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Agenda Item: 6D |
Prepared By: Jim Kornas |
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Business: Old Business |
Department: Executive Office |
Subject:
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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 Mackle Park toward Barfield Drive and into the Estates Section of the Island;
Member Mike Cory volunteered to focus on the Old Marco section of the Island, and;
Chair Marv Needles volunteered to generate and make available sufficient quantities of promotional flyers that Committee members can pick up from his office to distribute in their identified sections of the Island, and, he volunteered to distribute promotional material to his 600+ person Realtor Association distribution list.
Vice-Chair Scherzinger concluded her update by reviewing the timeline for receiving, scoring, and announcing the winners of the Contest, as well as the property judging procedures that will need to be followed to ensure compliance with the Florida Sunshine Law's requirements.
Members Victoria Myers and Ryan Sullivan indicated their intention to assist Vice-Chair Scherzinger in the distribution of award signs at the April 2nd Marco Island City Council Meeting.
FUNDING SOURCE / FISCAL IMPACT: N / A
RECOMMENDATION: Receive each Committee member’s update; assess the progress of submitted property nominations; address remaining “open” items; confirm Committee plans for visiting, judging, and identifying the award-winning properties for 2025.
POTENTIAL MOTION: None expected.