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Potential Venues & Contacts: <br />Margaret Cannell — Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce <br />Elizabeth Read — Alliance for Historic Hillsborough <br />Katharine Paulhamus — Director of the Burwell School <br />Bernadette Pelissier — Chair; Orange County Commissioners <br />Tom Stevens — Mayor of Hillsborough <br />Mark Chilton — Mayor of Carrboro <br />Mark Kleinschmidt — Mayor of Chapel Hill <br />Kay Hagan - US Senator <br />David Price - US House Representative <br />Ellie Kinnaird - State Senator <br />Verla Insko - State Representative; District 56; Orange Co. <br />Bill Faison - State Representative; District 50, (Caswell, Orange) <br />Joe Hackney - State Representative; District 54; (Chatham, Moore, Orange) <br />Pat Rhodes — Superintendent, Orange County Schools <br />Thomas A. Forcella — Superintendent, Chapel Hill / Carrboro City Schools <br />3) OCCC Board Members will be visible at community events, distribute flyers to a targeted customer <br />base, invite Chamber of Commerce for after -hours events, and offer to speak to civic groups, rotary <br />clubs, senior centers, schools, and other organizations that will be potential customers. <br />4) Member organizations will cross - promote each others' events to their own organizations, taking <br />advantage of their mailing lists. <br />5) After the Grand Opening, we will host periodic (quarterly) public open houses and invite the local <br />Chambers of Commerce, School Board Members and the public at large to ensure that local <br />community members will become and remain familiar with the Center and its offerings. <br />6) The Center will also host significant cultural performances from out -of -town bands and theatrical <br />groups. Outside acts will be solicited by partnering with local booking agencies, such as Time and Tide <br />Productions. In addition, the Center will pursue partnerships with other nearby arts centers, such as the <br />Arts Center of Carrboro and the Ballroom in Saxapahaw, to share leads for acts. <br />Advertising Media <br />Flyer: We will create an attractive 1 -page color flyer/ sales sheet that describes our various rental <br />spaces, high lights our unique features, and includes photographs of the space. Flyers will be <br />distributed at meetings and wherever there is community presence. <br />Orange County Cultural Center Confidential Page zu of ju <br />Strategic Business Plan (v.1.0) 9/8/2011 <br />