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DocuSign Envelope ID:54EAOF14-1593-4CDB-B6D6-05BA2AB8F6C5 <br /> - Hillsborough has always been a day tripper,family, kind of destination and we are starting to <br /> see that return. <br /> - Hillsborough's historic sites have been great and offering virtual programming. They have also <br /> figured out ways to do touchless tours where you scan a barcode and take the tour yourself and <br /> just your family on your phone. <br /> • Katie Murray—Program Coordinator, Orange County Arts Commission <br /> - We have not lost any arts-related businesses in Orange County. <br /> - The Small Business Association (SBA) is taking forever getting the guidelines of the Save our <br /> Stages Act out but we are hopeful that will provide some relief to our local arts organizations. <br /> - Big Night in for the Arts is coming up on March 111". Mandolin Orange and Branford Marsalis <br /> are some of the headliners. Later today we are announcing that we also got Scott McCreery as a <br /> headliner. This will all be online and on-air on WRAL. We are still soliciting sponsorships. <br /> Wegmans is our largest sponsorship and are proving to be a great community partner. <br /> - Be on the lookout for our new promo featuring our fabulous mayors and Commissioner Price. <br /> - Our Eno Mill project is just about a year old. We exceeded projections despite COVID-19 and did <br /> generate a little bit of revenue in this first year which will be used to continue to grow the space. <br /> - Art on the Hill is going to be a countywide major public art festival that has been postponed <br /> until July 2022. <br /> • Kayla Dempsey—Director of Marketing& Develop., North Carolina High School Athletic Association <br /> - We just had swimming and diving championships this past weekend. Chapel Hill High won a <br /> state title. There were about 300 student athletes each day. Absolutely no fans. <br /> - Lacrosse and soccer have started their games. <br /> - Football will starts games on February 261". We have already had some teams in quarantine so <br /> we'll see what happens. <br /> - We are getting a lot of pressure, mostly from parents,to increase the number from 100,that we <br /> set based on the governor's executive order back in October. <br /> - Basketball is being held at Wheatmore High School and Providence Grove High School in <br /> Randolph County and the limit is 25 fans in attendance. <br /> • Commissioner Sally Greene—Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> - As the Town of Chapel Hill,the Town of Carrboro, and Laurie has shared, Orange County's <br /> budget is constrained as well. Not a lot of news on that front other than we are trying to get <br /> through it. <br /> - Buc-ee's pulled out before the County Commissioners could make a decision. Phase two of <br /> Buc-ee's included a hotel. With that gone,the commissioners now understand the need to find <br /> something for that Efland area. That area could really use a hotel. There are soccer fields close <br /> by and the only place to lodge currently is in Alamance County. The commissioners are starting <br /> to focus on a possible revision to the Efland economic development district. <br /> - In honor of February being Black History Month, Orange County's 31't Annual Pauli Murray <br /> Awards night will be held virtually via Zoom webinar on Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. <br /> Three awards are given: an adult, a youth, and an organization. The guest speakers are poets <br /> Nikki Giovanni and Jaki Shelton Green. <br /> . Beverly Payne—Alliance for Historic Hillsborough <br /> - The Orange County Historical Museum is hosting Native American Storytelling with Lawrence <br /> Dunmore tomorrow evening,Thursday, February 19t"at 7:00 p.m. <br /> - The Orange County Historical Museum is hosting Indigenous Uses of Pine Needles with Vickie <br /> Jeffries on March 4tn <br /> 7 1 P a g e CHOCVB BOD Meeting February 17 , 2021 <br />