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