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Milton Equestrian Committee Agenda
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
7:00 pm
Milton City Hall, Community Place
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I. Call to Order, Roll Call and Introductions
II. Approval of Meeting Agenda
III. Approval of Minutes from March 2021 Meeting
IV. Public Comment
V. Unfinished Business
a. Subcommittee updates
i. Equestrian Facilities – Julie Shannon
ii. PR/Marketing – Brian Maloney
1. Monthly/themed social media posts to solicit horse+ pictures
and build community. Greg will propose a plan by the end
of April. This could start late April or early May.
2. Pitch Milton Herald+ on a regular equestrian-related column.
Greg will draft and share a plan to pitch to the Milton
Herald+ by the end of April. Ideally, we can start writing such
a column – even if it’s to run on the Milton social media only
– by May or June.
3. Add an Equestrian page to the City of Milton website. The
City’s Communications team will draft a proposed content
plan for this by the end of May. We should be able to have
a working page by mid-June, if not earlier. We’ll need to
review the equestrian survey results and may ask Equestrian
Committee members for help providing content.
4. Regular profiles of people who benefit from equestrian. This is
a Greg idea that he’d like to start this summer. Basically a
picture and a few paragraphs on different types of people
who enjoy the equestrian life here. It could be the disabled,
a particularly young rider, a particularly old rider, someone
who does it competitively, someone who does it for fun,
someone living on an active farm, etc. I may request the
Equestrian Committee’s help to connect with people this.
5. Finding new ways to expose more people to horses+. This
might involve having horses at Crabapple Fest, pony rides at
the Farmer’s Market that’s about to begin this summer, etc.
Basically so that equestrian isn’t only for those with horse
farms.
6. Create more horse statues+ in roundabouts and the like.
Funding and “ownership” are keys to this. We can look into
incorporating this into Adopt a Roundabout proposals,
getting this into the Comprehensive Plan and more.
7. Involving middle/high school/next generation volunteers.
iii. Farm Ownership Issues – Chrissy Reeves
iv. Birmingham Park Clean-up Day
1. Coordinate with Milton Land Conservancy
2. Water and supplies for the day
3. Recruit Volunteers
VI. New Business
a. Flag Lot Update
VII. Adjournment
Next meeting date: Wednesday, May 19. 2021, 7:00 p.m.