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Pittsboro Downtown Advisory Board Monthly Meeting

Town of Pittsboro · 5. Pittsboro Downtown Advisory Board (PDAB)
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 5:00 pm

Advisory board meeting Grants and outside fundingLand conversion and large developmentAppointments and personnelArts and public artRoads and transportation

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What was decided

  1. Approved 3.IMinutes: September 2, 2025 Approved 10-0
  2. Approved 4.ISponsorship Request for Holly Days Tree Lighting Event 2025 Approved 10-0
  3. Approved 4.IIIDowntown Committee Appointments Approved 10-0

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What's on this agenda

Pittsboro's Downtown Advisory Board considers a sponsorship request for the 2025 Holly Days Tree Lighting event, its 2026 meeting schedule, and a round of appointments to its downtown committees. Committee updates cover a public art sale from the recent sculpture celebration and an Economic Vitality Committee review of the UDO's down-zoning rules.

Discussion items include a funding request from the Welcome Center, the town's new part-time downtown service worker position, and a land-use assessment of county and town-owned downtown parcels.

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Meeting recap

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

Pittsboro's Downtown Advisory Board voted 10-0 to recommend sponsoring the town's 2025 Holly Days Tree Lighting event. It also adopted its 2026 meeting schedule and appointed members to its downtown committees, both by 10-0 votes. The board moved its November meeting to November 12 for lack of quorum on November 4.

The Design Committee reported nine sculptures sold from September's sculpture celebration, including a $26,500 piece and a $9,950 bike rack. The board discussed how to split remaining art funds between sculptures and murals. The Economic Vitality Committee said it is reviewing zoning standards on down-zoning and cataloging vacant downtown lots for development. It is also weighing how future roadways will shape downtown over the next 10 to 30 years. A Welcome Center representative asked the board for funding, and staff asked him to file a formal application before the board takes it up again. Staff also said a land-use assessment of town and county downtown properties will come back at the next meeting.

How the votes went

The board approved five items by 10-0 votes: the September 2 minutes, the Holly Days Tree Lighting sponsorship, the 2026 meeting schedule, the downtown committee appointments, and moving the November meeting to November 12.

From the published minutes.

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Agenda items (9)

Staff or committee report · 3Procedural · 2Minutes approval · 1Budget action · 1Appointment · 1Discussion item · 1
  1. 3.I Minutes: September 2, 2025
    Minutes approval
    The board approved its September 2 minutes as presented.
    Approved 10-0
  2. 4.I Sponsorship Request for Holly Days Tree Lighting Event 2025
    Budget action Grants and outside funding
    The board voted 10-0 to recommend sponsoring the town's 2025 Holly Days Tree Lighting event.
    Approved 10-0
  3. 4.II PDAB 2026 Meeting Schedule
    Procedural
    The board set its 2026 meeting schedule.
    Approved 10-0
  4. 4.III Downtown Committee Appointments
    Appointment Appointments and personnel
    The board appointed members to its downtown committees.
    Approved 10-0
  5. 5.III Design Committee Updates
    Staff or committee report Arts and public art
    The Design Committee reported nine sculptures sold from its September sculpture celebration, including a $26,500 piece and a $9,950 bike rack, and the board discussed how to allocate remaining public art funds between sculptures and murals.
  6. 5.IV Economic Vitality Committee Updates
    Staff or committee report Land conversion and large developmentRoads and transportation
    The committee reported reviewing UDO standards on down-zoning, identifying vacant lots with development potential, and looking at how future roadways affect downtown over the next 10 to 30 years.
  7. 6.I Welcome Center Funding Request
    Discussion item Grants and outside funding
    A Welcome Center representative asked the board for funding; staff asked him to submit a formal application ahead of a decision at the next meeting.
  8. 6.IX County Properties & Town Parking Lot - Land Use Assessment Update
    Staff or committee report Land conversion and large development
    Staff said a consulting group assessing town and county-owned downtown land will present findings at the board's next meeting.
  9. 6.X Open Discussion
    Procedural
    The board moved its November meeting to November 12 for lack of quorum on November 4.
    Approved 10-0

Agenda changes

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