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Town of Lexington
Tourism Committee
Dawn McKenna, Chair (781) 862-0500 ext 84585
Tourism Committee Minutes
July 9, 2020 3:30 — 6:00 pm
Virtual via Zoom
Members Present: Dawn McKenna, Marsha Baker, Kerry Brandin, Bebe Fallick, Erica McAvoy, Margaret
Coppe, Wim Nijenberg
Staff Present: Casey Hagerty, Sandhya Iyer
Liaisons Present: Jill Hai, Select Board, Fred Johnson- Center Committee
Staff Report
An outdoor information cart will be open at the Visitors Center on Monday. Merchandise will be available
for sale. One hour Guided Battle Green Tours will also start on Monday. Liberty Ride is still on hold.
The Economic Development Office applied for a MassDOT grant to purchase jersey barriers to create
additional seating areas.
Future meeting dates
The Committee agrees on future meeting dates for 2020
Visitors Center.
Lower Level content edits review
The Committee reviews possible alternate pictures for the lower level content. Some Committee members felt
that there was more that could be done to make the mural more representative of Lexington. Dawn McKenna
reminded the Committee that there is only funding left for one more edit from the Designer.
A motion was made and seconded to make the following edits to the Lower Level Mural Content:
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• Change the Town meeting photo to CAAL in Cary Hall Photo
• Leave Lexington is participatory
• Replace Haydenette picture with the Pageant Story
• Edit Pageant Story to read better
• Leave the photo of Mid Century Modern
• Change photo of Bowman Tavern to the new photo
• Change photo of Ellen Stone Building to the new photo
• Designer can pick from Clarke, Estabrook, or Hastings Schools for a new image at the bottom
• Leave the OWLL photo
• Check mid-1990s
• We will use image of the horse if cropped, otherwise we will leave the original photo
The motion passed by a roll call vote 5-2.
The next draft will be sent to the Town Manager for final approval. It will not come back to the Tourism
Committee or Select Board.
Temporary donation plaque
The Select Board reviewed and approved the Temporary Donation Plaque.
Opening celebration
The Committee decided to put off planning an opening celebration at this time. Staff will work on creating
a video.
6:00pm
A motion to adjourn was made and seconded. The motion passed by roll call vote 6-0.
Documents available: List of future meeting dates, Document will proposed changes to mural, draft of lower
level mural.
Approved: 1/13/2022