Shawano’s downtown Business Improvement District has hired a new coordinator. Lindsey Johnson, a resident of the city who works at CRI, will start her duties with the BID on March 16. Johnson was chosen from a field of seven finalists for the job. Her duties will include organizing BID events, meeting with downtown businesses and finding ways for those businesses to work together in promotional efforts, acting as a liaison between the BID and the Shawano Downtown Business Association, promoting the BID’s facade grants, and organizing the BID board’s annual meeting.
The position is technically part-time, but there are no set hours.