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1 <br /> ORD-2024-035 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 7, 2024 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-h <br /> SUBJECT: Acceptance of NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Grant — <br /> America 250 Program and Approval of Budget Amendment #2-E <br /> DEPARTMENT: Economic Development/ <br /> Visitors Bureau <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Draft NCDNCR Grant Contract Laurie Paolicelli, 919-245-4322 <br /> Year-to-Date Budget Summary <br /> PURPOSE: To accept a grant from the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural <br /> Resources for the America 250 Program for $10,000 and approve Budget Amendment #2-E. <br /> BACKGROUND: The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR) <br /> is leading the statewide effort to plan for the commemoration of America's 250th anniversary, with <br /> a goal of energizing and promoting robust, comprehensive, and inclusive programs across the <br /> entire state. These programs will commemorate the 250th with wide-ranging activities across a <br /> multi-year commemoration beginning in 2024, with a focus on 2026. Additional events will <br /> continue through 2033. Programs and events will be developed around two (2) broad concepts: <br /> • Revolutionary NC — to explore the historical events of the Revolution in NC; and <br /> • When Are We Us — to explore the ideas of freedom, civic responsibility, overcoming <br /> challenges, and change as we lean into the ideals of democracy. <br /> Programs and projects will also highlight pivotal events in history, such the Civil Rights movement, <br /> Women' s Suffrage and major scientific, agricultural and industrial developments. <br /> The scope of this grant is to create and place two (2) wayside markers and create an accessibility <br /> guide to Orange County's amenities in partnership with The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: Orange County would receive $10,000 in grant funds from the NCDNCR. <br /> The Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau would be the fiscal agent for these funds. <br /> Approval of Budget Amendment #2-E recognizes $10,000 in the Visitors Bureau Fund for this <br /> purpose. <br /> ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN: This item supports: <br /> • GOAL 2: HEALTHY COMMUNITY <br />