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DocuSign Envelope ID: DBF0775B-3A75-4D97-9EA7-5AC7933304BF t A - continued <br /> Provider's Outside Agency Application <br /> MAIN APPLICATION <br /> • Develop a business plan that will generate more revenue from fee-for-service contracts, <br /> sales, classes, and performances, as well as traditional fundraising and development efforts <br /> (to be developed). <br /> • Strengthen our internal capacity to sustain the HAC into the future through administrative <br /> oversight, development, and facilitation of mutually productive community partnerships (in <br /> progress, now that we have a Program Coordinator). <br /> • Broaden our interactions with communities of color, and expand participation across <br /> individuals and organizations that are diverse in terms of economic or social status, <br /> ethnicity, physical ability, or familiarity with creative processes (in the beginning stage, with <br /> potential yet to be tapped). <br /> We ask Orange County to invest in our infrastructure and planning as we build a sustainability blueprint for <br /> the future. We intend to formalize our administrative support and oversight while diversifying our audience <br /> and supporters, and reducing our dependency on grant support by increasing earned income. <br /> d) Describe the population to be served or the area to benefit and indicate how you will <br /> identify beneficiaries. <br /> Description of Population to Be Served <br /> The approximately thirty individual events coordinated annually by the HAC are open to everyone. The <br /> number of participants range from less than a dozen (ongoing gatherings of the Orange Dog Poets Society) <br /> to several hundred (The Black Church, Freedom, and Civil Rights event,January, 2015) to thousands (over <br /> 1,900 people marched in the first Solstice Paper Lantern Parade in December, 2015). Total participation is <br /> estimated at 18,000 which is a duplicated count,given that we have a loyal following of repeat customers. <br /> During the last half of 2015, we asked visitors to the HAC Gallery& Gift Shop where they called "home." <br /> People came from 48 cities and towns from across North Carolina, 33 states, Washington DC, and ten <br /> foreign countries (Mexico, Columbia,Taiwan,Japan, England, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Russia, and the <br /> Virgin Islands.) We enjoy representing the creative spirit of Hillsborough to these visitors. <br /> With the new focus of our new Program Coordinator, we will be able to provide more inclusive <br /> programming by building community partnerships that will inform our program development. Invoking a <br /> practice of"doing with," and not"doing to," this programming will be designed based on the feedback we <br /> receive from the community: <br /> • We will explore new partnerships, such as by joining the Orange County Historical Museum <br /> in their monthly outreach efforts into the historically African-American Fairview community. <br /> • We will seek input from members of underserved communities, through one-on-one <br /> conversations and small group conversations, to learn more about the unrecognized artists <br /> within those communities, as well as the classes or events they would like to experience. <br /> The HAC board is developing a strategic plan (spring, 2016)which will facilitate the development of a long- <br /> term business plan. Our challenge will be to develop strategic choices with a gradual plan of <br /> implementation that is sustainable.The following are a few examples of potential fee-for-service projects <br /> waiting to be developed: <br /> Main Application 1/22/2016 8:56:04 AM Page / of 2 <br />