeeds Marlis Ryssel-Flynn as president.
The new vice president will be Pat Gooch, owner of the Casimir Company shop on Main Street. Linda Hall, owner of Myoppocs Eyeware on Main Street and the Memorial Square Shopping Center, will succeed Renaissance Restaurant owner Paul Etzel as secretary. Alex Rygas, of Alex & Dana's clothing shop, will continue for another term as treasurer.
The new officers will take over at the next Alliance meeting at 8:30 a.m. June 13 at the Renaissance.
Brenda Bryson, owner of the new Second Hand Rose antiques and collectibles shop on the second floor of 27 W. Main St. above the Upstairs/Downstairs shop, will take over the coordination of the New River Family Market to be held on Saturdays on the parking lot of the Pulaski County Administration Building.
The project had been spearheaded by the late Fred Goad, who died last month. The weekly market will be named in his honor.
Signs will be placed on Saturdays at the four main road entrances into Pulaski advertising the market.
The Alliance made $709 on its recent Myrtle Beach trip raffle, reported Anne Wallace of Wallace's clothing.
Alliance members will participate in the townwide cleanup Saturday, the second of three Saturdays during which volunteers will meet at 8 a.m. at the gazebo in Jackson Park and receive equipment from the town for litter and trash disposal.
The Alliance and the town's new Board of Economic Development have been pushing for cleanup activities, so the town will be a more attractive market to new business and industrial prospects as well as to visitors who are potential customers.
One reason for involving volunteers in the effort, Gooch said, is that it will make people think twice about littering themselves.
Gooch recently redesigned Pulaski's brochure advertising its variety of businesses, many of which were gained in an effort by the town's Main Street program over the last three years. It includes a tour map of downtown Pulaski and a list of nearly 30 downtown businesses with their addresses, telephone numbers and a line about their wares.
A limited number have been printed so far because, in the short time since the list was drawn up, other businesses have opened downtown. Gooch suggested keeping the data on a computer where it could be periodically updated and printing a new batch after each updating.
"I did it to this point because all of a sudden Marlis had a mailing she wanted to get out," Gooch said.
Inclusion on future brochures, which are distributed beyond Pulaski to places where potential visitors would see it, is one of the benefits of paying $25 in dues to join the Alliance, Gooch said. There are also lawyers, bankers, insurance people and other service providers with downtown offices who have expressed willingness to join to be on it, she said.
A more inclusive listing would show potential visitors what a variety of activities and services are available in downtown Pulaski, she said.
Also discussed at the meeting was a plan for sidewalk sales by businesses along Main Street during Depot Day activities next month. Music, entertainment and a variety of vendors will be at the Memorial Square Shopping Center on the evening of June 23 and in downtown Pulaski all day June 24.
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