1. Entrepreneurship & Small Businesses ●Networking ○It’s who you know, not what you know ●Research organizations already doing some of the same programs ●Call people or businesses doing similar work and see if you could sit down with them and “pick their brains” ○Learn from other experiences ●Start building an email database ○Use social networking for business ●Work the hnumbers!

2. Grassroots Fundraising & Events What we have done? * Citizens action * Father's Day Parade * Advocate * Feed the hungry * After school program * Girls conference * Gardening program What local resources exist to organize community events ? * M. health America * Nubian Directions * Dutchess Works * Chamber of Commerce * Family Partnership * Jewish - and other Community Centers * Fire Department * Schools

3. Grassroots Fundraising & Events What strategies and planning on limited budget? * Car wash * Bake sale * Media * Local / national telethon * Booth at local fair to sell food, plants * Local carnival booth * Meet and greet * Team up with local businesses * Barter donations * Brochures What do we need? * Volunteers * Money/infrastructure * Supplies * Communication * Networking * Outreach * Media / radio

4. Funding Strategies for Non-Profit Organizations Funding Sources ●Sponsorships ●Corporate giving ●Individual donors ●Crowd funding ○Razoo, NY Charities, etc. ●Events ●Grants ●In-kind “tradeoffs” (from local businesses) ●Re-granting orgs ●Other non-profits Resources ●Free space ●Volunteers ●Board ●Fundraising committee ●Foundation Center ○http://foundationcenter.org/newyork/

5. Ideas for Future Community Meetup Topics ●Continue discussion on youth ○Focus: Events / Festivals ●How to provide more outreach and support for Middle Main Initiative ●Discuss current social issues ○Focus: Poli-com. relations, mass incarceration, education, jail expansion ●How to fill empty spaces on Main Street ○Focus: Film production ●Bring more cultural events ○Focus: Tours, main mall attracting ●Showing appreciation to people making a difference (ex. Doug Nob.) ●Transportation issues - bike / bus ●Summer programs for youth ○Focus: Invite camp fair/open house event ●Create forum - “Why people are not opening businesses on Main St.” ○Focus: Connecting people, businesses, how to promote new business ●Kids getting off the block ○Focus: Social revenues (ie: music, sports, youth alternate space, positive activities / entertainment (*See Stan Moss?))