The Community Marketing Board convened on September 22, 2026, from 10:00 to 11:30 AM. The board reviewed a proposed partnership with KOSI 101.1 for the holiday season, discussed feedback on the Mashup program, received updates on the banner program and wayfinding maps, and reviewed visitation data for January through August 2026.
I don't know. I'd love to bring it back. This weekend. I don't know. I'd love to bring it back. Alright? Okay. This week out. Community marketing board. Do you want to keep the agenda up? I think it's public. Good morning, everyone. Good morning. I'm headed out the door to Breckenridge for the annual governor's tourism conference. If you could just take your name. Oh, Laura Nolton, the Golden Welcome Center. Thanks. I did an old-fashioned thing and did a handout. So I want I've been giving your budget meeting some thought, the special meeting that you all had and the conversation. And then I also kind of dove into your strategic plan draft. And I've been trying to figure out you know how we can support you, how we can help you achieve your goals. So just to kind of do some broad strokes. What I gathered from from the strategic plan, some of the things that Visit Golden is looking at. Stronger relationships with local businesses, more resident engagement, better communication, better key connections between visitors and local businesses, more promotion of golden events and activities, visitor stewardship, better visitor information, and more visitor touch points and Spanish language visitor communication. What we already have, we have a physical presence in downtown. We have a strong network of trained volunteers, daily interaction with the visitors, relationships with local businesses and organizations, connections to community events, and firsthand knowledge of what visitors are looking for. So kind of thinking about all of that, um, where can we help visit Golden achieve its goals on the strategic plan? So business and event outreach, visitor experience stewardship, visitor information, visitor feedback, and community connection. Um ironically, Derek sent me an email yesterday with a bunch of great ideas. So him and I are gonna meet on Monday, so I think we're probably all about on the same page. Um but the opportunity is more about you guys have a strategy and the marketing expertise, and we have the people, relationships, and community presence. So our mission aside, how can we all work together? You know, what can we provide that's additional intentional capacity to help visit Golden implement the plan? Um so perhaps there's an opportunity for a contracted partnership. Um I just wanted to throw that out as community comment and I'm out the door to breakfast. I'll see you guys up there. So thank you for your consideration, and I'm super excited. Donna Owen, one of our volunteers. I nominated her for outstanding volunteer, and she's one of three finalists. So we'll find out we'll find out Thursday night. Thanks for our safe travels. That's great. That's very nice. Anyone else? Do we have any other did everyone get a chance to review the minutes from August? We have the special meeting as well. We do not have minutes for those because there was a snap who with the recording technical default. But uh, so how this if any of you guys have sat on boards before, we'll approve them, so we need the motion and the second and conversation to make a motion to amend first or just do we yeah, that's what we do first. Uh so I actually wasn't there, but I was noted as an attendant, so I just I would just say I wasn't there. And then Lisa and Lisa was there.