CHOCVB Board Meeting Minutes 051921

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DocuSign Envelope ID:502009F3-4D5D-4553-94B6-17FCBFF12415 • Matt Gladdek—Executive Director, Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership - Dame's Chicken &Waffles has opened in Chapel Hill. Damian Moore, who is the namesake and founder, is a Chapel Hill resident. They are doing really well but they have had trouble hiring people too so there will be limited hours for the time being. - Perennial Cafe will be re-opening under the ownership of Carrboro Coffee Roasters President Scott Conary. He is keeping it the same feel and design. I think the building owners, Mimi and Tanner Hock, really wanted was a coffee business that could take it to the next level so I think Scott Conary will do that. - Franklin Motors Beer Garden is a new bar that should be opening by the end of May or early June at the old Franklin Street Motors location. It will be a great beer garden experience. The architect that designed Ponysaurus' spot in downtown Durham is designing this property. Mike Benson will be the general manager. - The Spindle Bar, which is the bar connected to Schoolkid's Records, is also opening in late May, early June. Unfortunately, Stephen Judge,the proprietor, is stuck in Ireland because of COVID- 19 pandemic lockdown but they still should be opening on time. - West End Wine Bar is closed but Mediterranean Deli owner Jamil Kadoura is opening an event space there. - Save the Music is still going on as the busker's series. Now that venues can be open,we will be transitioning that name soon. - Juneteenth Celebration will have art performances, history exhibits, kid's activities and more in conjunction with the Town of Chapel Hill thanks to Susan Brown at Chapel Hill Community Arts &Culture. - June is also Pride month so we are actively seeking LGBTQ artists to perform for Pride month. - PNC Bank sold to Grubb Properties. We are expecting and, I would go so far as to say hoping, for residential to be put in that space. Mayor Pam Hemminger has been in conversations with them and its likely going to be at least 22 and older for more adult-themed housing. One thing we noticed during the pandemic is we need more residents within walking distance of our businesses to help support them. - There is a bunch of other developers kicking the tires on available properties. - Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership has just hired Clean Design for a small contract to work in conjunction with all the great work Laurie has done with them. Specifically, Chapel Hill lacks an icon. Carrboro has its great logo that everyone plays with and enjoys. Hillsborough has its real clear feel that people understand and play with. We want to build on that same community pride for Chapel Hill. We've asked Clean to just play with some ideas. At events this summer we will give out stickers and judge by whatever is taken the most. The goal is for Chapel Hill organizations like the Visitors Bureau, the Town of Chapel Hill, and the Chamber all use it. - Downtown Together. We have just reviewed seven proposals from a broad RFP, looking at recommendations of what we can do to take downtown to the next level. We have sent out invitations to three of the seven to present to the Downtown Together task force. We will identify what are barriers to the development we want in downtown and a path forward. We are focusing on synthesizing all the many plans that have been done in the past ten years as well as looking at an easy and actionable path forward to make sure we are moving Chapel Hill in the right direction, especially downtown. - Adopt-the-Block—A project focusing on making downtown, especially around UNC, more attractive. 6 Page CHOCVB BOD Meeting May 19 , 2021