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• Reunions, weddings, dances, and other social events <br />• Artistic and historic exhibitions <br />4) Miscellaneous rental spaces <br />• Cafe — outside vendor to offer beverages and snacks <br />• Events Bar — to be rented out during larger special events to provide alcoholic <br />beverages and light fare <br />• Art gallery <br />• Storage areas <br />• Provide superior operational, administrative and custodial service; <br />• Provide avenues to exhibit and sell the works of two- and three - dimensional art through a variety <br />of juried and non juried exhibitions; <br />• Provide housing for historical exhibits; <br />• Develop OCCC - dedicated artistic programs in the future to provide additional income; <br />• Generate job opportunities for Orange County residents by providing a first -class space for <br />incubating the cultural, artistic, and historical visions of county residents and organizations. <br />MARKET RESEARCH <br />INDUSTRY ANALYSIS <br />Industry Overview <br />There is a wealth of cultural capital in our community. More than 1,400 artists of all kinds are listed in <br />the Orange County Arts Commission's database. We have painters, photographers, filmmakers, poets, <br />writers, musicians, dancers, and fine craft artists. Hillsborough was named the best literary town in the <br />south this year by one recent publication (gardenandgun.com). As well, our community is home to <br />many individuals and organizations that are making valuable efforts to archive our cultural history, <br />protect our cultural artifacts, sites and buildings, and to preserve all of these precious resources for the <br />benefit of the citizenry. <br />The arts /culture industry is dynamic in Orange and Durham Counties and growing as evidenced by the <br />ongoing success of venues like the Carrboro ArtsCenter, Playmakers Repertory Company, Deep Dish <br />Theater, the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC), Golden Belt, and the recent emergence of small <br />art galleries. New art and performance venues have also come online in the nearby Chatham County <br />communities of Saxapahaw and Pittsboro. <br />Orange County Cultural Center Confidential Page 10 of 30 <br />Strategic Business Plan (v.1.0) 9/8/2011 <br />