Executive Director: Ryan Rosenberg (stepping down in May) executive_director@downtownhightstown.org

We are currently in the process of looking for a new Executive Director to head the organization. If you are interested in learning more about what this position entails, download the description here, or send your resume and/or letter of intent to info@downtownhightstown.org

Organization Committee: Co-Chairs, Amanda Porter and Lev Golinkin organization@downtownhightstown.org

• Assemble the appropriate human resources and volunteers to implement programs and initiatives within Hightstown

• Strive to solicit talented residents and other stakeholders to join Downtown Hightstown

• Ensure a well-represented mix of local residents, merchants, property owners, civic groups, public officials, and chambers of commerce representatives to fill out the Downtown Hightstown Teams

• Keep accurate meeting records as well as updated information about the businesses in the Downtown commercial district

Promotion Committee: Co-Chairs, Rose Galina (A Bit of NYC) and Karen West (Perennial Home) promotion@downtownhightstown.org

• Sell a positive image of the Downtown commercial district

• Forge a positive image through advertising, retail promotional activity, business cross promotion, special events, and marketing campaigns

• Encourage consumers and investors to live, work, shop, play and invest in the Downtown commercial district

• Market Hightstown’s unique characteristics to residents, investors, business owners, and visitors

• Explore other activities to improve consumer and investor confidence in the district

Design Committee: Chair, Gary Stevens (231 Studios) design@downtownhightstown.org

• Get Hightstown’s commercial district into top physical shape

• Capitalize on its best assets such as historic buildings and pedestrian-oriented streets

• Create an inviting atmosphere through attractive window displays, public art, building improvements, street furniture, signs, sidewalks, street lights, and landscaping

• Convey a positive visual message about the Downtown commercial district and what it has to offer

• Other design activities include instilling good maintenance practices in the Downtown commercial district, organizing volunteer cleanup activities, and enhancing the physical appearance of the commercial district by encouraging and recognizing the rehabilitation of historic buildings

Economic Restructuring Committee: Co-Chairs, Mike Vanderbeck (Slowdown Café) and Neil Schloss (Castle Consulting). economic_restructuring@downtownhightstown.org

• Strengthen the Downtown commercial district’s existing economic assets

• Expand and diversify its economic base

• Sharpen the competitiveness of existing business owners

• Strive to recruit compatible new businesses and new economic uses that responds to today’s consumer needs

• Converting unused or underused commercial space into economically productive property

• Budgetary/accounting issues

The Downtown Hightstown logo depicts the crowning piece in the revitalization of Hightstown’s downtown, the Fountain at the Point. In an area where once stood a watering station for horses that passed through Hightstown, we have created a beautiful reminder of our history. The artist, Helene Massey Hemmans has designed this obelisk of Indiana limestone to portray our rich heritage as a farming and transportation center. The wagon wheel on the south facing side depicts six integral parts of our heritage, The Mill, Clara Barton, The Peddie School, Reed Brothers, farming, and the John Bull. On the north face is the seal of the Borough, which was incorporated in 1851. Two horses heads sculpted by the artist and cast in bronze provide the focal point to The Fountain. The base and individual basins also of Indiana limestone complete this remarkable work.