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Published on: 5/23/2005
Last Visited: 10/10/2007
Also present were Richard Rossi, Deputy City Manager; Ini Tomeu, Public Information Officer; Estella Johnson, Economic Development Director, Community Development Department; Jason Weeks, Executive Director, Arts Council; Frank Connelly, Taste of Cambridge; Robyn Bell, Director, Office of Tourism; and D. Margaret Drury, City Clerk; Terrence Smith, Chamber of Commerce; Rozann Kraus, Dance Complex; William Sage, Radisson Hotel; Robin Franz, Central Square Business Association; Paul Parravano, Co-Director of Community and Government Relations, MIT; and Tom Lucey, Office of Government and Community Affairs, Harvard University.
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Paul Parravano said that there is room for all types of sponsors but there is a question of which events; for example MIT would not want to sponsor a beer garden.
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Mr. Parravano suggested thinking about the companies that are doing well in Cambridge, for example the manufacturers and producers of Ipods, other electronics and music.
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Mr. Parravano summarized the steps discussed thus far as cataloguing, developing a website and advertising.
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Mr. Parravano said that it would be worth looking at liquor fees because there is a tie to entertainment.He stated that the committee has a big job ahead to communicate to the larger population how important it is for cities to do this sort of thing.