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○Ms.Barry:Public safety services are more difficult to staff on Monday of Patriots’Day weekend ○Options for lodging and scheduling were discussed by the group ○Concord is planning to have all of their events on Saturday ○The timing of the battles was reviewed ○The possibility of visits from dignitaries and how plans might need to be modified were discussed ○Ms.Barry emphasized the need to include participatory events on Saturday ○Possibility of Tower Park battle moving to a different day was raised ●Highlights from the regional Lexington/Concord/Lincoln meeting that occurred on March 24 with state representatives were discussed ●Discovery Day 2023 ○A motion to reserve a booth and participate in Discovery Day 2023 was made by Ms.Barry,seconded by Ms.Tung,and approved by roll call vote ●Next community-wide meeting,currently scheduled for May 10,was postponed until fall when we have more information about scheduling ●State and federal updates:Ms.Barry ○No large windfall ○Leaders are looking for other sources ○State commission has new co-chairs and will meet in May ●Publicity:Ms.Roy ○New Facebook page ○Plan for weekly postings ○Photo of suggestion boxes has been posted ○Twitter:we still have a Twitter account ○Website is updated ○Instagram will be forthcoming ○Steve Conners asked whether we should talk about 2025 as a PSA at current re-enactment as part of the regularly-scheduled dialogue ●Community engagement:Ms.Tung ○Events under consideration include: ■Porchfest,possibly in collaboration with the Arts Council ●Afternoon of music in which bands perform on people’s front porches,lawns,or backyards ●Would need to hire a coordinator ●Will discuss with Arts Council ■Community kick-off event/musical festival ●Bands,food trucks,outdoor location ●Would need to hire an event coordinator ■“Light Up Lexington”,Ms.O’Leary