CHOCVB Board Meeting Minutes 011520

Browse Search

everybody around the room and not forgot somebody, we are looking to have an individual representative from each sector as we do the roundtable . Not that we do not want to hear from everyone but to have individuals from the same organization/sector have one report and report together . Just a thought, an ask, a try . Anthony gave an example of when the Arts lists out lot of great dates of opportunity, we are all feverishly writing down those dates thinking I want to go to that, I want to go to this . If you could submit these kind of dates/ bullet points of what you are going to be talking about, then we have the dates captured and can work from that . Commentary could be added . Anthony mentioned that our 2019 meetings have been going over by 15 minutes or so and this could help us keep meetings on track and within the hour and a half allotted . Chair Carey acknowledged all for updates in their respective fields and several board members shared recent events and upcoming events . • Tanya Moore for UNC Visitors Center : The UNC Visitors Center is opening early March . In February, look for an invitation to drop by . • Matt Gladdek for Downtown Chapel Hill Partnership : Lightup Festival is coming up February 2 "d from 12 : 30 — 6 : 00 p . m . in Antoine Puech ' s old Aveda building at 140 W . Plaza , Gizmo Brew Works has opened . Dame' s Chicken and Waffles is opening soon . Schoolkids Records is going to be opening a bar that they hope to have open for record store day, which is in April . Kind of like Volume in Hillsborough . We have a business that has just signed a permit for the old Hops space . We have pop- ups at the 140 W . Plaza in the interior suite there that we are doing with Carolina Arts Everywhere . We are programming the next pop-ups to go in 109 E . Franklin space next to Epilogue . I am hiring a new marketing person who will hopefully give me a report of things I should be mentioning here which should make this move smoother. Rescue Santa went well . We hired The Daily Tar Heel to do a market study for downtown Chapel Hill . In addition , I worked with four teams of students from UNC Kenan - Flaglerto understand the relationship of students with downtown Chapel Hill . Some of the takeaways . There is a lot of fear that delivery services are taking student' s money . Students do not like paying for delivery services because it is an extra fee . Even if they spend $ 20 on food , if it is a $ 4 delivery fee, they will cancel the order . There is demand for students to be able to order on an app or online and pick up their food . Some possibilities there . Another big takeaway is students want businesses that are not just eating or drinking downtown . More other activities . The big takeaway for Matt is the student market is not as big as we expect . We need to focus on non -students and make sure our businesses are not just focused on students . We are going to be doing a bigger presentation of all of this data • Mayor Lydia Lavelle and Annette Stone for the Town of Carrboro : Two new restaurants opening in downtown Carrboro . Luna , which is a South American cuisine and another Thai restaurant . Several runs coming up in March , including a new one called Color the Hill that used to be in Chapel Hill . The biggest news from our Tourism Development Authority is a collaboration with the Carrboro Business Alliance ( CBA) to launch a website for visit Carrboro . Right now if you google Visit Carrboro it is going to take you to a landing page within the Town 's website . Hillsborough ' s is kind of the Golden Standard . We all love how Hillsborough ' s website looks . We are working with the CBA to relaunch a website and then have ongoing creative content . Reminder of all the events going on during MLK weekend including a ribbon cutting for MLK Park on Monday at 3 : 00 p . m . • Sarah Parris for the Alliance for a Historic Hillsborough : Winter, typically a quiet season in Hillsborough with many sites closed due to weather, has been busy . We are gearing up for the "Year of the Woman " , the hundred -year anniversary of women gaining the right to vote . The Alliance is coordinating with a bunch of partners in town and there will be many activities with Burwell School and others . • Tim Hoke for Orange County Arts Commission : The Winter Solstice walk this year had over 2, 000 people attend . Our State Magazine was here filming it for a feature article that will be coming out this next year . Still working on Eno Mill . The owners are in the process of doing some minor renovations for us for the spaces . We have a bunch of applications for those spaces, which we are vetting right now to make our final decisions . • Steve Brantley for Orange County Economic Development : Anthony Carey congratulated Steve on the announcement of a business that manufactures sheet metal opening in Orange County . Steve said they anticipate some more good news this year from projects that lingered from last year. Steve gave kudos to Annette and Carrboro as they have some amazing economic development coming on - line . Steve shared that Orange County economic forecast from a budgetary standpoint this coming year is not anticipating any recession or downturn . 6 Page CHOCVB BOD Meeting January 15 , 2020