2021-01-27 Minutes
NEW HANOVER COUNTY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
January 27, 2021
PRESENT: Craig Bloszinsky, Mayor – Town of Kure Beach
Natalie English, Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
Kim Hufham, President/CEO – NHC TDA
Nicole Jones, Wilmington Hotel (150+)
Patricia Kusek, Commissioner – New Hanover County
LeAnn Pierce, Mayor – Carolina Beach
Bill Saffo, Mayor – City of Wilmington
Lisa Wurtzbacher – New Hanover County Finance Officer
Jason Bryant, Vice-Chairman, NHC Vacation Rentals,
Hap Fatzinger-NHC Attractions
EXCUSED: Anne Brodsky- Kure Beach Hotels
Jason Bryant, Vice-Chairman, NHC Vacation Rentals,
Darryl Mills-Mayor- Wrightsville Beach
Chuck Pennington- Bed & Breakfasts
Angela Rhodes-NHC restaurants
STAFF: Kim Little, Administrative Services Manager/Recording
Secretary
Linda Brothers, Senior Financial Analyst, NHC
Connie Nelson, Communications/PR Director
Karla Thompson, Technology/Systems Manager
Shawn Braden, VP Marketing
John Sneed, VP Sales
Chairman Daniel Perkins called the meeting of the New Hanover County Tourism
Development Authority Board of Directors to order at 5:05pm. The virtual WebEx
meeting was initiated at the offices of the CVB.
Chairman Daniel Perkins welcomed New & Reappointed Members: NHC County
Commissioner Deb Hays. He also recognized re-appointees Jason Bryant, Daniel
Perkins and Nicole Jones
ITEM #1 – EXCUSED – Anne Brodsky, Darryl Mills, Chuck Pennington, Angela
Rhodes
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ITEM #2 – APPROVAL OF BOARD MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 28, 2020 –
Daniel Perkins.
\[Motion made by Natalie English, seconded by Jason Bryant and
unanimously accepted to approve the October 28, 2020 TDA Board minutes as
read.\]
ITEM #3- FINANCIALS/ROT REPORT – LISA WURTZBACHER
Lisa presented the ROT collections report. Overall, Lisa reports the
NHCTDA is doing relatively well, because the beaches are really
sustaining and bringing in revenue.
\[Complete report can be found in Exhibit Book XIII.\]
ITEM #4 – NHC TDA Mid-Year Update- Kim Hufham
Presentations by Destinations Analysts by Kimberly Vince- Cruz and French West
Vaughan by Tom Hickey and Leah Knepper.
Karla Thompson, IT, unveiled the new website design and overview for Wilmington
and Beaches CVB. It will be launching in February. The new website will be mobile
friendly. Each location will have its launch page with soft colors, fonts that have a
welcoming style. A new module is the Map Publisher which will assist with parking
location & etc.
\[Copies of all the presentations can be found in the Exhibit Book XIII\]
ITEM #5- President’s Comments- Kim Hufham-
We will be doing the same presentation to our industry partners as a webinar
including our updates and moving forward for Spring 2021 at 10am on October 29,
2021. The next couple of months, we will be working n Fiscal Year 2022, strategic
planning with Don Anderson of Destination Consultancy Group.
Here are several upcoming events and activities:
NHC/CF Museum Virtual & Social Justice Institute- February 2, 9, 16, 23.
SEATECH Showcase- March 16&18, 2021
Visit365 Annual Conference (Virtual)- April 21-22, 2021
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National Tourism Week- May 2-8, 2021
June Tourism Webinar (Dates TBD)
FY21/22 Strategic Planning
ITEM #6 – Chairman’s Comments- Daniel Perkins
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Natalie English announced that at the upcoming Chamber’s 154 Annual
Meeting Robert S. Rippy of Jungle Rapids will be receiving the Duke Energy
Lifetime Achievement in Business Award. The meeting is on February 25,
2021 at 4 o’clock.
ITEM #7 – Old Business/New Business
Kim wanted to acknowledge the support of Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, and
Wrightsville Beach mayors in agreeing to continue with the Unified
Campaign for our paid media in FY2021/2022.
As there was no further business the meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p.m.
Next Meeting Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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Kim Hufham, President/CEO Angela Rhodes, Secretary
Minutes located in TDA Board Minutes Book XIIII
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