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6 <br />conducted by the Mars Hill College Center for <br />Assessment and Research Analyses. The study report <br />included information on potential site needs for a <br />Center, potential product lines, marketing <br />opportunities, and numerous other factors. A Center <br />would enable farmers from the region to meet local <br />market demand for year-round locally-grown products and <br />would also operate in a complementary fashion with the <br />regional meat processing center in Caswell County. <br />The partners have already been awarded $132,000 from <br />the NC Agricultural Development and Farmland <br />Preservation Trust Fund, $479,000 from the Tobacco <br />Trust Fund Commission, and $250,000 from the North <br />Carolina Golden Leaf Foundation for the Center. <br />For the 2009 General Assembly session and on behalf of <br />its five partners, Orange County requests $250,000, <br />including any funds available from the federal stimulus <br />package for this "shovel-ready" project, for the <br />construction, start-up, and operation of a Piedmont <br />Regional Value-Added Shared Use Food and Agricultural <br />Processing Center; <br />