At the Nov. 4 meeting the Kingsburg Downtown BID confirmed logistics for downtown holiday decorations and discussed expanded trolley service and Santa appearances for the season.

Chair and staff reported they had walked tree locations with Public Works; Kingsburg Media Foundation will place electrical boxes at four corners and staff proposed Sunday, Dec. 16 at 10 a.m. at City Hall Square as a volunteer day to place, net and light the trees. “All the trees are in. All the ribbon is in. All the netting is in. I have us prepped and ready to go,” a staff member said; volunteers and after-school programs were suggested to prepare trees in advance.

Members also reviewed trolley routing constraints: the vendor’s vehicle runs a single-direction loop and cannot make an unscheduled U-turn, so routing changes would require reconfiguring service. The board favored Saturday service for seasonal trolley runs and discussed using the trolley for Santa rides on select Saturdays (potential start dates discussed included Nov. 30 or Dec. 6, with the board noting conflicts including an already-booked Santa Lucia date). Board members agreed to pursue bookings and to address budget approvals and scheduling at the next meeting.

Separately, the board discussed replacing temporary barricade signage with powder-coated, slide-in event stands designed by a local fabricator (SNS). Members asked staff to return with sketches and cost estimates and suggested a sign-custodian system so volunteers could deploy and collect signs for events.

The board also reviewed promotional ideas—printed maps or QR-code directories, collective giveaways and merchant-stamp incentive programs—to encourage shoppers to visit more downtown businesses; no new budget allocations were approved at the Nov. 4 meeting.