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14 <br /> • Creating and managing a diversity site: explored iversitync.com and <br /> chapel hilldiversity.com <br /> • Operating a walk-in Visitors Center, staffed from 8:30AM-5:OOPM on <br /> Monday through Friday and 10AM-3PM on Saturdays. <br /> • Managing data that assists area partners. <br /> • Creating joint seasonal promotions with Carrboro, Chapel Hill and <br /> Hillsborough economic development. <br /> Describe this board/commission's activities/accomplishments in carrying out BOCC <br /> goal(s)/priorities, if applicable. <br /> • Diversifying the tax base through tourism, a sector of the economy that <br /> requires no infrastructure and generated $160 million annually in Orange <br /> County. <br /> • Sustaining local businesses by bringing customers to their operation. <br /> • Supporting the arts. <br /> • Supporting diversity through ongoing programs and conferences. <br /> Describe the collaboration relationship(s) this particular board has with other advisory <br /> boards and commissions? <br /> Monthly board meetings with each municipality; UNC, Orange County Arts <br /> Commission, North Carolina High School Athletics Association, North Carolina <br /> Restaurant and Lodging Association, Triangle Area Hotel Motel Association, <br /> NAACP, General Alumni Association of UNC, Downtown Chapel Hill Partnership; <br /> Carrboro Music Festival, Kidzu, Chapel Hill Economic Development, Orange <br /> County Economic Development; Carrboro Economic Development; Piedmont <br /> Food and Processing Center; Moorefields Hillsborough, Alliance for Historic <br /> Hillsborough; Orange County Historical Museum. <br /> Identify any activities this board/commission expects to carry out in 2023 as they relate <br /> to established BOCC goals and priorities. If applicable, is there a fiscal impact (i.e., <br /> funding, staff time, other resources) associated with these proposed activities (please <br /> list). <br /> 1. Continue to diversity tax base through growing tourism revenues. <br /> 2. Maintain a website on the growing diversity in Orange County. <br />