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Surveys <br />o Short Term Committee <br />o Ag Center Work Group <br />Field Trips <br />o Roxboro County Building <br />o Wake & Johnston County Ag Center <br />o Blue Ridge Faod Ventures <br />o Spence's Community Educational Farm <br />Orange County Agriculture (chart) <br />Work Group Committees <br />Investigate and explore need and uses for an Orange County Agricultural Center, <br />utilizing new information and current/future agricultural needs <br />- Short Term Committee -Morris Shambley <br />- Long Term Committee -Tony Kleese <br />Short Term Committee <br />Goal <br />Identify primary functions of offices at the Planning & Agriculture Building and the <br />physical space needed to better integrate their services in order to maximize customer <br />service <br />Process <br />Meetings <br />Developed & implemented user survey for ag agency clientele <br />Explored alternative space (Roxboro} <br />Short Term Committee <br />FINDINGS <br />Immediate need for mare: <br />- Parking <br />- Counter Space <br />- Meeting Space <br />- Office Space <br />In addition, there is a need for outdoor demonstration plots <br />Lang Term Committee <br />Goal <br />Attempt to identify the future needs far Orange Caunty agriculture <br />Process <br />Meetings <br />Lang Term Committee <br />FINDINGS <br />- Engage farming community, consumers, & political farces to develop a collective <br />vision far a 10 to 20 year plan <br />- Pursue feasibility studies for ag initiatives (e.g., local processing facility) <br />- Identified six areas of future focus: Land, Water, Seed, Farmers, Processing + <br />Distribution, & Consumers <br />- Continue to stress ag programs in future county budgets <br />