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ael <br />cultural center would serve as yet another magnet for visitors, whether their visits are for leisure or for <br />business. <br />.... ..::...:....:............ <br />.......:..........::: . <br />.. .....:..... <br />. my <br />..:.... :..:.... .:.. : <br />.....:.... <br />.. .:... ....:.. . ... :..::.: <br />........... <br />........:.:: <br />:...... :::. .:.::. <br />Member rgani a i n Usage Needs <br />Oran e Communi ...Players — theatre, classroom, and dedicated rehearsal space <br />Hillsboro u h 14rts Council — art classes, movement and drama programming, musical performances, <br />after - school and summer programming <br />Historic Hillsborough Comm issionlBurwell School — historical programming, gallery exhibits, and <br />fundraising <br />,Orange Coun Historical MuseumlHistoric Foundation o Llillsborau h — historical programming, <br />gallery exhibits, fundraising events, off -site board /committee meetings <br />Orange County Artist Guild — gallery exhibits <br />]ran e Coun.tv,4rts Commission — arts programming <br />Oran e Coun School S stem — theatre, classroom and gallery exhibits for and by kids <br />Other Art I Cultural Organizations <br />Hillsboro u h Actors Theatre Com an — has hosted an annual Christmas Carol for the past 9 years, <br />featurin g 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 />Hillsboro u h Radio Station — local microstation is looking for a broadcast booth and 2 studios. <br />S m hon Orchestra — gives concerts at Cameron Park in the summer. They could offer a winter <br />concert l 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 s ace — 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) 91$12011 <br />