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71 <br /> Slide#33 <br /> CountyWays Government <br /> Working To Support the Industry <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> Slide #34 <br /> Visitors Bureau <br /> 1. Maintains an Agritourism webpage on its website: https://www.visitchapelhill.org/agritourism/ <br /> 2. Maintains a Made in Orange County webpage that includes products made by farmers or made at the <br /> Piedmont Food Processing Center:https://www.visitchapelhill.org/restaurants/made-in-orange-county- <br /> nc/ <br /> 3. Features farm events on its website event calendar: https://www.visitchapelhill.org/event/8th-annual- <br /> holiday-at-the-farm/31035/ <br /> 4. Administers the Orange County portion of the Visit NC Farms app by adding new farms and events and <br /> scheduling push notifications to app users: <br /> https://visitncfarmstoday.com/who-is-in-it <br /> 5. Tables at various markets and events to promote the Visit NC Farms app. <br /> & Promotes local farms and markets in its Sneak Piques mini online film Pest: R <br /> https://www.visitchapelhiIl,org/sneak-piques/agritourism/ aAm <br /> 7. Maintains a photo library and video library for farmers. <br /> 8. Works to recruit travel press to write about local farms. <br /> 9. Sponsorship of Hog Day 2024:Sponsorship of Lloyd's Dairy farm agricultural tourism events$3,500 <br /> 10. Spotlights local farms in the annual newsletter,Orange Slices,which reaches 3,000 readers weekly. <br /> Tina Fuller provided some information on the NC Farms app and said 100 businesses <br /> are on the app for Orange County, 30 farms, and 10 restaurants. <br /> Commissioner Greene said she learned there is a lot of tourism interest in going to a <br /> restaurant that has ingredients from a local farm. She asked what efforts are being made to <br /> increase the number of farms in agrotourism since that was listed as an interest in the survey. <br /> Mike Ortosky said the best resource is the Orange County Planning Department. He <br /> said they have all the information about what's required for being a bona fide farm. He said <br /> because of increasing growth, there is more demand to "get out of the city" so staff tries to work <br /> with people through planning issues. <br /> Commissioner Greene asked if he is optimistic about increasing agrotourism here. <br />