CHOC Visitors Bureau minutes 041719

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and updating the website . Clean Design will return to present at our May board meeting . The bureau sponsored a race at the Orange County Speedway in northern Orange County the weekend of April 1344 that was very successful . We will sponsor TerraVITA again this year. The number of visits to the visitor' s center continues to drop and she is in conversations with the BOCC about making some changes which may include relocation of the current visitor' s center. The new UNC Visitors Center will open in December but they are limited by the Umstead Act as it pertains to directing visitors to particular businesses in Chapel Hill and Carrboro . Sales Report Marlene has recently traveled to Charlotte for their equivalent of our Prime Time Business Expo . In January she hosted a familiarization tour with four planners attending and has some individual planners scheduled to come in the next month . She traveled to the Rendezvous South small meeting market planner show and had seventeen appointments with meeting planners . A March Madness meeting planner event was held at the Carolina Club March 14 for local hotels to present themselves to UNC meeting planners . Ninety meeting planners attended . New Business / Roundtable Chair Carey acknowledged all for updates in their respective fields : • Annette Stone shared that Carrboro is putting together a month's worth of activities to celebrate pride month . Carrboro' s TDA board reported to the Alderman and the subject of tours was raised . Carrboro would like to know if all the groups in Orange County would come together to produce an app , with tours all over the county tailored to different interests . L. Paolicelli said tours need to be a priority in the southern part of the county and that northern orange/ Hillsborough already do it well . • Rachel Schaevitz reported that the Chapel Hill Town Council voted to approve new sidewalk dinning rules which will open additional dinning opportunities all over Chapel Hill . Ground breaking has taken place at the new UNC Healthcare facility at Eastowne at the gateway to Chapel Hill , On May 27 the town will host the Northside Neighborhood Festival and April 28th they will host the Near and Far Festival . Matt Gladdeck added that Food Fest would be held on May 18 . • Matt Gladdeck reminded the board that the Downtown Partnership will hold their annual meeting at the Carolina Inn on April 26 . Proceeds from the sale of tickets will go towards supporting public art . They will have a panel discussion to start formulating the Partnerships vision . • Tanya Moore reported that the UNC Visitors Center will soon move to its temporary space at Hill Hall as the Morehead Planetarium is beginning their renovations . The university has hired Kristen Smith Young as their new Director of Communications and she will be begin her work on April 22 . The longtime UNC Chief of Police will retire in June so a search will be launched for his replacement. • Mark Bell shared that Hillsborough has several events coming up this spring including the Heart Walk, Last Sundays at Moorefields, Burwell School Spring Gala and Auction as well as the Annual Garden Tour. On May 18 they will hold a Margaret Lane Cemetery Day of Remembrance; this event is a collaboration of several Orange County organizations . The town has recently stamped their crosswalks which they feel is a huge improvement. The Orange County Board of County Commissioners recently earmarks money to build a stage in River Park and that proposal will soon go to the Hillsborough Historical Commission for approval . Shannan Campbell added that the Hillsborough Visitors Center is ramping up on their spring tours . A new taco restaurant is opening in 3 Page CHOCVB BOD Meeting March 20 , 2019