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2 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Nick Didow made reference to the one-page handout, which was an overview of the <br /> 3 corporation. The mission is "to bring the resources of the Town, University, and downtown <br /> 4 community together to maintain, enhance, and promote downtown as the social, cultural, and <br /> 5 spiritual center of Chapel Hill through economic development," The corporation is governed by <br /> 6 seven board members. The Town of Chapel Hill appointees are Robert Epting, Allen Fine, Tom <br /> 7 Tucker, and Andrea Rohrbacher, The University of North Carolina appointees are Vice <br /> 8 Chancellor Nancy Suttenfield and Trustee Roger Perry. This group chose a seventh board <br /> 9 appointee, which is Betty Kenan. Nick Didow said that he was selected as the Interim Executive <br /> 10 Director in mid-August. He will help get the corporation going and help in the search process for <br /> 11 a permanent Executive Director. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Nick Didow made the following points: <br /> 14 <br /> 15 - The board meets the second and fourth Wednesday morning of each month from 7:30— <br /> 16 9:00 a.m. <br /> 17 - The funding is two-thirds from the Town of Chapel Hill and one-third from UNC. <br /> 18 - They have to work collaboratively with other local, county, regional, and state economic <br /> 19 development groups and downtown Chapel Hill stakeholders, <br /> 20 - CHDEDC is a private 501(c) 3 corporation that has chosen to operate in accordance <br /> 21 with the North Carolina Open Meetings Law. <br /> 22 - Major current CHDEDC activities include: <br /> 23 o Managing the transition of critical downtown services and activities with <br /> 24 assistance from several partner organizations; <br /> 25 o Start-up matters including filing for 501(c) 3 federal designation, opening a <br /> 26 CHDEDC corporate office in downtown, establishing telecommunications and <br /> 27 Internet support services, bank accounts, etc,; <br /> 28 o Board discussion of CHDEDC goals, short term objectives, long term objectives <br /> 29 and downtown economic development strategies; <br /> 30 o Review recent recommendations for improving downtown; <br /> 31 o Briefings on UNC, Town, and private economic development projects at various <br /> 32 stages of planning and implementation that will significantly impact downtown; <br /> 33 o Establishing a positive board culture in process and conduct to be an effective <br /> 34 organization and change agent for downtown Chapel Hill; and <br /> 35 o Development of an Executive Director job description and strategy to recruit a <br /> 36 permanent, full-time Executive Director. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 The office of the CHDEDC will be 308 West Rosemary Street, Suite 202. The next meeting is <br /> 39 Wednesday, October 13th, at the Chapel Hill Museum — Public Meeting Room starting at 7:30 <br /> 40 a.m, He invited everyone to attend. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Jacqueline Gist said that they were glad to have Nick Didow in this role. She said that Carrboro <br /> 43 was undergoing their own second renaissance in Carrboro, and one of the biggest things is the <br /> 44 renovation of the ArtsCenter/Cat's Cradle property. She said that even though they are very <br /> 45 distinct political entities, they are one community and their downtowns flow into each other. She <br /> 46 suggested that they have a meeting twice a year with the CHDEDC and the complementary <br /> 47 counterparts in Carrboro. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Nick Didow said that he would pass this suggestion along to his board. He agreed that <br /> 50 cooperation was a good idea, <br /> 51 <br />