Every week, we share our weekly round up of what we accomplished at the Dorking BID. Thank you for your support of our local businesses and of our local community.
Achievements 1 September 2023
Digital Transformation
✅ Design and development of Hello Dorking tourism and BID website
✅ Continued CRM work; coordination with MVDC
✅ Continued coordination on Gift Card efforts
✅ Continued website updates: forms, minutes, blogs
✅ Continued work on Future Dorking
✅ Multiple web updates
✅ Respond to all website engagement
Creative Campaigns
✅ Continued communications via Mailchimp emails to our audience
✅ Banking blog, pitch and radio interview
✅ Continued LoyalFree marketing coordination of all materials and collateral
✅ Completed Summer Safari campaign (400+ engagements)
✅ Continued social media execution: socials, blogs, promotion, channel management
✅ Blogging
✅ Social media execution, copywriting, reporting
Placemaking/Events
✅ Working on town beautification – banking hoardings, landlord strategy
✅ Continued coordination on Christmas, St John’s Ambulance
✅ Coordination of Christmas Market and Vendors
✅ Continued support of Pippfest: website support, marketing and PR
✅ Signed another business up to LoyalFree
✅ More Pippfest updates and promotion; remind everyone on our list of events
✅ Submitted all materials to MVDC for Pippfest
✅ Coronation Committee planning meeting and follow up
✅ Continued coordination of Christmas programme – interaction with all vendors and prospects
✅ Finalised Instameet voting
Business Support
✅ Meetings with community partners
✅ Applied for a grant on behalf of the BID
✅ Continued coordination with policing
✅ Coordination of board meeting with all parties
✅ Remind levy payers of of Christmas event and encourage involvement
✅ Christmas documentation for MVDC
✅ Coordination with vendors
✅ BID Board support, meeting management and coordination
✅ Community engagement
✅ Followed up on operating agreements with MVDC again
✅ Worked on weeds, grass cutting, rubbish collection and verges with MVDC
✅ Routine finance and operations
✅ Finalised and mailed AGM Materials
