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For Approval June 21, 2023 <br /> Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau <br /> Board of Directors Meeting at Residence Inn Chapel Hill <br /> May 17, 2023 <br /> Board Members Present: Mark Bell, Town of Hillsborough; Lisa Ganzermiller, AC by <br /> Marriott; Jon Hartman-Brown, Town of Carrboro; Sharon Hill, Orange County Economic <br /> Development; Tanya Moore, University North Carolina Chapel Hill; Beverly Payne, Alliance for <br /> Historic Hillsborough; Karen Stegman, Town of Chapel Hill Town Council; Shannan Campbell, <br /> Hillsborough Economic Development; Jerri Lynn Schulke, Downtown Chapel Hill Partnership. <br /> Not Present: Manish Atma, Spring Council, Heidi Werner Dawson, Karen DeHart, Lili <br /> Engelhardt, Grace Holtkamp, Earl McKee, Damon Seils. <br /> Staff Attendance: Laurie Paolicelli, Marlene Barbera, Susan Rice, Katie Murray. <br /> Guest Speaker: Dwight Bassett, Director of Economic Development and Parking Services— <br /> Town of Chapel Hill. <br /> Call to Order <br /> Mark Bell - Chair, called the meeting to order at 8:09 a.m. <br /> Approval of Minutes <br /> Mark Bell requested a motion to approve the April 19, 2023, minutes. Beverly Payne so moved <br /> and Sharon Hill seconded the motion. With all members in favor, the minutes were approved as <br /> submitted. <br /> Dwight Bassett, the guest speaker,was introduced by Paolicelli <br /> Dwight Bassett is Director of Economic Development and Parking Services for the Town of <br /> Chapel Hill and here to provide all of us with updates on downtown Chapel Hill development <br /> projects,University Place (former Mall)timeline and the development at the corner of Estes and <br /> MLK. Dwight will give us an overview of the Wet Lab Development and Enterprise Zone slated <br /> for West Franklin Street. <br /> • Dwight Bassett's presentation: https://tinyurl.com/yx7yd698 <br /> • Even though the number of local jobs sharply increased between 2018 and 2020, the <br /> percentage of Chapel Hill residents working in Chapel Hill fell from 41% to 30%. <br /> • In the last 16 years, the number of Chapel Hill residents working locally fell by 1000 <br /> people. Research projects and startup companies are strong,but they consistently leave <br /> Chapel Hill, startups want to be with other like companies. <br /> • Chapel Hill residents hold 13% of all jobs in Chapel Hill. In Durham, residents hold 30% <br /> of all jobs in the city. <br /> • Economic Development Goals: 1) ReVive Goals—offering Minority and Women <br /> business opportunities/grants 2)Marketing& Communications—full time person hired <br />