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Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board

Orange County · Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Advisory board meeting Economic development incentivesArts and public artPublic facilities

Agenda document Minutes Watch Meeting recap

What was decided

  1. Approved Approval of Minutes Approved unanimously

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What's on this agenda

The Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau board met at the state high school athletic association's headquarters on 15 January 2025. Staff presented twenty years of tourism growth in the county, and the board began considering whether to redesign its logo.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The logo, last updated in 2011, would not be redesigned now: staff said the bureau will bid for a new advertising agency in 2026 and would rather wait for that. Members took away design options to discuss at a later meeting, with no decision made.

The growth presentation covered rising hotel inventory and occupancy over two decades. Asked how the bureau generates leads, staff pointed to the CVENT platform and to corporate and association business.

Members reported the Drakeford Center library ribbon cutting set for 21 February, about $30,000 netted in end-of-year arts fundraising, and Hillsborough's seafood and antique festivals.

How the votes went

The November minutes were approved unanimously, and the meeting adjourned. No decision was taken on the logo.

From the published minutes.

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Agenda items (4)

Staff or committee report · 2Minutes approval · 1Discussion item · 1
  1. Approval of Minutes
    Minutes approval
    Approved unanimously
  2. Executive Director's Report
    Staff or committee report Economic development incentives
    A presentation on twenty years of tourism growth in the county, covering hotel inventory and occupancy, and how the bureau generates leads through the CVENT platform and corporate and association business.
  3. Logo exploration
    Discussion item Economic development incentives
    The logo was last updated in 2011. Staff recommended waiting until the bureau bids for a new advertising agency in 2026. Members took design options away for a later meeting.
    No decision
  4. Partner Updates
    Staff or committee report Arts and public artPublic facilities
    The Drakeford Center library ribbon cutting was set for 21 February. End-of-year arts fundraising netted about $30,000.

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