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DocuSign Envelope ID:A0o1Ee2 7-D6oen4r4uFrn <br /> monommuul as <br /> ""11'1111111111m111 0101111111110 um in .11 <br /> unn 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111 <br /> 11 11111111111111 eneel <br /> ommen <br /> June 1, 2017 <br /> Katie Murray <br /> Orange County Arts Commission Director <br /> John M. Link Jr. Government Services Center <br /> 200 S. Cameron Street <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> Dear Ms. Murray, <br /> This letter is in support of artist Carter Hubbard's work and grant submission to Orange County Arts <br /> Commission. We have committed agency funds for 2018 to support Carter, as well as the use of the 60f <br /> brick planters that we manage and maintain fbrthmdownhzwn community, and our agency will be the fiscal <br /> agent for the expanding project. Our agency has been funding this project consecutively for the last four <br /> years. <br /> The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership (CHDP) is a nonprofit agency that brings together the resources of the <br /> Town, University and downtown community to maintain, enhance and promote downtown as the social, <br /> cultural, and spiritual center of Chapel Hill through economic development. <br /> Our Plan of Work 2016-2018 leads with an objective of being downtown's managing entity and economic <br /> development leader by specifically pursuing arts endeavors. Whether it is music, food &drink, visual art, or <br /> performances arts <br /> Carter's Floraffiti project has steadily grown to be a cultural institution in our community. I marvel and how <br /> many people—from all over the community— know and love the'growing words'that she's created around <br /> town. This year—and in the coming year—she has added dynamic and engaging elements to the work. She's <br /> brought in youth and adults with cognitive disabilities to create works of poetry based on words. She's <br /> engaged the private sector in her work too. <br /> Floraffiti is exactly the kind of creative work that sets the tone for the engaging sense of place that we are <br /> fostering downtown. The words bring a smile to people's faces and an audible'WOW'. I love that people are <br /> engaging with her art; almost like they've been let in on a secret that they alone have discovered. <br /> We hope you are as excited about this grant proposal as we are and will support Carter and the Floraffiti <br /> project. <br /> Thank you, <br /> / <br /> � <br /> n <br /> / / ' »/ <br /> �^ I� <br /> Meg McGurk <br /> Executive Director <br /> Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership <br /> 308 West Rosemary Street,Suite 202 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 P:919-967-9440 F:919-967-9475 <br /> www.dmwntownohapn|hiU.onm <br />