Alternatives to the HWFE
(to the City Council) Hello All! After reviewing the agenda packet for 8/1, I think you need to acknowledge that the Wine and Food experience didn’t work out the way we were led to expect it would. The organizers posted a loss and missed their fundraising goal (which, it should be mentioned, was lower than the figures being floated when the event was originally being pitched to the city). They failed to contribute to the Day Labor Center, which was promised though not required. This is in spite of a small army of local volunteers who came to help. Their suggestion to remedy this is to grow the event further, despite many residents feeling that the whole event was already out of scale for our small town. Finally, many local businesses reported that they did not benefit from the event, and that the event "sucked the air out" of the downtown business district as locals steered clear of the commotion. Let’s do something different. If we have a local non-profit in need,