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cultural center would serve as yet another magnet for visitors, whether their visits are for leisure or for <br />business. <br />BUSINESS -TO- BUSINESS CUSTOMER ANALYSIS <br />Member Organization Usage Needs <br />Orange Community Players — theatre, classroom, and dedicated rehearsal space <br />Hillsborough Arts Council — art classes, movement and drama programming, musical performances, <br />after - school and summer programming <br />Historic Hillsborough Commission✓Burwell School — historical programming, gallery exhibits, and <br />fundraising <br />Orange County Historical Museum/Historic Foundation of Hillsborough — historical programming, <br />gallery exhibits, fundraising events, off -site board/committee meetings <br />Orange County Artist Guild — gallery exhibits <br />Orange County Arts Commission — arts programming <br />Orange County School System — theatre, classroom and gallery exhibits for and by kids <br />Other Art / Cultural Organizations <br />Hillsborough Actors Theatre Company 7— has hosted an annual Christmas Carol for the past 9 years, <br />featuring renowned authors Michael Malone and Allan Gurganus. They hope to host their 10th <br />anniversary in the Cultural Center. <br />The Purple Crow Bookstore — often has authors in for "readings" when new books are published. A <br />recent reading was held outdoors at the new Famer's Market Pavilion because it drew many more <br />people than the small bookstore could house. <br />Handmade Parade — the auditorium floor would be an ideal space for producing the huge 20- to <br />30 -foot puppets for the handmade parade as well our dedicated storage areas for works in progress. <br />Potential Future Users <br />Hillsborough Radio Station — local microstation is looking for a broadcast booth and 2 studios. <br />Symphony Orchestra — gives concerts at Cameron Park in the summer. They could offer a winter <br />concert / series in the auditorium. <br />Local music teachers — could utilize office space for one -on -one lessons, the classroom areas for larger <br />groups and the large theatre space for their students to perform recitals. <br />Gallery exhibition space — while there are wonderful venues in town for the display of art in <br />commercial galleries, there are no places for amateurs to present their wares. The auditorium space <br />could be a great place for mounting "juried" shows, where anyone could enter. We have resident in <br />Hillsborough a premier landscape painter, John Beerman (who has paintings hanging in MOMA in <br />New York City). He currently gives watercolor classes in a converted gas station. While he may not <br />want to change his space for classes, he would be an excellent judge of a " juried" show (and has said <br />Orange County Cultural Center Confidential Page 12 of 30 <br />Strategic Business Plan (v.1.0) 9/8/2011 <br />