Old Town Association Elects 2014-15 Officers

Nearly 30 members of the Old Town Association Steering Committee met and voted to change the name of the revitalized Merchants Association to be all encompassing and held the election of their new officers for the remainder of 2014-15 fiscal year.

Donna Fischman will serve as President, with Ron Depew as Vice President; Jay Prisco will serve as Secretary; Carol Lawhon as Treasurer; and Ron Fishgold as Member-at-Large. About a dozen members present took applications for grants offered up by Kern County to take advantage of Supervisor Zack Scrivner's RENEWBIZ program.

Lee White voiced the opinion to the group, "Let's take it forward and tell the County that it starts here." He ventured that if the group took positive action, others would come on board, and they have. Nearly 50 local residents, businesses, and property owners have signed up to work with the new organization. Donna Fischman injected that this money is "low hanging fruit" that we need to take advantage of it just as other areas like Boron and Mojave have. "This grant money only requires matching 10%, either in kind or cash to qualify."

The next meeting of the OTA will be Thursday, August 28, 6pm at Don Juan's on South Street in Tehachapi. Interested parties from the area are invited to attend.