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I <br />and local fire districts providing fire protection to <br />state -owned buildings; <br />9) Funding for a Piedmont Regional Value -Added Shared Use <br />Food and Agricultural Processing Center - During 2008 <br />and 2009, successful grant applications for a Regional <br />Value -Added Shared Use Food and Agricultural Processing <br />Center yielded $1,098,000 in state and federal funds <br />dedicated to the renovation of an existing Hillsborough <br />structure as well as equipment purchase and first year <br />operation of the facility. For the 2010 General <br />Assembly session and on behalf of its five partners, <br />Orange County requests $250,000, including any <br />financial support from any federal stimulus funds <br />available for this "shovel- ready" project, to support <br />the construction, start -up, and operation of a Piedmont <br />Regional Value -Added Shared Use Food and Agricultural <br />Processing Center. <br />Orange County previously forged a regional public- <br />private partnership for a potential Piedmont Regional <br />Shared Use Value -Added Processing Center including four <br />counties (Alamance, Chatham, Durham, and Orange) and <br />two private businesses (Weaver Street Market and Whole <br />