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Pittsboro Downtown Advisory Board Monthly Meeting - 5pm

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

Regular meeting Grants and outside fundingAppointments 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

The board approved all three items on its decision agenda by 10-0 votes: the Holly Days Tree Lighting sponsorship, the 2026 meeting schedule, and a slate of downtown committee appointments. Its Design Committee reported nine sculptures sold from the September sculpture celebration, including a $26,500 piece called Silent Spring and a $9,950 monarch-themed bike rack, and the board discussed whether to spend the rest of its public art budget on more sculptures or split it with murals.

A Welcome Center representative asked PDAB for funding but was told to submit a formal application before the board decides at its next meeting. Members also voted 10-0 to move the November meeting to November 12 for lack of quorum on November 4.

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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
    A sponsorship request for 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 Roads 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
    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

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