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Approved 1/11/2016 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 13 of 48 <br /> <br />Kara Brewer: … UNC, got a degree in journalism. 1 <br /> 2 <br />Sharron Linn: And you also worked at UNC? ….. School pharmacy? 3 <br /> 4 <br />Kara Brewer: That’s correct. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Sharron Linn: And while you were working at the school pharmacy you were the public relations manager there? 7 <br /> 8 <br />Kara Brewer: Mm-hmm. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Sharron Linn: You were responsible for website development, state national …. , planning and committing school wide events 11 <br />sponsored by the dean’s office there? 12 <br /> 13 <br />Kara Brewer: Yes, ma’am. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Karen Barrows: I think the audience is having a little trouble hearing… (multiple people speaking) 16 <br /> 17 <br />Sharron Linn: I can also enter her bio that’s she’s provided into the evidence if that’s easier. …. 18 <br /> 19 David Rooks: If I may see it, yes. 20 <br /> 21 Michael Harvey: How about I go make copies before we…. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Karen Barrows: Is there anything else, Sharron? 24 <br /> 25 Sharron Linn: Can I qualify her as an expert after I ask her questions or would it be..? 26 <br /> 27 <br />Karen Barrows: I guess we’ll have to wait and look at the bio and such for her if that’s ok. 28 <br /> 29 <br />James Bryan: If I may, this is one of those scenarios that we’re all just sitting here, might as well allow testimony and then if you all 30 <br />decide not to go ahead and not consider, unless there’s objections to that. 31 <br /> 32 David Rooks: There’s been housing foundational management in her bio that wasn’t mentioned before so I’m ok with that. 33 <br /> 34 <br />James Bryan: Great, no objections. 35 <br /> 36 Michael Harvey: As a general reminder we need to speak up. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Sharron Linn: Kara, how long have you been researching about wedding planning and wedding venues? 39 <br /> 40 <br />Kara Brewer: Sure, so I first started my business plan for this project about 3 1/2 to 4 years ago. That is when I started doing 41 <br />some initial market research into local wedding venues. It’s actually because I had helped plan several weddings for family and 42 <br />friends, and as we were looking for different venues it’s actually hard to find an available venue in Chapel Hill. The few that are 43 <br />available book very quickly and book very far into advance, which is the case. I, after doing some of this market research about 2 44 <br />years ago I first met with Mr. Harvey just to initially talk with Orange County planning about my plans and to be sure that I work 45 <br />with them along the way to make sure that everything I was doing was in compliance with Orange County regulations, so I did start 46 <br />the conversation with Orange County very early in the process, that was important to me to make sure that we were working 47 <br />together on this project. 48 <br /> 49 <br />Sharron Linn: And can you tell us a little bit about your property on Marrow Mill Road? 50 <br /> 51 <br />Kara Brewer: Sure. As Tim mentioned, it is 22 acres. Which does allow me to put the barn in the very center of the property, it’s 52 <br />specifically what I was looking for when I was looking for a property and wanted something large enough and give me the space to 53 <br />do so. The fact that there are substantial trees around the property I think is amazing. I love all the hardwoods on the property, 54