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• Juneteenth event in Hillsborough (mock trial of the Freedom Riders), NPR reporter will be <br /> attending the event and bringing family members of the original Freedom Riders <br /> • More Juneteenth events in Chapel Hill and Carrboro also <br /> • New Welcome Center, Open House (125 attended) diverse group attended <br /> • Budget—ending the year on budget, County Manager not allocating ARPA funds for VB for next <br /> fiscal year, but the Visitor Bureau is in good shape fiscally, New Admin in place soon <br /> • Thanks and individual shout-outs to members of the board and audience for their contributions <br /> to Visitor Bureau and the Towns. <br /> Chapel Hill Transit Presentation <br /> https:Ilissuu.com/chocvb/docs/chapel hill transit presentation visitors bureau 6 <br /> Additional Points: <br /> • The Chapel Hill Transit facility is being renamed to honor former Mayor Howard Lee <br /> • The Chapel Hill Transit was started in 1974 <br /> • Chapel Hill Transit has 8 more electric buses coming, ordered 1 year ago <br /> • Sunday Bus Service was added in 2019, discontinued until recently due to Covid <br /> • Chapel Hill buses—Fare Free/ NOT Free Transit <br /> • Questions asked: BRT(Bus Rapid Transit) Funding,Tours of UNC with the U & RU buses <br /> • Intercity Transit Comparable to Chapel Hill: Canada, Richmond, Boulder <br /> New Business <br /> • Beverly—June 25t" Event, Historic Hillsborough Excursion Day, 10am-4pm <br /> • There will be no meeting in July, the next meeting is August 17, 2022 at a location to be <br /> determined. <br /> Next meeting: Wednesday,August 17, 2022 <br /> Meeting adjourned at 9:07 a.m. <br /> 2 1 P a g e CHOCVB BOD Meeting June 15 , 2022 <br />