The Wrightsville Beach Marketing Advisory Committee discussed an upcoming legislative luncheon during its meeting Tuesday, Sept. 9.
The Wrightsville Beach Chamber of Commerce is hosting the luncheon 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15 at Bluewater Waterfront Grill. Committee member Sue Bulluck said state legislators confirmed for the event are Rick Catlin (R-New Hanover, Pender), Ted Davis Jr. (R-New Hanover) and Susi Hamilton (D-New Hanover, Brunswick). She said State Sen. Bill Rabon (R-New Hanover, Brunswick) is also expected to attend.
Bulluck said the meeting would address Wrightsville Beach issues, such as rebuilding in the event of a major flood.
“We can’t wait until it happens,” Bulluck said. “For businesses, that means we’re out of business. The planning needs to be in advance. They have to know whether they have a plan and can rebuild or whether they need to move off the island.”
If the businesses had to leave, Bulluck added, it would greatly change the Wrightsville Beach environment.
The committee also reviewed a second round of advertising concepts for its new branding campaign.
Shawn Braden, Wilmington Beaches and Convention Visitors Bureau executive vice president of marketing, presented the committee with a booklet containing the new creative concept.
“We are now in the middle of the execution of fall plans,” Braden told the committee during the meeting. “We get quiet with you guys because we’re busy doing what we all talked about.”
Braden said the copy in the second round of concepts took into account the committee’s feedback from the previous month’s meeting and adjusted the copy to focus more on the many activities offered around Wrightsville Beach.
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