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2 <br />Attachment 1-a -Building Upon Past Efforts - Creating A Future Focus (materials from <br />the February 11, 2011 Board of County Commissioners Retreat <br />Agenda) <br />Attachment 1-b -Excerpt from "County and Municipal Government in North Carolina" <br />Regarding Economic Development <br />2. County Buildings in Hillsborough <br />a) Update on County Plans for Vacant County Buildings <br />As a springboard for discussion by the governing boards, staff has provided information on <br />plans and activities at the following County facilities in Hillsborough: <br />129 East Kin Street <br />.. <br />This property was previously offered for sale; however, no offers were received. <br />On November 18, 2010, the property was reallocated by the Board of County Commissioners <br />for use as offices for the Public Defender. The Public Defender currently resides in space at <br />Carr Mill Mall, for which the current lease will terminate on June 30, 2011. The projected <br />timeline for the move is early summer 2011. <br />The County will issue passes to the ten employees of the Public Defender's office and ask that <br />these employees park in the County's leased spaces in the Eno River Parking Deck. <br />112 N. Churton Street <br />This property has previously been offered for sale; however, no acceptable offers have been <br />received to date. The sale is conditioned upon the buyer accepting a historic preservation <br />easement and signing a contract with the Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina, <br />Inc. to ensure the building's long term historical integrity. <br />Given no offers seem forthcoming, alternative uses have been discussed although none have <br />moved forward for formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners. The latest staff <br />discussion explores the possibility of the building providing support as a small business <br />incubator through the County's Economic Development Department. <br />300 West Tryon Street-Whitted Building <br />The Board of County Commissioners has recently approved a bid that will renovate sections of <br />the Whitted Building that will provide additional operational space for the Health Department and <br />expand both the Health and Dental Clinics. The expansion will involve the ground floor and the <br />second floor of Building A and Health and Dental Clinic areas in Building B. <br />Construction is on-going and is slated for completion in early summer 2011, at which time <br />Dental services now offered in leased space at Carr Mill Mall will be consolidated to this <br />location. The Whitted Dental Clinic will be open five days per week. <br />The renovations for the Health Department do not include the area previously occupied by the <br />Library. Both Boards of Commissioners are aware of the on-going interest of the Hillsborough <br />Arts Commission to use this space. In order to do so in the manner the group has specified, or <br />