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25 <br />Satellite part of museum. Full time staff hired (archivist) with volunteers. County should contribute IT <br />help. <br />Satellite part of museum. Full time staff hired (archivist) with volunteers. County should contribute IT <br />help. <br />Money should come from the city. Local institution. Some grants from Hillsborough tourism, public <br />donation. May cut into other organizations funding. Not 100% sure if it is Orange County or Hillsborough. <br />State money? <br />Public/private endeavor. An executive director should be hired who reports to the board... which is <br />comprised of public, non-profit agencies and county <br />representation. <br />7) If there was no concern about money, what would you like to see happen? <br />Combine Heritage Center and Museum into one space. <br />Facility open to general public with lots of Orange County history including the natural, political and <br />cultural history. Safe archival storage. 1-2 permanent employees. Minimally opened 2 3 days a week, <br />more with volunteers. Permanent space for revolving collections, research and study. Some public <br />programs by organizations involved. <br />Shared facililty for each group for archives, for safety, need staffing for it. Continual stream of funding. <br />Ability to acquire. Space for classes, meeting area. _ <br />Combination of Museum and Archives. Closed stacks, generate money through research and copies. <br />Does not see programming as museum would do education and exhibits. <br />Nice place. Ability to take in more records. <br />Likes what Johnson County has been able to do with their research center. Admits much research is being <br />done online. <br />Should start small with opportunity to grow (space). Should provide opportunity for hands-on documents. <br />Virtual should come later. <br />Professional on staff. Museum and heritage center combined (Ideal) Though hard to get new structure <br />built in town. free to public, charging for copies, etc. Business hours, not by appointment. <br />Educational and Cultural center of Orange County including art, literature. Who is collecting today's <br />things? <br />See this as a two step process: First digitize-virtual collection... then maybe building can be done if <br />significant primary source collections are available. Asked what will be collected? Who will be writing <br />collection's policy? <br />