Gladwin
Business & Professional Association
Meeting Minutes
of June 3, 2026
Meeting called to order by President, Stacy
Plude with introductions.
Meeting
minutes of 5/6/2026 were emailed to
members and distributed at the meeting by LaVel Smith. Motion to accept as read by Lori Stout. 2nd
by Tyler Schlitzkus. All ayes. Motion carried.
Treasurers
Report was read by Lori Stout.
Checking Account: $ 5,827.67
FOL:
4,236.12
TOS: 12,217.23
Shop Gladwin: 286.71
Arts Events 927.89
Street Festival 6,741.15
55 Paid Members
Motion to accept Treasurers Report as
read by Jennifer Feuerstein. Seconded by
Kim Bruner. All ayes. Motion carried.
Old Business:
Membership
Update: 55 Paid members. Working on a
Rack Card with benefits of GBPA. Invite
people to come to meetings.
GBPA
Schedule of Events for 2026: Summer Street Festival July 11th,
Downtown Gladwin. We need items for the Car Show goodie bags. 100 items are needed for the bags. The Big Boys Club needs volunteers for the
Dunk Tank. Thursdays in the City are scheduled.
(Possible tributes to Americas birthday at each Thursdays in the City), DALMAC
Bike Tour September 3rd. Fall in
Gladwin/Cornstalks and Decorating in September and October. Pumpkin Painting October 17th at
Riverwalk during Jeep Creep. Christmas
Tree Lighting and Festival of Lights Christmas Parade (Theme is Winter
Wonderland) December 5th, Downtown Gladwin.
Thunder
on the Strip: Mike Moore said Thunder on the Strip went
very well. They are waiting to hear
whether we can have the September event.
Mike Hargrave had a heart attack but is doing okay. Discussion was had about a gift basket for
Mike Hargrave for everything he did to make the May Thunder on the Strip
happen. Email Inspire about the Gift Basket.
There were 128 racers and 845 Paid people with lots of kids in
attendance.
Social
Media: Need volunteers to do social media. Andrew Rhind is keeping the website up to
date. Send Andrew business updates.
Miss
Gladwin County Update: The Miss Gladwin County Event
will be June 27th
Public
Arts Update: Weekly meetings are at Redeemed Marketplace. Work
will begin soon on the mural. Community
involvement on July 11th during Street Festival. Donations are welcome for this project and
can be made out to the Gladwin County Community Foundation or online.
BABA
Updates: Golf outing in June. July 4th events.
New
Business:
Business
Spotlights on Facebook: Jamie from Hospice will highlight businesses on facebook.
Sound
System: A new pole
was ordered for the sound system which will be placed in the City Garden.
Waiting on the new light pole to arrive.
DDA is paying for pole and installation.
It will hopefully be operational by the Street Festival
City
Update: Linda Winarski and Allysa
Harrison, the new Park Manager/Community engagement specialist were in attendance. Allysa is looking forward to attending the
GBPA meetings.
Chamber
Updates: The Chamber Golf Outing went well, Chamber
renewals went out this month. Legislative events will begin on July 10 with the
second event being August 14, the ORV Funfest will be August 15th
with the route being extended 3 ½ miles and the Fair being on July 6-11.
Business
Updates and Announcements:
Tyler from the
Gladwin Record asked the GBPA if they would like to sponsor an ad in the 250th
Anniversary of America Commemorative Booklet that will soon be coming out in
the Record. A motion was made by LaVel Smith to buy a full page ad for
$500. 2nd by Michael
Murray. All ayes. Motion carried. Shannon Macon from Macon Marine said the
Pontoon Weekend at the Loons is July 9th-July 12th.
Michael Murray from Burkhart Presidio Insurance said business is good and
insurance prices are stable. Sheryl from
CharStoneHouse said they are getting licensing
soon. 2 Scoops is getting busy with the
summer months. Karen Moore said that the
Mid Michigan College Event Center is almost done. Kim from the Transit said there are 4
employees going to State Rodeo on July 30th. Some have already gone
to Nebraska for the National Rodeo.
Jamie from Hospice said they are gearing up for the 36th
annual Duck Race on July 11th.
Volunteers are selling ducks at different locations on Fridays and
Saturdays. Zak from Mid
Michigan Medical said there will be a Heart Screen on August 29th
for teens. Stacy from Riverwalk said
their first wedding of the year went very well.
Several weddings are scheduled for 2026.
Lori from Council on Aging said that with the increase in gas and food
prices, there is a huge increase in people needing food, nutritional drinks,
paper towels, etc.
Motion to adjourn by Lori Stout. Seconded
by Tyler Schlitzkus. Meeting adjourned.
The
next meeting will be Wednesday, July 1 at Riverwalk Place.
LaVel
Smith, GBPA Secretary