Downtown Highland Park Alliance Board of Directors meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 7:45-9:30 a.m. at City Hall, 1707 St. Johns Avenue in Highland Park.
Board meetings are open to the public.
The meeting dates for 2010 are as follows:
- January 12 and 26
- February 9 and 23
- March 9 and March 23
- April 13 and 27
- May 11 and 25
- June 8 and 22
- July 13 and 27
- August 10 and 24
- September 14 and 28
- October 12 and 26
- November 9 and 23
- December 14
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What is the Downtown Highland Park Alliance?
Downtown Highland Park is managed and promoted by the Highland Park CBD Alliance, a partnership of the downtown Property Owners Association, the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce, and the City of Highland Park. The Alliance was founded in 2008 to enhance the economic vitality of the central business district of Highland Park. The operations and promotions of the Alliance are funded by a Special Service Area commercial property tax within Downtown Highland Park.
Send questions or comments about Downtown Highland Park and the Alliance to info@downtownhp.com or call our main number at 847-780-4293. We are located at 442 Central Avenue, 2nd floor, Highland Park IL 60035.
What Can the Alliance Do For My Business?
The Downtown Highland Park Alliance offers free promotions for businesess within the Special Service Area and offers services to promote business expansion and retention.
- Free promotions include: listing on the www.downtownhp.com website (2,000 hits a month), event and promotions listings in the weekly 'What's New in Downtown HP?' e-news blast (2,000 subscribers) and Facebook profile (130 fans and growing), and participation in the Downtown Highland Park YouTube 'Meet a Merchant' series
- Downtown HP Gift Card program: the Alliance funds a gift card program to keep customers' gift-buying dollars in the local economy. It is free to be a participating merchant if you are located in Downtown Highland Park, and the cards process as a MasterCard on your POS. Click HERE for more details.
- Cooperative advertising opportunities: for 2010 the Alliance has negotiated coop advertising prices for Downtown Highland Park businesses in the Highland Park News, Chicago Tribune TribLocal, and North Shore Magazine.
- Grant funding for collaborative events: to encourage merchants to work together and to create events that will bring new customers to Downtown Highland Park, the Alliance offers a limited amount of funding to groups of three or more merchants on a semi-annual basis.
Call the Alliance Marketing Coordinator for more details: 847-780-4293.