Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. VS.I� <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 17, 1995 <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County Arts Commission Presentation <br /> of Grants Awards and Report <br /> DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> Recreation and Parks <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> List of Orange County Grants Award Myra Austin, Ext. 2670 <br /> Recipients for 1994-95 TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane — 227-2031 <br /> Durham — 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: 1. Presentation of Orange County Arts Commission grant awards. <br /> 2. Informational report to the Board regarding activities and goals <br /> of the Arts Commission. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The Orange County Arts Commission was created by a resolution of the Board of County <br /> Commissioners on February 4, 1985. The Arts Commission is the official county-wide <br /> advisory body on the arts. It's primary goals are: (1) to serve as the Local Distributing <br /> Agent of State Grassroots Grants and local (Orange County) funds; (2) to serve as a <br /> "clearing house" for information on the arts; (3) to facilitate the development of <br /> self-sustaining arts programs; and (4) to advise the Board of Commissioners on matters <br /> involving the arts. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> The Manager recommends that the Board of Commissioners present the grant awards to the <br /> recipients and receive the status report for information only. <br />