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NOTABLE <br />COUNTY PROJECTS <br />Orange County Welcomes Japanese Candy Maker <br />This significant project was managed <br />by the Orange County Economic <br />Development Department and the <br />North Carolina Department of <br />Commerce, resulting in Morinaga's <br />purchase of a 21 -acre site for its <br />initial Hi -Chew candy production <br />facility. The building will be a state -of- <br />the -art, clean USDA -spec facility, <br />constructed by the InSpec Group. <br />Morinaga America Foods, Inc. will hire <br />approximately 90 employees in the <br />,<< s first three years, and invest up to $48 <br />million in this Orange County <br />operation. The County's water and <br />sewer improvements to the site will be <br />Morinaga & Co., Ltd. has broken The company currently operates significantly reimbursed by a <br />ground for its new 120,000 sq. ft. of candy and confectionary production Community Development Block Grant <br />production facility, the first in U.S. and facilities in Japan, Taiwan and China, awarded by the State of North <br />located in the City of Mebane. with sales offices throughout the world. Carolina. <br />Whiffed Building - Permanent BOCC Meeting Location <br />In April of 2013, the Board of Orange County Commissioners (BOCC) <br />authorized staff to move forward with the design of a permanent Board <br />meeting facility within the Whitted Building in Hillsborough. <br />The meeting room will include state of the art equipment, furniture and fixtures. <br />m <br />�IJ <br />Northside Elementary School <br />Northside Elementary School in Chapel Hill, NC and part of the Chapel Hill — Carrboro City School District was <br />constructed and completed in FY 2013 to support 585 students. The design integrates many sustainable features, <br />and embodies a truly sustainable approach to a small site. <br />Northside Elementary School has <br />earned the Leadership in Energy and <br />Environmental Design (LEEDTM) <br />Platinum certification with the Green <br />Building Certification Institute (GBCI). <br />The three - story, 100,000- square -foot <br />school opened in fall of 2013 and <br />represents the first LEED Platinum <br />elementary school in North Carolina. <br />W <br />