Agenda Item: 6D
Prepared By: Jim Kornas
Business: Old Business
Department: Executive Office
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2025 Marco In Bloom Contest Status (L. Scherzinger)
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BACKGROUND: At the Committee's February 5, 2025 meeting, Vice-Chair Linda Scherzinger updated the Committee on her announcement of the annual 2025 Marco In Bloom Contest at the February 3, 2025 City Council Meeting, and she detailed her recent supporting actions that have been completed to build community-wide awareness electronically and in print. She solicited additional Committee and City Staff suggestions which resulted in the following:
City Staff Committee Liaison Justin Martin will investigate the process to allow for 2025 Marco In Bloom Contest flyers to placed in the glass-protected bulletin boards at Mackle Park, Veterans Community Park, Winterberry Park, City Hall, and other publicly-accessible City facilities;
Committee Member Ryan Sullivan volunteered to re-create the current informational flyer into a more promotional, visually-impactful version for distribution to the Island's customer-facing businesses;
Vice-Chair Scherzinger indicated her intention to share the Contest details with her colleague Calusa Garden Club members at the Club's next meeting.
Additionally, Vice-Chair Scherzinger raised for discussion the concept of dividing the Island into target marketing zones for individual Committee members to canvas and distribute Contest materials to stimulate property nominations. The following Committee members indicated their willingness to assume responsibilities for certain areas:
Committee Member Victoria Myers offered to focus on the Marco Beach Unit Six area;
Vice-Chair Scherzinger volunteered to focus on the Tigertail area;
Committee Member Ryan Sullivan offered to focus on the interior area of the Island between Mackle & Winterberry Parks and the Marco Island YMCA (aka Unit Twenty-Five);
Committee Member Julie Rogers volunteered to focus on the area east of Mac...
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