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11 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Art Menius <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Mr. Art Menius <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 6627 Maynard Farm Rd <br /> Chapel Hill NC 27516 <br /> Phone (Day): 919-675-2787 <br /> Phone (Evening): 919-675-2787 <br /> Phone (Cell): 919-675-2787 <br /> Email: art @artmenius.com <br /> Place of Employment: Art Menius Consulting <br /> Job Title: Owner <br /> Year of OC Residence: 1973 <br /> Township of Residence: Bingham <br /> Zone of Residence: County <br /> Sex: Male <br /> Ethnic Background: Caucasian <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> Town of Carrboro Arts Committee <br /> Creative Carrboro Committee <br /> Chapel Hill Rotary Club <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> None <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> Thirty years experience in non-profit/government partnerships using the arts for tourism and <br /> economic development. Worked in 1980s with Owensboro Daviess County(KY)Tourism <br /> Commission to create the IBMA World of Bluegrass events which moved to Raleigh in 2013. <br /> Director of Marketing and Sponsorship for MerleFest at Wilkes Community College, building <br /> MerleFest into an international brand and an event generating $16M in local economic impact. In <br /> that role worked closely with the North Wilkesboro TDA and served on the Tourism Committee <br /> of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce. I was on the Wilkes County Cultural Council for the Blue <br /> Ridge National Heritage Area during the time of its creation and launch. I was the college s <br /> representative to High Country Host and Advantage West NC. Through those roles I took the <br /> National Park Service s intensive Gateway Community training in 2006. <br /> As Director of Appalshop in Whitesburg, KY, I worked directly with state and regional tourism <br /> agencies, the TourSEKY project, and Appalachian Regional Commission. I was a paid <br /> consultant for the Letcher County KY Tourism Commission (2010-2011)securing $30,000 in <br /> funding for a public engagement process resulting in a Coal Heritage Trail and a Quilt Trail and <br /> a new county tourism brochure. <br /> Returning to Orange County in April 2012, I obtained a State historical marker, Carrboro s first, <br /> for Libba Cotten. Vice-Chair McKee took part in the Sept 2013 dedication. I became active in the <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber and joined Carrboro s Arts Committee and ESC. <br />