Grow Dalton - December 2016 Update!

Dalton's Light Up the Holidays Weekend 2016!  Hope to see you there!!!

Coming in May, 2017!  Grow Dalton is planning to bring a Public Market to town.  The ideas is to bring a variety of different vendors together on Fridays from 4-7pm.  The event will be held at the Community Recreation Association (CRA) during the 'outdoor' months and will move inside to The Stationery Factory during those cold wintery months.

If you would like more information or are interested in participating, please contact:

George Shoemaker at george@thebizofcoffee.com   OR

Ruth Anthony at Ruth@holidaybrookfarm.com

Grow Dalton Update -  November and December!

• Friday, November 18th @ Dalton American Legion......Beer + Bourbon + Wine Tasting and Dancing!     
  

• Friday, December 9th & 10th  - Mary Verdi Holiday Show
• Saturday, December 10th - Light Up The Holidays

Looking ahead to 2017.......Grow Dalton Steering Committee meeting Tuesday, January 10th at 12:30 @ The Stationery Factory

Grow Dalton Steering Committee Meeting

The Grow Dalton Steering Committee meets most Tuesdays each month at The Stationery Factory. This is an open meeting and all are welcome to attend.  Hope to see you there!

September 2016

Meetings....

• Grow Dalton Steering Committee meets most Tuesdays. The next meeting is set for Tuesday, September 20 at 12:30 at The Stationery Factory in Dalton.  This meeting is open to the public and all are welcome.

• PLEASE JOIN US!  Grow Dalton Public Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 20 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at The Stationery Factory in Dalton.  This meeting is for all current Grow Dalton committees and all interested people are encouraged to attend as well.  Agenda to include - 
• Status updates from committees
• Future planning
• Possible development of a mission statement
• https://www.smore.com/fj0qh-grow-dalton-open-meeting?ref=email

• Please sign up below to follow the Grow Dalton blog for new posts about the groups efforts and to check out the calendar of events!

September 2016

Meetings....

• Grow Dalton Steering Committee meets most Tuesdays. The next meeting is set for Tuesday, September 20 at 12:30 at The Stationery Factory in Dalton.  This meeting is open to the public and all are welcome.

• PLEASE JOIN US!  Grow Dalton Public Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 20 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at The Stationery Factory in Dalton.  This meeting is for all current Grow Dalton committees and all interested people are encouraged to attend as well.  Agenda to include - 
• Status updates from committees
• Future planning
• Possible development of a mission statement

• Please sign up below to follow the Grow Dalton blog for new posts about the groups efforts and to check out the calendar of events!

Be sure to join us this Friday, August 26th! This will be the first event in an amazing music space at The Stationery Factory in addition to a great time with great musicians!! Beth Maturevich, Jason Webster, White Liger with Abe Guthrie,Brian Benlien, and Petrichor !! Line dancing by @Dalton country Kickers!!! Vendors include Shire Breu-Hous and Kelly's Package Store. !! Plus BIG announcements during the show !!!

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Grow Dalton News - June 2016

June 2016

Grow Dalton News 

2016 Dalton Music Festival ~ June Report:
Steve Sears went to Select Board meeting and announced the 2016 Dalton Music Festival!

The intent will to bring people to Dalton Businesses and locations for fun, food & music for Saturday August 27th. On Friday night the 26th we will have a kick off concert at the Stationery Factory. Proceeds will go to benefit the CBRSD Music Programs. Each venue who wants to participate will be advertised through our media outreach, receive help with all aspects of the music end and receive any marketing stuff we come up with. We hope to get Berkshire Organics, The CRA, Kelly’s, Holiday Farm and others involved.

Our current volunteers are:
Greg Geyer - coordinate stages/sound and musicians
Holly Rogers - legal (we decided that will organize as a Not for Profit 501 C #; at this point we are not exactly sure what type fits Grow Dalton best. We will need positions filled for this designation)
Eric Shepherd - media & design
Steve Sears - finance - for now, agreed to set up bank account. We could really use an accountant for this area

We still are looking for people to help with:
1. Outreach coordinator to contact Dalton Businesses to see who wants to be involved or help in some way - sponsor, food, advertising etc.
2. Coordinator of food & vendors
3. Liaison with the Town of Dalton for permits and licenses
4. General assistance with everything!

The Dalton Music Festival is now an official project and will be holding weekly planning meetings at The Stationery Factory. We welcome anyone interested in volunteering to help make this a successful event! If you are interested please plan on attending or contact Steve Sears at steve@stationery-factory.com or Greg Geyer at greg.a.geyer@gmail.com.  

Please keep in mind that this event evolves as we discuss it, so bring your ideas and your willingness to roll up your sleeves to help us create the 2016 Dalton Music Festival! This year is the trial year with no expectations of size or scope: just a great little (or medium?) sized event for our town and the community.  Also, please share this information with anyone who may be interested in actively helping out!

Other Grow Dalton Items of Discussion:

1.  Dalton becoming an AT Community - and the possibility of a visit and talk from a US Park Service person on August 1st.
2. The need to have the Communications Group create a community calendar, among other things.
3. TIF for the Stationery Factory has been approved at the Special Town Meeting on Monday evening.
4. Looking for people willing to serve on the Board of Grow Dalton as it becomes a 501 C. Holly Rogers has agreed to be the Clerk.

Join us as we . . .  Grow Dalton!

Grow Dalton!

Grow Dalton is a community effort to promote the future of Dalton, MA. A diverse group of Dalton business owners and residents have come together to explore ways to promote Dalton as an outstanding place to live, work, learn and play. The Grow Dalton group is compiling ideas to develop into goals and actions that will promote Dalton and attract new businesses, tourism and residents. Grow Dalton will be establishing an online presence as well on Facebook, Twitter and plan the development of a Grow Dalton website to share information on the group’s goals and activities. The committee is open to all and holds regularly scheduled meetings most Tuesdays each month, at the Stationery Factory, 63 Flansburg Avenue in Dalton.