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DocuSign Envelope ID:B2DC797D-600C-4C85-8BB9-5EA21BEBA9AA <br /> - Downtown Together is having a big meeting on Friday with UNC Board of Trustees to announce <br /> the plans for all the things we are putting together to spruce up downtown and bring <br /> companies here. <br /> - We just had a housing study report presented to the town council on Friday. We don't have <br /> the actual report yet but I'll let you know when we have it. The big takeaway is we don't have <br /> enough housing for young professionals and middle-income people. We have many needs in <br /> town but that was the biggest need. Also,we are looking at projects holistically vs. piecemeal <br /> to create a sense of community. People want places incorporated with places to gather, places <br /> to walk, etc. That is part of the downtown reimaging too- places to gather. With the new <br /> parking deck, we are opening up two parcels to make pocket parks, which will offer some <br /> interesting new ways for people to gather. <br /> - Rosemary Street hotel—the proposed extended stay hotel behind the old town hall, has been <br /> pushed-off until October. It will come before Town Council in October. <br /> - A few other projects percolating that Matt from Downtown Partnership can tell you about. <br /> - FilmFest919 is coming October 18-24 and tickets are selling out fast. It is going to be huge <br /> because there are a number of directors and actors attending this year's film festival. They <br /> have created a new bar, a container bar, at the Carraway Drive-in, where people can hangout <br /> beforehand. <br /> - We are starting the Estes Road multimodal pathway plan in late September so look for signage <br /> coming out for that. <br /> • Matt Gladdek—Executive Director, Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership <br /> - Every Friday and Saturday we have musicians playing downtown through October. <br /> - Carolina Brewery is having Oktoberfest on September 26th in the parking lot across the street. <br /> The Downtown Partnership is supporting that by paying for a DJ and a band. <br /> - Festifall is occurring over three weekends vs. one day in October on 10/15, 10/23, and 10/30. <br /> - Henderson Street in downtown will be closed down on October 161h for a downtown tailgate <br /> and block party before the UNC—Miami football game. <br /> - We have just kicked-off redoing all the downtown planters. Once that is done, we will be <br /> adding additional planters with more flowers and color. <br /> •Tanya Moore— Associate Vice Chancellor, UNC-Chapel Hill <br /> - From all accounts,this past first home football weekend at UNC against Georgia State was a <br /> successful weekend. We have not seen a spike in our student COVID positivity numbers. <br /> - The big news from Tanya is that her boss,Joel Curran, Vice Chancellor of Communications, <br /> announced yesterday that he is taking a position with the University of Notre Dame. <br /> • Commissioner Sally Greene—Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> - Eno Arts Mill Grand Opening is on October 1st from 6:00 p.m.—9:00 p.m. It is free but entry is <br /> timed so go to the Orange County website to register. <br /> - Sally mentioned, upon hearing our Clean Advertising video was shown to the Chapel Hill Town <br /> Council, she would be interested in showing it to the Orange County Commissioners, especially <br /> since there are several new commissioners on the board. <br /> • Mayor Pro Tern Mark Bell &Shannan Campbell, Economic Development—Town of Hillsborough <br /> - Shannan also encourages board members to attend the Eno Arts Mill grand opening. <br /> - Last Fridays continues to be a strong monthly event for Hillsborough and the Hillsborough Arts <br /> Council has been doing a great job running Last Fridays. <br /> - Several events going on in October including Botanist& Barrel's annual Apple Festival. <br /> 3 1 P a g e CHOCVB BOD Meeting September 15 , 2021 <br />