2024-11-15T14:20:42-08:00 2023-12-31 920947280 Cook CPAs and Consultants PLLC 417 West Gates Street Ste 2 Mount Vernon WA 98274 990 2023-01-01 911666512 Mount Vernon Downtown Association MOUN 3603363801 PO Box 1801 Mount Vernon WA 98273 ELLEN GAMSON Executive Director 2024-11-15 true true Tony Cook CPA MS-Tax P00643792 3602152496 X 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z JEFF MCINNIS PO Box 1801 Mount Vernon WA 98273 318245 false X www.mountvernondowntown.org X 1994 WA The mission of the Mount Vernon Downtown Association is to cultivate a vibrant and prosperous downtown while honoring its historic character, to preserve and grow the place where community connection happens. Our vision is of a thriving historic downtown Mount Vernon, where all are welcome in the clean, safe, and appealing heart of commerce and culture; a place where the community comes together with pride. 10 10 3 0 200207 126145 87969 96473 331 2493 29570 55277 318077 280388 0 0 160686 193572 0 0 161881 198204 322567 391776 -4490 -111388 295755 179679 116170 111482 179585 68197 The mission of the Mount Vernon Downtown Association is to cultivate a vibrant and prosperous downtown while honoring its historic character, to preserve and grow the place where community connection happens. Our vision is of a thriving historic downtown Mount Vernon, where all are welcome in the clean, safe, and appealing heart of commerce and culture; a place where the community comes together with pride. false false 324473 In 2023, the MVDA continued its ongoing work of supporting our community by providing opportunities for social connection and generating civic pride through a robust calendar of events in the district that we either solely produced or partnered in production. That calendar included 22 community events as well as our three-day Tulip Festival Street Fair, which brought an estimated 35 thousand visitors to our district in April. As the first outdoor event in our region during the calendar year, the Tulip Festival Street Fair provides a much-needed influx of tourism revenue for our businesses. All events except for two ticketed fundraising events were free and open to the public. We continued and further developed partnerships with other community organizations, such as the Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce, Public Hospital District #1, the Mount Vernon School District, the City of Mount Vernon, the Economic Development Alliance of Skagit County, and the Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship, and others. We continued our economic ecosystem development work through operating our small business incubator space, The Pop-Up Mount Vernon and our retail art gallery/gift shop, the LIDO Collective. The LIDO Collective is a creative microenterprise incubator that strengthens the local arts economy by providing area artists and artisans with a year-round sales outlet, rendering them less dependent on seasonal events, and strengthens our downtown business environment by adding retail interest and creating more foot traffic, serving to draw commerce from our popular food Co-Op out into the downtown. The LIDO Collective provided the retail outlet opportunity to over 60 local and regional artists in 2023. The Mount Vernon Downtown Association also served the district through non-event promotional activities, such as two shop-local punch card campaigns and the continued production and distribution of glossy marketing materials like our Downtown Dining Guide and shopping guides, as well as maintaining our website and multiple social media pages on Facebook and Instagram. We continue to provide information and connections to resources for our businesses. In June, we again hosted an event celebrating Washington Main Street Week, bringing elected representatives and visitors from the states preservation community into the district to see our communitys progress under the Main Street program. As in previous years, we continue to partner with our city in the beautification and maintenance of the historic downtown through our hanging basket program, a lighted street tree program during the dark fall and winter months, streetscape improvements, community clean-up events, and hanging banners. We advocate for the interests of our business and property owners at the local, state and federal levels. We provide information and connections to many resources for our business owners. We work with business and property owners as requested in property and business ownership and leasing transitions, and work assiduously to both recruit and retain businesses in our historic commercial district. 324473 true false false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 3 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false true true false true true false false false true true true false false false false false X Ellen Gamson 3603363801 404 S 1st Street Mount Vernon WA 98273 ELLEN GAMSON Executive Dir. 45.00 0.00 X X 64200 0 0 TRINA CARLSON Vice President 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 RACHEL JOHNSON Treasurer 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Angela Speer Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF MCINNIS Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER COVEY Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MEGAN SCOTT-O'BRYAN Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 HANNAH LAMAY President 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Sheena Wilson Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Andy Mayer Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sarah Parker Past president 5.00 0.00 0 0 0 64200 0 true false false 0 114200 11945 126145 STREET FAIR & OTHER 96473 96473 96473 2493 2493 0 0 4800 4800 4800 4800 0 0 0 88334 37857 50477 50477 0 280388 151750 2493 0 0 0 0 64200 44940 19260 0 112004 112004 0 0 17368 15631 1737 765 765 0 0 0 0 0 0 36290 36290 17212 8606 8606 0 0 43100 21550 21550 4308 4308 0 44786 44786 0 0 247 247 5377 5377 STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS 20233 20233 Supplies 11262 5631 5631 BANK SERVICES 4556 2278 2278 COMPUTER 4414 2207 2207 5654 4693 961 391776 324473 67303 0 254875 159296 0 0 36525 16275 0 0 0 0 0 15615 11507 4355 4108 0 0 0 0 0 295755 179679 4404 4266 93190 88460 18576 18756 116170 111482 X 179585 68197 179585 68197 295755 179679 -111388 X false false false X 132116 187117 181327 200067 126145 826772 59563 52564 87969 96473 296569 600 2400 52352 88334 143686 0 0 191679 240281 183727 340388 310952 1267027 0 0 1267027 232 216 331 2493 3272 0 232 216 331 2493 3272 0 38662 7240 4800 50702 191679 240513 222605 347959 318245 1321001 0.95910 0.87700 0.00250 0.00070 X 4579 3186 1393 11036 8321 2715 4108 PAYROLL LIABILITIES 13963 Sales Tax Payable 4793 18756 false false false false false false false false false Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 The organization has members of the Association. There is only one class of member Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990 was compiled by the paid preparer from information provided by the organization's treasurer. The completed tax return was reviewed by the president and executive director before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The conflict policy is reviewed on an annual basis or when a conflict is brought to the board's attention. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization keeps a current copy of all governing documents at the organizations's business office. These documents are available to the general public for review, by appointment.