A look at what's going on in Trinidad, on H Street, and in the larger area north of Capitol Hill.
Friday, August 06, 2010
Well That's Just Embarrassing
Prince of Petworth posted a very recent photo of banners advertising the H Street Festival...the 2009 H Street Festival. Oops! Perhaps it is time we take down those banners (maybe replace them with ones for 2010?).
After I saw these postings, I asked Anwar Saleem, Executive Director of H Street Main Street, what the deal was with the banners.
He told me that the Festival banners were to have been removed by now and he called the city a few days ago to remind them. He said they should be down by next week. The banners for the H Street Farmers Market are supposed to stay up until the Market closes in November.
It's not likely that we'll produce new H Street Festival 2010 banners. The street is sort of a mess and we can put that money to more productive uses right now.
@hstreetdc, I agree that it doesn't make sense to pay for 2010 banners. I just didn't know if some had been ordered for the 2010 festival, but just not gone up yet. But hey, I hear they're still celebrating New Year's Eve 2009 over at Granville's
Yep, Inked. Those are the problems with putting up dated or event-specific banners, or having a website that you don't stay on top of. An amazing number of very professional businesses have out-of-date websites. Almost better to have just a basic one, huh?
So many people have moved to facebook to announce events - like Granville's has for their very popular beer dinners and such - that websites increasingly seem to be orphans these days for certain types of businesses. Anyone can change FB in 2 minutes, but getting the webbies to change your website is time-consuming and costs money.
@hstreetdc, it does indeed cost money and time. I'm partial to Sticky Rice's website because all the info you need is right there and it looks like they can add small stuff easily. But yeah, Facebook and Twitter can be super useful in such situations.
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H Street Main Street did the banners.
Anybody got a sharpie and a ladder?
HSMS did indeed do the banners. And nice banners they were, but it might be time to bring down the Festival banners.
After I saw these postings, I asked Anwar Saleem, Executive Director of H Street Main Street, what the deal was with the banners.
He told me that the Festival banners were to have been removed by now and he called the city a few days ago to remind them. He said they should be down by next week.
The banners for the H Street Farmers Market are supposed to stay up until the Market closes in November.
It's not likely that we'll produce new H Street Festival 2010 banners. The street is sort of a mess and we can put that money to more productive uses right now.
@hstreetdc,
I agree that it doesn't make sense to pay for 2010 banners. I just didn't know if some had been ordered for the 2010 festival, but just not gone up yet. But hey, I hear they're still celebrating New Year's Eve 2009 over at Granville's
Yep, Inked.
Those are the problems with putting up dated or event-specific banners, or having a website that you don't stay on top of. An amazing number of very professional businesses have out-of-date websites. Almost better to have just a basic one, huh?
So many people have moved to facebook to announce events - like Granville's has for their very popular beer dinners and such - that websites increasingly seem to be orphans these days for certain types of businesses.
Anyone can change FB in 2 minutes, but getting the webbies to change your website is time-consuming and costs money.
@hstreetdc,
it does indeed cost money and time. I'm partial to Sticky Rice's website because all the info you need is right there and it looks like they can add small stuff easily. But yeah, Facebook and Twitter can be super useful in such situations.
Of course, while everyone can access the web, not everyone has a Facebook or Twitter account.
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