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INFORMATION ITEM <br />bALOrange County Agricultural Preservation Board <br />April 14, 2015 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Greg Wilder <br />From: Peter Sandbeck <br />Subject: Agricultural Preservation Board Appointments to Agricultural Economic <br />Development Grant Subcommittee <br />At its March 18th, 2015 meeting, the Agricultural Preservation Board (APB) unanimously <br />voted to appoint two of its members, Vaughn Compton and Noah Ranells, to serve as <br />representatives of the APB on the newly formed Agricultural Economic Development <br />Grant Subcommittee. Mr. Compton and Mr. Ranells, both long -term farmers, are looking <br />forward to working with Economic Development staff and the other members of the <br />subcommittee. <br />These appointments are consistent with the guidelines for the new Ag Economic <br />Development Grant Program approved by the BOCC at its regular meeting on March 3, <br />2015. The guidelines call for the creation of an Agricultural Economic Development <br />Grant Subcommittee consisting of five members appointed for the purpose of reviewing <br />applications for program grant funds, and stipulate that this subcommittee shall include <br />"two farmers who are members of the Orange County Agricultural Preservation Board." <br />CC' Renee McPherson, Chair, Agricultural Preservation Board <br />Kim Woods, Vice Chair, Agricultural Preservation Board <br />David Stancil, Director, DEAPR <br />M4, TUII 1 I and' IUI, IllUII ° I RESOURCES Il�llll��'71SllON <br />Orange County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks & Recreation <br />PO Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Phone: (919) 245 -2510 Fax: (919) 644 -3351 <br />