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DocuSign Envelope ID:BE7848D2-BCC2-436E-BF83-620F915696DB <br /> - The Raleigh Jaycees no longer want to organize the Town of Chapel Hill's Christmas Parade. So <br /> we are taking a break from the parade this year and are working with Carrboro to come up with <br /> a new event next year. <br /> • Mayor Pro Tern Mark Bell &Shannan Campbell, Economic Development—Town of Hillsborough <br /> - Food, beverage, and occupancy revenues are strong, compared to last year, despite everything <br /> that is going on. <br /> - The Town of Hillsborough is focusing on continuing our events safely. We have a lot going on <br /> this coming Halloween weekend encouraging everyone to come out, social distance, and wear <br /> masks. Last Fridays, which has expanded with a Makers Market, bringing the vendor <br /> component back, in a different location, the West End of Hillsborough. <br /> - The Hillsborough Chamber is moving forward with the Hillsborough Holiday Parade. <br /> - The tree lighting is still planned. <br /> - We are ramping up plans for"Shop Small" Saturday. <br /> - The Hillsborough Arts Council is planning to do their annual Lantern Walk, which brings a lot of <br /> people to Hillsborough. They are modifying the route to be a loop vs. backtracking on itself as <br /> it has done in the past. <br /> - Burwell School and the Orange County Historical Museum are still programming. <br /> - We are seeing strong event attendance and people are being responsible. <br /> • Beverly Payne—Alliance for Historic Hillsborough <br /> - The Occaneechi Tribe has had two back-to-back workdays at the Occaneechi Village Replica Site <br /> this past weekend and the weekend prior. We are planning on opening the Occaneechi Village <br /> Replica Site and having a dedication on April 23rd <br /> - The Orange County Historical Museum is planning a new exhibit, "Show Flavor" opening in <br /> February. We are working with some of Katie Murray's artists who creating a background for <br /> this exhibit of dishes from our collection. Our current exhibit, "Date Night", is going very well. <br /> • Elise Tyler, General Manager, Colonial Inn <br /> - The Colonial Inn celebrates its one-year opening anniversary in two weeks. <br /> - We have a pumpkin-carving event with lots of toys on Saturday, October 30th at 4:30 p.m. and <br /> we have music and poetry happening from 5:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m. <br /> - We are spear headers of Hillsborough's first "Glow Walk" encouraging the Hillsborough <br /> downtown shops to put out carved and lit pumpkins so there is a glowing, downtown <br /> atmosphere. <br /> - Our weekends are fully booked from September through December. <br /> - We are feeling the same pains with Sunday through Thursday business. <br /> - When the pandemic hit, we put a lot of our focus on food and beverage because that is what <br /> the majority of our customers are interested in at this time. <br /> • Commissioner Sally Greene—Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> - The Orange County Board of County Commissioners is having an in-person work session at <br /> Whitted on November 11th. We will be spread-out and this is a test to see how it goes. It is a <br /> work session, so no public comment. The topic of the work session is "Agriculture and the Food <br /> System." Orange County has a Food Council and Ag Extension that helps farmers and both <br /> organizations do great work but this work is not very visibly known and, in some ways, they are <br /> not working as well as they could together. Of course,Agritourism is a part of this discussion <br /> and I will be sure to bring it up during this work session. The hope is we will build on the great <br /> work in growing, producing, and distributing food in Orange County and strengthen the food <br /> distribution system so that we are able to consume more of the food that is being produced in <br /> Orange County. <br /> 3 Page CHOCVB BOD Meeting October 27 , 2021 <br />