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For Approval January 17, 2024 <br /> • Participation up 70%, afterschool completely full, sold out show on Friday, second Friday ArtWalk and <br /> gallery opening. <br /> Karen DeHart <br /> • Spoke to School Board Association in Greensboro. <br /> • December 8 and 9th will see several thousand people coming into town for a Football Championship at <br /> Kenan Stadium. <br /> Karen Stegman, Town of Chapel Hill <br /> • Organizational meeting December 181h with new board assignments with newly elected town officials <br /> • Downtown mobility study to learn more about how have better mobility for all types of traffic (cars, <br /> bike, buses, etc) <br /> • Parking deck construction continues to move forward. <br /> Rebecca Mormino, Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership <br /> • Collecting information about what's going on downtown in the winter. <br /> • Raising Canes has opened and has a lot of interest (lines out the door!). <br /> Sam Vagdama <br /> • Record breaking October and trending up in November. <br /> • Open breakfast and bar open to the public. Had a Halloween event for locals to patronize their bar. <br /> Mark Bell, Town of Hillsborough <br /> • Town of Hillsborough organizational meeting on December 11 to decide who will be representative on <br /> the CHOCVB Board. Will be sworn in as mayor at this meeting. <br /> Spring Council <br /> • Mama Dips is preparing holiday meals for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years meals <br /> • Tonya's Cookies and Bake Shop will have a have a grand opening on Friday, December 6 from 9-6 on <br /> Elliot Rd. The pecan crisp cookies won Oprah's favorite thing Christmas of 2020. She will open a cafe <br /> next year. <br /> Grace Holtkamp <br /> • Focusing on carbon neutral efforts and cannabis equity.Featured in Vogue and other farming magazines, <br /> and will have more events and agrotourism in the spring. <br /> Jon Hartman-Brown,Economic Development Director, Carrboro <br /> • Carrboro Christmas tree lighting December 8th and the parade is the 9th <br /> Damon Seils,Mayor of Carrboro <br /> • Organizational meeting on December l Oth <br /> • Downtown property manager with aggressive towing,predatory towing and charged exorbitant fees. <br /> • More/better signage around downtown Carrboro for parking with the 203 project includng more <br /> downtown parking. <br /> Marlene Barbera <br /> • UNC Planner Meeting event on December 7th at the Friday Center to include other companies that service <br /> the industry(photographers, print, swag, event support, etc.), in addition to hotels. <br /> • 218 people are currently registered. <br /> Next meeting: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at the Sheraton Chapel Hill <br /> The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 AM. <br /> 31 Page CHOCVB BOD Meeting November 15 , 2023 <br />