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Tourism Board Special Meeting (rescheduled and combined August/September meeting)

Town of Hillsborough · Tourism Board
Monday, August 31, 2026 at 5:30 pm

Special or emergency meeting Budget and appropriationsGrants and outside fundingParks and recreationHistoric preservationSchools and education

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What's on this agenda

The Tourism Board hears final-year reports from the four organisations it funds by contract — the Burwell School, the Hillsborough Arts Council, the Orange County Museum, and the Alliance that runs the visitors centre — and then takes up how that funding is structured.

The funding item is the one with consequences. The board is revisiting the mix of grants, contract partners, and one-off sponsorships, and staff note the Tourism Development Authority may revisit its own structure alongside. Also on the agenda: whether October's meeting has to move, because the CycleNC event falls on the 5th.

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Agenda items (7)

Procedural · 3Minutes approval · 1Presentation · 1Discussion item · 1Staff or committee report · 1
  1. 1 Call to order and confirmation of quorum
    Procedural
    Routine opening.
  2. 2 Agenda changes and approval
    Procedural
    Setting the agenda.
  3. 3 Minutes: January 5 and June 1, 2026
    Minutes approval Budget and appropriations
    Approval of two sets of minutes, including the June budget public hearing.
  4. 4 Q3/Q4 updates and final contract partner reports for FY26
    Presentation Grants and outside fundingHistoric preservationParks and recreationSchools and education
    Year-end reports from the Burwell School, the Hillsborough Arts Council, the Orange County Museum, and the Alliance visitors centre, all funded by the board.
  5. 5 Tourism Board funding structure updates
    Discussion item Budget and appropriationsGrants and outside funding
    How the board splits its money between grants, contract partners, and special projects or sponsorships. The Tourism Development Authority may revisit its own structure at the same time.
  6. 6 Monthly reports and comments
    Staff or committee report Parks and recreation
    Staff updates, the CycleNC event on 5 October, and whether the October meeting has to move because of it.
  7. 7 Adjournment
    Procedural
    Close.

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