OTHER-2024-041-Contract with The Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro to Provide Community Advocate Services in Partnership with Chapel Hill and Carrboro

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Docusign Envelope ID : E34C6BB7-F3C3-4DF8-85BC-7204AC88E6A6 EXHIBIT A — Scope of Work The Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill - Carrboro will provide a full time Community Advocate to support existing enterprises and new business starts in Orange County that are owned by Black, Latine , and refugee individuals as well as individuals with disabilities ( hereinafter " priority populations ' . The Community Advocate is responsible for designing and executing a multi -year effort to identify enterprises and entrepreneurs in priority populations , assess their needs and challenges , help them navigate a complex system of organizations and support, and connect them to needed resources for the purpose of strengthening existing enterprises and supporting new entrepreneurs and improving long -term success . Duties and Responsibilities . 1 . Identify, train , and deploy dedicated personnel to support local priority population - owned businesses . 2 . Create and maintain a list of local priority population enterprises and share that list with local economic development partners . 3 . Conduct and share the results of an annual economic conditions and needs assessments of local priority population enterprises through survey and interviews . 4 . Build trusting relationships and serve as a navigator and connector that identifies enterprises and entrepreneurs and connects them to the people , information , and resources they need to succeed . 5 . Inform priority population small business owners , local farms , and food processing ventures about the financial resources available through the County's Small Business Grant & Agriculture Grant programs and introduce prospective grant applicants to the Orange County Economic Development office for assistance . 6 . Introduce priority population business owners to the County"s small business assistance counselors , including Durham Technical Community College 's " Small Business Center", the LAUNCH Chapel Hill tech incubator, the Small Business Technology Development Center ( SBTDC) , SCORE mentors , Piedmont Food Processing Center, EMPOWERment, Inc . & Brightpath Solutions , the North Carolina Department of Administration 's "' N . C . Minority Business Development Agency Business Center ", the U . S . Small Business Center, and the Self- Help Credit Union , 7 . Refer small businesses requesting help to locate suitable real estate locations to Orange County Economic Development and the Towns ' economic development staff. 8 . Coordinate workforce development and talent access strategies with Orange County Department of Social Services , NC Works/Skills Development Center office , and Durham Technical Community College .