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16 <br /> for human habitation.The service and housing needs of people living unsheltered have been <br /> exacerbated greatly by the COVID-19 pandemic. This group represents some of the most <br /> medically fragile people in our community- by and large the population is older and aging and <br /> have medical complications that put them at high risk for contracting and dying from COVID-19. <br /> The SORHAD team rode along with the mobile vaccination unit to connect people living <br /> unsheltered with the COVID-19 vaccine—26 people received the COVID-19 vaccine with <br /> SOHRAD's help. 180 households have been connected through the SOHRAD program using <br /> ARPA funding. <br /> o FY 2021-22 Round 1: $160,000 <br /> o FY 2022-23 Round 1: $ 175,200 <br /> ■ Total Spent as of March 31, 2023: $316,827 <br /> ■ Treasury Portal Status: More than 50%complete <br /> Tourism and Hospitality Recovery—Economic Development <br /> This project provided funding to the Orange County Visitors Bureau to aid in the recovery of <br /> tourism and hospitality in Orange County.The county's central business district of Chapel Hill <br /> and around the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (where two-thirds of the tourism, and <br /> hospitality industry resides) lost 60%of its tourism revenues during the pandemic because the <br /> leading tourism generator is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Recovery included a <br /> safe welcome center that serves as an attraction for guests to visit the central business district, <br /> learn about Chapel Hill's history and use this experience as a reason for exploring near-by <br /> businesses related to the hospitality industry. <br /> To answer this call,Visitors Bureau leaders contacted former resident and Grammy winning <br /> singer and song writer,James Taylor, whose song"Carolina in My Mind," was written about <br /> Chapel Hill. Leaders knew that a new visitor market would be attracted by a personalized <br /> welcome from James Taylor, a live rendition of his music,tourism materials related to his <br /> favorite things in Chapel Hill, and photo opportunities with his album covers, signed by James, <br /> welcoming visitors to Chapel Hill. For recovery to happen in Orange County, tourism leaders <br /> must create assets apart from the University of North Carolina.This locale will be in the heart of <br /> the Central Business District and Visitors Center leaders are working to add displays and <br /> brochures on surrounding local businesses to help this industry recovery. <br /> o FY 2021-22 Round 1: $150,000 <br /> o FY 2021-22 Round 2: $150,000 <br /> ■ Total Spent as of March 31, 2023: $ 299,286 <br /> ■ Treasury Portal Status: Complete <br /> Emergency Housing Assistance and Coordinator—Housing and Community Development <br /> This project supports the Orange County Emergency Housing Assistance fund and its program <br /> coordinator,which was created under the Risk Mitigation and Housing Displacement Fund to <br /> help Orange County residents with low incomes prevent eviction and homelessness and secure <br /> and maintain stable housing. Increased unemployment and underemployment due to the <br /> COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many people being unable to pay rent and utilities. <br /> 10 <br />