The 2014 Membership Drive is underway!
Join us in efforts to promote and preserve downtown Fairbanks.
COMMUNITY BENEFITS
These benefits strengthen downtown and are available to all.
- Advocacy, leadership, and partnerships to move downtown forward.
- Earned media—to amplify downtown’s news and happenings.
- Work with tour operators to enhance visitors’ experience of downtown.
- Market downtown by distributing 35,000 copies of the Downtown Guide.
- Host downtown events like the Midnight Sun Festival and Downtown Market, whose popular food stamp program connects downtown’s low-income residents with nutritious, Alaska Grown food.
- Communicate downtown’s happenings via social media and monthly e-newsletters to 4,500 local email addresses.
- Operate the Community Service Patrol program.
EXCLUSIVE MEMBER BENEFITS
These benefits are only available to members of the Downtown Association.
Communications
- The Insider e-mail featuring best practices, special opportunities and news.
- Invitation to the 2014 Annual Member Meeting, and the right to vote in board elections and corporate business.
- Invitation to an annual summer planning meeting to include tour operators, Fairbanks Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Department of Transportation.
- Featured in communications to hotel front desks and motor coach companies.
Events
- 10% discount for a booth at summer events, including Midnight Sun Festival.
- Priority booth reservation and free trial booth at the Downtown Market.
- Priority privileges for hosting “progressive” multi-venue events and parties.
Advertising & Promotions
- Priority consideration for feature articles published on website and in the monthly e-newsletter The Downtowner (4,500 subscribers).
- Priority for social media call-outs.
- Inclusion in summer destination marketing materials.
- Inclusion in First Friday publicity featuring downtown exhibits and live music.
- An open invitation to be a guest on The Downtowner radio show on KSUA 91.5FM.
- Complimentary link on list of members at downtownfairbanks.com.
- Window cling representing 2014 membership.