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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD <br /> May 13, 2025 <br /> Whitted Building —Room #230 <br /> 300 West Tryon <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> Minutes <br /> Members Present: Joy Mercer, Elise Tyler, Lisa Kaylie, Estella Johnson, Tom Proctor, Kristen Young, <br /> Emilee Collins <br /> Members Not Present: Hasan Abdullah, John Kim, Jane Saiers <br /> Orange County Staff: Steve Brantley, Amanda Garner, Lindsey Hirni <br /> Call to Order <br /> The meeting was called to order by Kristen Young at 11:45 a.m. <br /> Approval of Minutes <br /> A motion was made by Elise Tyler and seconded by Estella Johnson to approve the Minutes from the <br /> March 11,2025 meeting. The motion passed unanimously. <br /> Old Business <br /> Kristen Young prompted the board members to review the 5 new applicants for the 3 vacancies on the <br /> Economic Development Advisory Board. The board members briefly spoke about a couple of the <br /> applicants and were instructed to write their votes down for who they would like to nominate. The votes <br /> were tallied at the end of the meeting and a motion was made by Emilee Collins and seconded by Joy <br /> Mercer to recommend Dr. Ivy Taylor(UNC position), and Camila Hargett and Sharon Hill for the 2 Core <br /> Business Community positions to the Board of County Commissioners. The motion passed unanimously. <br /> New Business <br /> The board held Elections for a new Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary. A motion was made by Elise Tyler <br /> and was seconded by Kristen Young to nominate Emilee Collins for the Chair position. The motion <br /> passed unanimously. Elise agreed to remain as the Vice Chair and Joy Mercer volunteered for the <br /> Secretary position. <br /> Steve Brantley mentioned that we would like to extend an invitation to our members coming off the board <br /> to attend the July 81" meeting since Crystal Morphis will be presenting the draft of our Economic <br /> Development Department's Strategic Plan. <br /> Steve presented the current grant activity for FY24-25 and informed the board that the County Manager <br /> has approved the start-up grant to be removed from the program moving forward. The board spoke <br /> about the guidelines and made some recommendations about how to focus on helping small businesses <br /> in Orange County with the grant program. Steve invited any board members interested in joining the <br /> grant subcommittee to let us know since both Kristen and Tom are coming off at the end of their term. <br /> Lisa Kaylie volunteered to serve on the grant subcommittee. <br /> Director's Report: <br /> Steve provided an update on the commercial and industrial projects in Orange County. <br /> Adjournment <br /> Kristen Young adjourned the meeting at 1:05 PM <br />