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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> MEETING DATE: April 18, 1995 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item#, ? 13 <br /> SUBJECT: Midway Development Commission <br /> DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes x No <br /> Economic Development Commission <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Request Letters Ted Abernathy(ext. 2325) <br /> Program Description <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 699-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To respond to a request for funding from the Midway Development Commission <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> In January, the Midway Development Commission asked the County, through the Economic <br /> Development Commission(EDC), for$1,500 to assist with the opening of a resource center and <br /> small business "incubator" facility in the Midway area. The $1,500 is needed for rent on the <br /> facility. The Town of Chapel Hill provided $22,955 to fund program operations. The EDC Board <br /> established a committee to review the proposal. At the March EDC meeting, the Board <br /> unanimously approved providing half funding($750)from existing funds and to strongly encourage <br /> the Board of County Commissioners to support the request by appropriating the additional $750. <br /> The Midway Development Commission has agreed to provide a status report to the EDC and the <br /> Commissioners at the end of the year. <br /> RECOMN[ENDATION: <br /> The Manager recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the request from <br /> Midway Development Commission and appropriate $750.00 from the Commissioners Contingency <br /> Account. <br />