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Patty Griffin, Communications Director <br /> Tina Fuller, Administrative Assistant <br /> a Susan Rice, Visitor's Center Coordinator <br /> Arts Commission <br /> Martha Shannon, Director <br /> Tourism and Arts Update I <br /> ■ The Arts Commission works closely with arts councils and the Visitor's Bureaus in <br /> Durham and Wake counties to make the EverWondr online arts calendar a Triangle- <br /> wide promotion of local artists. <br /> ■ Future plans call for a new website design that is more compatible between the Arts <br /> Commission & EverWondr. <br /> ■ Core programs will continue in 2012, and include Spring & Fall grant cycles, quarterly <br /> Artists' Salons, the Emerging Artist Program, Piedmont Laureate Program, <br /> Congressional High School Arts Competition, Public Art, and arts information for artists <br /> &the general public. <br /> ■ The next Artists' Salon, which is a quarterly free professional development workshop for <br /> artists, is scheduled for Friday, November 18th at The ArtsCenter, with the topic <br /> "Exploring Resources, Leveraging Assets, Crafting Your Path" by John Parker of Good <br /> Work. <br /> Chapel Hill / Oranqe Countv Visitors Bureau <br /> � Supports the growth of creative and artistic cultures in our community <br /> Fully funded with occupancy tax revenues <br /> Generation of new visitors is expected to increase tourism-related jobs to 1,800 in 2012 <br /> Tourism and Arts Update <br /> Critical Proqrams <br /> Collaborate with hotels during "softer periods" - municipalities and County <br /> Collateral data distribution (over 100,000 pieces were distributed in 2011) <br /> Center is open 6 days a week <br /> � Incubate smaller events <br /> � Target group conferences <br /> � Host national travel and food <br /> ■editors to promote food scene <br /> Conference services for 25,000 <br /> delegates annually <br /> Siqnificant New Initiatives for 2012 <br /> Collaborating on a new agri-tourism ad program <br /> Rebranding initiative <br /> Orange County Pride promotion <br /> Arts Commission Update <br /> Collaborating on the online arts calendar EverWondr h#tp:lleverwrondrn�:#work.corn <br /> � Updated web site design for Arts Commission <br /> � Continued support with annual grants programs <br /> � Continuing programs—Artists' Salons, Emerging Artist Program, Piedmont Laureate <br />