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Tourism Board Regular Meeting

Town of Hillsborough · Tourism Board
Monday, November 2, 2026 at 5:30 pm

Regular meeting Arts and public artEconomic development incentivesBudget and appropriationsGrants and outside fundingSchools and education

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The Tourism Board weighs a $4,000 request from Word on the Street NC for a first-time literary festival planned for downtown Hillsborough March 19-21, 2027. The money would go to marketing, author stipends and sound equipment, and organizers list another $24,100 from other sources.

The four contract partners, Burwell School, the Alliance visitors center, the Orange County Museum and the Hillsborough Arts Council, give quarterly updates and then discuss with the board how the contracts are going. The board also takes up its 2027 meeting calendar. Staff report on Halloween weekend, an interim director at the Orange County Visitors Bureau, and food and beverage tax receipts.

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Agenda items (12)

Procedural · 4Presentation · 4Staff or committee report · 2Budget action · 1Discussion item · 1
  1. 1 Call to order and confirmation of quorum
    Procedural
  2. 2 Agenda changes and approval
    Procedural
  3. 3.A Contract partner quarterly update: Burwell School
    Presentation Arts and public artEconomic development incentivesSchools and education
  4. 3.B Contract partner quarterly update: Alliance (Visitors Center)
    Presentation Economic development incentives
  5. 3.C Contract partner quarterly update: Orange County Museum
    Presentation Arts and public art
  6. 3.D Contract partner quarterly update: Hillsborough Arts Council
    Presentation Arts and public art
  7. 4.A Special project request: 'Word on the Street' Literary Arts Festival ($4,000)
    Budget action Arts and public artBudget and appropriationsGrants and outside funding
    Word on the Street NC asks for $4,000 toward a free literary festival in downtown Hillsborough March 19-21, 2027: $2,000 for marketing, $1,000 for author stipends and $1,000 for sound. Organizers list $24,100 from other sources, mostly $20,000 from individual sponsors, against a $28,100 budget.
  8. 4.B Open discussion with contract partners
    Discussion item Economic development incentives
    An open discussion with the funded partners about how the contracts are working.
  9. 4.C Adoption of 2027 meeting calendar
    Procedural Budget and appropriations
    Sets 2027 meetings for the first Monday of most months at 5:30 p.m., with no July meeting and a budget hearing June 7. The draft leaves the September date undecided.
  10. 5.A Tourism staff updates
    Staff or committee report Economic development incentives
    Staff report on Halloween weekend events, upcoming winter markets, an interim director for the Orange County Visitors Bureau, and the food and beverage tax report.
  11. 5.B Tourism Board member comments and updates
    Staff or committee report
  12. 6 Adjournment
    Procedural

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