Enfield Village Association

“Exempt Purpose:To restore economic vitality to the downtown business district of Enfield, NH, including the purchase and rehabilitation of deteriorated buildings in the district, to encourage economic development for all businesses within the town, and to foster a town-wide sense of community centered on the downtown business district.”

“Program Accomplishments for 2017: Greeley House Project: EVA completed a multi-year project to rehabilitate an historic building located on a prominent corner of Downtown Enfield. It now houses the EVA office and a two bedroom affordable housing rental unit.”

“Program Accomplishments for 2017, continued: Mascoma Lakeside Park Project: EVA is participating in an effort to develop a non-motorized boat launch and recreational park at the end of Main Street, which is part of our program area. We purchased signs and picnic tables this year.”

“Program Service Accomplishments for 2017, continued: Main Street Flowers: EVA purchases and maintains hanging flower baskets for Main Street and Maintains several flower beds on Main Street. Most of EVA's projects are run by volunteers at very low or no cost. Our Annual Green Up Day, monthly Business Coffees, flower bed labor, etc. are all volunteer and community projects, which are well received, but have no direct costs.”

“The beautification committee continues to have a very active team of volunteers who plant and maintain flower boxes, small flower gardens, and hanging flower baskets on the lampposts within the business district. Flowers are donated, which reduces cost. They also hang lighted garlands and wreaths on the lampposts during the holiday season.the committee's biggest project is the annual harvestfest scarecrow project. Designed to get businesses to join together to bring attention to the many businesses in enfield, this program has been embraced by the community, with many residential properties participating. Eva's beautification committee puts out over 100 scarecrows, with several dozen more done by other residents and businesses. Eva's scarecrows are constructed of recycled materials, tree limbs for the frame, feedbags for the bodies and faces, and newspapers for stuffing. Eva volunteers dress and maintain all 100 eva scarecrows. Businesses donate clothing that reflects their business activity (e. G. A white lab coat for the pharmacy). The local thrift shop donates clothing for the nonbusiness scarecrows eva puts out all around town in parks, the rail trail, main roads into town and of course, the downtown business district. In addition to staging and picking up the scarecrow, eva also dries them out and stores them in eva's storage area in the greeley house. This is another eva activity that has a large community impact without much expense, thanks to volunteer labor and recycled and donated materials.”

“Program Service Accomplishments continued: Sepcial Events held throughout the year including Hometown Holidays, which is EVA's holiday season community event. It continues to be very well received, yet has minimal cost. As with other EVA programs, there is a strong volunteer group that organizes this event, helping to ensure it remains successful, while keeping costs low. Another annual event is the Shaker 7 Race, a a 7 mile route around Lake Mascoma and through the downtown business district. The Shaker 7 Race was not held in 2017, due to road construction on the race route, but it returns in 2018. Green-up Day, the Spring clean-up of the downtown and surrounding streets and rail trail in conjunction with the town's Memorial Day Parade. Economic Development: EVA organizes several events for business people to get together for networking, education, and brainstorming ideas to promote local businesses. In 2017, EVA continued our monthly Business Coffee sessions and After Hours events. Most of these activities occur with little or no cost, due to the support of volunteers and local businesses that host the events.”

“Program Accomplishments, continued: EVA published its biannual business directory, which is distributed by mail to over 2,700 postal patrons, as well as being available at various sites around town. There is an online version of the directory on the EVA website.”

“Mascoma Lakeside Park (MLP): EVA is participating with the Town of Enfield to develop a park for public access to Mascoma Lake for Enfield residents. It will be used for picnics and a nonmotorized boat launch. It is hoped folks using the adjoining Rail Trail will be encouraged to stop in Enfield and perhaps visit our local businesses. The park is located at the end of Main Street, which is part of our program area. The park will be owned by the Town.”

“Gross Rents 19000.”

“Depreciation 10497.”

“Interest 3226.”

“Program Expense 9119.”

“Expenses for rental 7080.”

“MLP Expenses 15404.”

“Huse Park 3530.”

“Insurance 92.”

“Office Expenses 934.”

“Merchant and Bank Fees 39.”

“Advertising 848.”

“Business Directory Prepaid Advertising 6435. 0.”

“Security Deposit 1400. 1400.”

“Mortgages 82295. 78537.”

“Mascoma Lake Park: See Schedule O under New Program”

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“Taxes and Licenses”

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