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of 2004: The majority of parcels of land along US 70 are either unoccupied or underutilized, <br />though there is some residential and commercial development. Within this section of the highway <br />there are roughly 12 active businesses. For details regarding the geographic extent of the project <br />area, please refer to Figure 1 below. <br />For purposes of analyzing relevant demographic data, and to facilitate the identification of potential <br />market opportunities, the project team used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to define three <br />study areas, in addition to the project area. These were created by drawing three circles with a two - <br />mile, five -mile, and ten -mile radius. The center point of each was located at the intersection of <br />Hills Street and Cornelius Street. As can be seen in Figure 2, the two -mile radius roughly <br />encompasses the portion of Hillsborough located north of Highway 85. The five -mile radius, by <br />comparison, includes the southern portions of Hillsborough, and many of the rural properties that <br />immediately surround the town. Lastly, the ten -mile radius also includes Mebane, portions of <br />Woodlawn, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and some of Durham's western suburban neighborhoods. <br />US 70 /Cornelius Street Task Force. (2007). U.S. 70 Cornelius Street Corridor Strategic Plan. <br />3 <br />