Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
Project leaders should pursue the possibility of incorporating the duties of a cooperative <br />extension agent for support of the project, especially in working with prospective clients <br />on business planning and marketing. <br />All clients accessing the facility for production should be required to carry a minimum if <br />$2 million in product liability insurance. The facility itself should also have this <br />coverage, as well as personal injury insurance in the event of on-site accidents. Advice <br />and guidance on securing this insurance is available from other facility directors in the <br />state. <br />Client management policies and operational forms used by Blue Ridge Food Ventures are <br />found in appendix _ of this report. <br />Over the first year of operations, the executive director will need to codify and establish <br />firm client use policies. Fortunately, a large body of information is available from <br />existing projects, especially those at Blue Ridge Food Ventures in Asheville and Creative <br />Food Ventures in Jefferson. Facility directors are in regular communication with each <br />other via conferences, listservs, and informally via telephone and email. Most are more <br />than willing to share best practices and experiences with particular challenges in their <br />daily work. This informal network of shared use facility directors may evolve into a more <br />formal organization in the future to advocate for greater state support for shared use <br />facilities throughout the state. <br />53 <br />