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DocuSign Envelope ID:595B32A6-DA2E-4813-8C1A-19922903BFF8 <br /> - We have a production airing next Saturday at 2:00 p.m. in partnership with The ArtsCenter,the <br /> State Arts Council, and the Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition. It is called <br /> Haunted by playwright Sonny Kelly. He is addressing our one documented lynching in Orange <br /> County as well as some of the more recent racial terror events that have happened around the <br /> country. This will be available for streaming online for a while as well. <br /> - The Town of Hillsborough Economic Development and Orange County Arts Commission is <br /> partnering on another mural in Hillsborough. <br /> - Funding. We are also hoping for funding from the federal bill that just passed. We are also <br /> hoping allocations from the National Endowment for the Arts will filter down to our level. We <br /> are still waiting on the final word from the Save our Stages Act. Lastly, the Orange County Arts <br /> Commission is working with the county to smooth out our budget,which comes from a <br /> percentage of the occupancy tax. <br /> • Steve Brantley—Orange County Economic Development Director <br /> - We are working on presenting and issuing a press release on a summary of the small business <br /> and small farm financial assistance that we have been able to assist with over the past 12 <br /> months. We look at this as a combination of existing loan and grant programs as well as three <br /> special COVID-19 related emergency financial assistance programs the board of commissioners <br /> approved a year ago. Over the last twelve months, we have awarded 171 financial assistance <br /> grants to Orange County small businesses and farms. That totals$829,000. All of that came <br /> from Article 46, which is the quarter cent sales tax; money Orange County receives and <br /> contributes towards various economic development programs. None of that was Cares Act <br /> money, none of that was state or federal money. It was all Orange County money. Of those 171 <br /> awards, 94 were to women-owned businesses, 27 were to minority-owned businesses, 19 were <br /> to women, and minority owned businesses. We also have metrics of where the geographic <br /> location of these businesses were if you are interested in that, primarily Chapel Hill, Carrboro, <br /> and Hillsborough. We will continue this grant activity in the new fiscal year as we anticipate the <br /> replenishment of our agriculture grant and small business grant programs. <br /> - Buckhorn area plan. The discussion is still ongoing between Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners and the City of Mebane Council on a study of what areas near Mebane make <br /> sense or not make sense in future years for additional growth and development, including <br /> residential, commercial, retail, and light industrial. <br /> Next meeting: Wednesday,April21st <br /> Meeting adjourned at 9:22 a.m. <br /> DocuSigned by: DocuSigned by. <br /> inu inut�3s�'FOPM$ d by: Mtes accepted by: <br /> Laurie Paolicelli, Executive Director Anthony Carey, Chairman <br /> 4/21/2021 4/21/2021 <br /> Date Date <br /> 4 1 P a g e CHOCVB B 0 D Meeting March 17 , 2021 <br />