CHOCVB Board Meeting Minutes 012021

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DocuSign Envelope ID:B2959B23-1DFC-4D77-BF91-33A27D171752 come to town and do more than one thing, more than to just pick up a meal. See something and make an evening in town. We continue to work back towards that. • Katie Murray—Program Coordinator, Orange County Arts Commission - Orange County Arts Commission is partnering with the Durham Arts Council,the Chatham Arts Council, United Arts of Raleigh, Wake County, and WRAL to do a really big fundraiser on the evening of Thursday, March 11th. Each county has a headlining act. We have Mandolin Orange joining Branford Marsalis and Mike Wiley and Ariana DeBose who was the star of Hamilton. - The Arts Industry has been massively impacted by the COVID-19 virus. Back in November,the state impact was estimated at about 89 million but I think that's on the low end. It is probably well into the billions at this point. There has been some federal relief. We are looking for sponsors and for our community partners to help us get the work out about this. It will be a high exposure event and we have sponsorship packages of all sizes. - Our relief grant that we started back in March has been very successful. We are$257 away from$100,000 raised. The average donation has been $100 so it has been totally grassroots, totally community. Thank you to everyone who donated to it. We are keeping this relief grant open until there is not a need for it anymore. • Mark Bell—Mayor Pro Tem,Town of Hillsborough - Colonial Inn. We went through about a twenty year struggle to get the Colonial Inn out of the hands of Mr. Francis Henry. We forced eminent domain and it was sold, renovated, and opened in November. So, if you have the opportunity and feel it is safe to visit, please come and eat a meal or have a drink or even stay. Maybe we can have our first in-person board meeting there when we start meeting in-person again. - Ayr Mount is part of a trust representing about five historic homes from the early to mid-Federal period. The trust was created by Mr. Richard Jenrette who recently passed away. The trust, Classical American Home Trust, has moved their headquarters to Ayr Mount in Hillsborough. There will be four or five people working out of both Ayr Mount and they own properties around the house and will be working out those properties as well. If you haven't been to Ayr Mount it is a stupendous example of historic preservation that really captures what is kind of special about Hillsborough. - Hillsborough Town Board recognized Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett,the scientific lead that developed the Moderna vaccine. She is from Hurdle Mills and grew up around Hillsborough and attended Orange High School. It is nice to have a hometown hero in the fight with COVID-19. Commissioner Sally Greene shared that the Orange County Board of Commissioners also recognized Dr. Corbett during their meeting last night and today,January 201h, is now Kizzmekia Corbett Day in Orange County. • Commissioner Sally Greene—Orange County Board of Commissioners - The Orange County non-discrimination ordinance passed without any controversy. - The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted 5 to 2 to not make a decision last night on the Buc-ee's Project. We proposed to the developer that they scale it down a good bit and work on the traffic plan that may affect local commuters. So the developer has until our second meeting in February to respond to these concerns. . Beverly Payne—Alliance for Historic Hillsborough - The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough Visitors Center in Hillsborough is open with limited hours. Instead of being open seven days a week it is open from Wednesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.to 4:00 p.m. - Orange County Museum and Burwell School are working on a "Lunch and Learn" series coming this spring. 7 1 P a g e CHOCVB BOD Meeting January 20 , 2021