Laurie Paolicelli is executive director for the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau, a position she has held since 2005. Laurie has worked in tourism and marketing for twenty-five years, having served in leadership roles in Houston and California convention and visitor bureaus. She is a native of the Twin Ports of Duluth, MN/Superior Wisconsin. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Communications from the University Wisconsin-Superior and graduate certification in Technology In Marketing from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
- Summer 2023 Itineraries
- New Uproar Festival of Public Art
- Celebrating Mrs. Lillian Lee
- Off the Beaten Track
- Chelsea will Face Wrexham at Kenan Stadium Chapel Hill on July 19
- Tinka Jordy is a Hillsborough resident who loves sharing art with others
- Spring in Chapel Hill
- Hillsborough Plans Its Future by Preserving Its Past
- The Carolina Inn Celebrates Its 100th Birthday
- Braxton Foushee
- Local Businessman Jim Heavner Weighs in on a Changing Chapel Hill
- Trails in Orange County Lead to Better Mental Health
- Surplus Sids
- Building Tomorrow’s Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill/Orange County Collectors
- Stories and Popcorn
- Cat’s Cradle is 54 Years Old
- Sutton’s Drug Store
- Helping Autistic & Developmentally Disabled Young Adults Thrive in Chapel Hill
- A Bustling Tourism Economy in Orange County
- Eating Gluten-Free in Chapel Hill and Orange County
- North of Hillsborough
- Robert Humphreys
- Omar the Opera
- Aligning Himself with the Stars
- Come Along for the Ride with Sarah Dessen
- A Melting Pot of Cultures: How Chapel Hill’s Wealth of Ethnic Restaurants and Grocery Stores Offer More than Just Delicious Food
- Merry Hill Farm
- Welcome to Leland Little
- Local Artists Open Up Their Studios and Turn Their Homes into Galleries
- Chapel Hill and Basketball
- How Diverse is Our Community?
- More Families with Children Exploring Chapel Hill
- Film Fest 919 Kicks Off Wednesday, October 19 in Chapel Hill
- Eric Hallman & Piedmont Food
- Carrboro!
- En Plein Air
- Tressie McMillan Cottom
- The Root Cellar’s Sera Cuni
- New Developments in Chapel Hill
- County Manager Bonnie Hammersley
- Steve’s Garden Market and Butchery in Hillsborough
- The Carrboro Music Festival is October 2022
- Nash Street in Hillsborough
- The Burwell School Historic Site is a Gem of Historic Hillsborough
- FRANK Gallery
- Courtney Banghart
- Hometown Ambassadors Walking Tours
- Our Multicultural Community
- East Franklin Street’s Evolution: From Edward to Enterprise
- 35 Reasons to Love Orange County, North Carolina
- Juneteenth
- June is Small Town Pride Month in Chapel Hill and Carrboro
- The Triangle’s Popularity
- The Carrboro Farmers’ Market
- Freedom is the Life Blood of Human Society
- Provost, Astrophysics and Astronomy. Just another day in Chapel Hill.
- So Many Things Make Us Special
- This Desk Tells a Story
- The Time is Always Right for More Pickleball
- Chapel Hillian Joins Efforts to Help in Ukraine
- Save the Date: The Hip Hop South Festival in Chapel Hill: April 22-23, 2022
- New Visitors Center
- An Officer, a Gentleman, and a Gardener
- Spring 2022
- Bill Smith’s Retirement Plan? Look after those in need, starting with your own kitchen workers.
- Hip, Hip History
- Transit and the Future
- Chapel Hill Hosts Eric Genuis. Public invited.
- Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill’s Music Scene
- Great Cuisine in Chapel Hill’s Popular Mixed-Use Developments
- Honoring MLK Day in Chapel Hill while Saluting a Beloved Community Treasure
- Chapel Hill’s Most Important Corner
- Hillsborough Mayor Jenn Weaver
- It’s Time to Shop
- Yes, There’s Dairy on Dairyland Road
- Lydia Lavelle, Like the Town She Represents, Goes to the Beat of Her Own Drum
- Chapel Hill and Orange County, North Carolina: It is Time to Shop
- Yonder Bar in Hillsborough is as Distinct as the Town Itself
- When College Basketball Athletes Go Overseas
- Hillsborough: Where History, Culture and Craft Cocktails Collide
- November in Chapel Hill and Orange County
- What’s new in the Chapel Hill and Orange County area? Take a look…
- The 2021 Orange County Artist’s Guild Studio Tour is Back
- Film Festivals are a Vital Link in the Chain of Global Film Culture
- Poetry in Carrboro, North Carolina
- Pit Stop: 16 Delicious Options for Barbecue in Orange County, NC
- NC Mountains-to-Sea Trail Prepares for 14 Miles of More Trails in Orange County
- A Local Tourism Industry That Might Surprise You
- Carolina Football 2021
- You’ve Seen the Play. Now Watch the Movie and Buy the Book.
- John Rosenthal is a Chapel Hill Legend and Artist You Want to Know
- Schley Grange is Celebrating Their National Historic Register Designation
- Many of Us Have a Delicious Idea, But Only a Few of Us Make It a Business
- What is New in August 2021
- Carrboro Music Festival
- New, Expanded and Changing Restaurants in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough
- For the Love of a Biscuit
- Moorefields Near Hillsborough is a Special Place that Invites You to Visit
- Welcome Back
- Carrboro’s Heritage Embraces Preservation of the Town’s Early Architecture
- Legacy of LGBTQ Community Celebrated During Pride Month
- Dame’s Chicken & Waffles Has Opened at 147 East Franklin Street
- Juneteenth 2021
- University Place in Chapel Hill is Open for Business
- Historic Preservation
- Welcome to the Midway
- Thanks to Service and Hospitality Workers for Delivering Hope
- Post COVID Event Planning in Orange County, NC
- Bringing Tourism Back
- Shaped by Black Lives Matter, UNC Student Greear Webb Watches Chauvin Trial and Asks: ‘What’s Next?’
- How Free Transit Works in Chapel Hill and Carrboro
- Orange County Condemns Asian Discrimination
- The Eno River’s Ribbons of Color
- We are off to another season.
- Soil. The stuff of life.
- Fighting COVID-19
- Maurice Jones: Town Manager, Chapel Hill
- James Taylor’s Birthday is March 12th
- Jim Merritt
- Orange County Tourism
- Seeking Unity Globally and Locally
- Orange County Visionaries for a Just and Equitable World
- Jimmy Carter: An Appreciation
- 21 Things to Get Excited About in 2021
- The Carolina Inn
- Food Loves Us Here so Let Us Love it Back
- North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail
- Collection of Characters
- Development Update
- Eno River Farm
- Chapel Hill Restaurant Group
- Native American Heritage Month
- Carrboro United
- Farm & Garden Center in Hillsborough
- Dear Autumn
- The Dynamic Decade
- The Power of Patents
- A Beautiful Garden of Art
- Carrboro, North Carolina
- Get Out and Give Back
- September Business News In and Around Our Communities
- Dear Tourists: We Have Missed You
- Mama Dip’s Legacy Lives on in Chapel Hill and Beyond
- Remembering a Good Woman
- Hillsborough, NC: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- The Chapel Hill Hotel Industry Is Ready to Welcome Back University Travelers
- More than a Car Wash
- Black Lives Matter
- Historic Preservation and the Need for Belonging
- Kings Mill-Morgan Creek: Great Neighborhoods, Great Leaders
- East Rosemary Street
- About Ken Broun
- June is Pride Month
- Welcome Back.
- Spotlight on Luke Zhang, Founder, Dunk or Three
- Memorial Day 2020
- Why Filling Out the 2020 Census is Important
- Launch Chapel Hill is a Start-Up Accelerator Located in Downtown Chapel Hill
- The House at Gatewood
- Local Tourism and Hospitality Industry Today
- Supporting Local Restaurants
- Local Organizations In Need of Support
- Chapel Hill & Carrboro Development Project Update
- In Their Own Words
- Club Nova’s Story
- Two New Visitor Centers Will Open on Franklin Street in 2020
- Hillsborough Hot List: A Roundup of New, and Reinvented, Places to Visit
- Rock and Roll is Here to Stay
- Understanding Chapel Hill, UNC, and the Southern Part of Heaven
- New Development Projects in Progress
- Elia Bizzarri, American Chairmaker & Hillsborough Resident
- Orange County to Host Agricultural Summit, Open to the Public
- American Legion Club Grand Opening
- Get Current
- Orange County to Celebrate the Many Lives of Pauli Murray
- Tis the Season to Take a Hike
- 2019: The Year of the Cradle
- The Brown File: Mack Brown
- Two Towns, One Community
- In the Spirit of Thanksgiving: A New Model for Serving the Homeless
- Journalists Travel to Chapel Hill to Discuss Climate Change
- Morehead Planetarium to Expand STEM Initiatives, Unveil New Exhibits in October 2020
- Tiny Home Village
- The Person Giving You Orange County, NC Travel Advice May Be an Inmate
- Walking Tours in Orange County
- College Towns Are Next Big Thing for Entrepreneurship