Community Partnerships & Collaborations

In this fiscal year, the Visitors Bureau partnered with numerous community and state groups in various events and promotions. Here’s just some of the highlights from 2018-19:

Visitors Bureau representative serves as a member of Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership Board.

Partnerships with the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough, Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce and Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce in supporting community events, efforts and programs.

Service on the East Chapel Hill Rotary.

Area event support included:

• TERRAVITA FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL • POLO CHARITY CLASSIC • BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL • THE ARTSCENTER PROGRAMMING • ACKLAND ART MUSEUM PROGRAMMING • SOUNDS OF FREEDOM GOSPEL FESTIVAL • 2ND FRIDAY ARTWALK • EVERYONE IS WELCOME VW VAN FLOAT IN THE HILLSBOROUGH HANDMADE PARADE • COUNTY COMMISSIONER “EVERYONE IS WELCOME” RAINBOW RAM ENTRY IN THE 2018 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO HOLIDAY PARADE • PRESENTING PARTNER OF THE NEW APRIL 2019 CARS TOUR “OLD NORTH STATE NATIONALS” RACE AT THE ORANGE COUNTY SPEEDWAY

Visitors Bureau support of the Orange County Veteran’s Memorial.

Sponsor of the 2018 University of North Carolina General Alumni Association Black Alumni Reunion Dinner at the Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel. Presented information to individuals at the NC Call Center (1-800-VISITNC) housed at the NC Women’s Correctional Facility in Raleigh. Bureau’s travel and tourism related memberships • US Travel Association • Destinations International • North Carolina Travel Industry Association • North Carolina Travel & Tourism Coalition • North Carolina Restaurant & Lodging Association • North American Travel Journalists Association community partnerships & collaborations PAGE 14 • CHAPEL HILL/ORANGE COUNTY VISITORS BUREAU