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DocuSign Envelope ID:79E7E065-C620-41EB-8AD8-976C333559A7 <br /> - We had an in-person Paint it Orange Plein Air Paint-out November 3rd through November 5tn <br /> We had fifty-six participants from five states as far away as Connecticut. We have eighty-five <br /> works of art on exhibit in our exhibit space at the mill of locations all over Orange County. <br /> - We are working on a County-wide public art festival. This is a collaborative effort between the <br /> County, all three towns and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and fourteen <br /> community groups. We applied for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and <br /> received it! It is for$25,000 which is great but isn't enough for us to start getting this in the <br /> works for summer of 2022 so our committee on this decided to push this back to summer of <br /> 2023 because we have until the end of 2023 to use the grant funds. <br /> - We just released our"Restart the Arts" grants that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> just allocated some American Rescue Plan (ARPA) dollars for. We will be sending out a press <br /> release to announce those. <br /> - We just released ten arts educator grants that provide small grants to arts teachers in our <br /> school system so that they can pursue professional and artistic development opportunities. <br /> • Jon-Hartman Brown, Economic Development Director—Town of Carrboro <br /> - We have COVID-19 Business Mitigation Grants that we have are offering to Carrboro businesses <br /> to help with the expenses and debts they have been incurring during COVID. Those will close <br /> on November 19tn <br /> - The Carrboro Film Festival is this weekend. <br /> Next meeting: Wednesday,January 19, 2022 <br /> Meeting adjourned at 9:04 a.m. <br /> DocuSigned by: DocuSigned W. <br /> pmuctw <br /> Minut'esF'reviewed by: m6VOk8LP6fed by: <br /> Laurie Paolicelli, Executive Director Anthony Carey, Chairman <br /> 1/19/2022 1/21/2022 <br /> Date Date <br /> 7 1 P a g e CHOCVB BOD Meeting November 17 , 2021 <br />