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36 <br />Candlelight Tours <br />Ladies Night Out in Hillsborough <br />Farm to fork dinners at Hillsborough Farm House <br />Heritage Tourism Promotions <br />African American tourism promotions <br />Terra VITA <br />Festifall in Chapel Hill <br />Black Alumni Reunion held homecoming weekend each year <br />Horace Williams House Events <br />Moorefields Events <br />Downtown Chapel Hill Partnership <br />Triangle Hotel Motel Association <br />North Carolina Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus <br />Describe this board/commission's activities/accomplishments in carrying <br />out BOCC goal(s)/priorities, if applicable. <br />The advisory board, together with staff, follows best practices of national tourism <br />associations, coupled with the -goals of the county, to build and sustain the <br />economy through tourism. According to NC Dept of Commerce, nearly $150 <br />million was left by tourists to Orange County in 2009. <br />If your board/commission played the role of an Element Lead Advisory <br />Board involved in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan preparation process, <br />please indicate your board's activities/accomplishments as they may relate <br />to the Comprehensive Plan's goals or objectives. (The Element Lead <br />Advisory Boards include: Planning Board, EDC, OUTBoard, Commission <br />for the Environment, Historic Preservation Commission, Agriculture <br />Preservation Board, Affordable Housing Board, Recreation and Parks <br />Advisory Council) <br />N/A <br />Identify any activities this board/commission expects to carry out in 2012 <br />as they relate to established BOCC goals and priorities. If applicable, is <br />there a fiscal impact (i.e., funding, staff time, other resources) associated <br />with these proposed activities (please list). <br />• The Visitors Bureau will continue to play a central role in the Board of <br />County Commissioners goals to commit to clean economic development, <br />job growth, diversity in businesses and growing the creative and artistic <br />cultures in Orange County. <br />• To accomplish this, the Visitors Bureau, through the occupancy tax <br />revenues, will regenerate new visitor business that impacts county wide <br />hospitality services such as hotels, restaurants, retail, attractions and <br />transportation. The goal of the Visitors Bureau is to grow jobs in this <br />