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asOK —102 FACE <br />designation. Because there are many benefits associated with Main <br />Street designation and only a limited number of communities are <br />designated each year, the process is highly competitive. Since the <br />submittal deadline for this application, which is quite extensive, <br />is July 25, 1997, there is still much work we must accomplish <br />within a limited time period. <br />For that reason, and to aid our private sector funding efforts, we <br />request that you place us on the agenda of ,the July 8, 1997 Board <br />of County Commissioners meeting under Matters by the Public. At <br />that time, we intend to make a brief presentation and ask the Board <br />to commit to participate in our funding partnership. <br />For your review, we have included the following: <br />• our proposed budget; <br />• a list of private sector pledges received to date; <br />• a list of resolutions and letters of support received to date; <br />and <br />• additional information about our program. <br />If you have any questions, please call me at extension 247 or at <br />home at 569-8686. Thank you for your cooperation. <br />Sincerely, <br />John Wachtel <br />attachments <br />cc: County Commission Chairman Carolyn K. Eggert <br />County Commission Vice -Chairman John W. Tippin <br />County Commissioner Fran B. Adams <br />County Commissioner Caroline D. Ginn <br />County Commissioner Kenneth R. Macht <br />jec2.1tr <br />P.O. Box 6253 • Vero Beach, Florida 32961-6253 <br />J <br />John Wachtel advised that he is a member of the County's Planning staff, and that he <br />was using accrued vacation time to appear before the Board. He was appearing as a concerned <br />citizen and as a member of the Downtown Vero Beach Association. He advised of the DVBA's <br />non-profit status and the makeup of the membership. He listed the various events that the <br />Association has sponsored in the past and advised that all the earnings have been funneled back <br />into the community. To date, they have contributed more than $32,000 toward streetscape <br />improvements on public property in downtown Vero Beach. Downtown, however, is not all that <br />it can or should be. They have found, in looking at other vital downtowns, that a certain <br />methodology, called the "main street approach", has been used in revitalizing those downtown <br />areas. It is a comprehensive approach and one part of it involves a public sector/private sector <br />22 <br />JULY 89 1997 <br />