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County of Orrin <br />Oran a 19 <br />Alamance 19 <br />Chatham 10 <br />Durham 6 <br />Wake 2 <br />Caswell 1 <br />Fors h 1 <br />Rowan ~ 1 <br />Guilford 1 <br />Wa ne 1 <br />Of 55 respondents, 19 were from Orange County and Alamance County each. Most <br />Orange County respondents listed an address located in the northern half of the county, <br />while most respondents from Alamance were from the eastern side of the county. Among <br />respondents from Chatham County, about half were from the Siler City are and half were <br />from the Pittsboro area. <br />Question 19: How far would ,you be ~ <br />villing to drive to use a processing center? <br />~~ .. .- o <br />- - .. .= <br />2 1 <br />10 2 <br />11 1 <br />12.5 ~ 1 <br />15 5 <br />17.5 1 <br />20 8 <br />25 7 <br />30 13 <br />40 2 <br />45 2 <br />50 8 <br />55 1 <br />75 1 <br />100 1 <br />230 1 <br />Fifty five respondents reported how far they would be willing to drive to access a <br />processing center. The average distance reported was 34.4 miles. The median average, <br />where half of respondents would drive less and half would drive more, was 25 miles. <br />Experience at other facilities in North Carolina and nationwide shows that serious food <br />entrepreneurs are often willing to drive 75 to 100 miles to access the equipment and <br />services they need to succeed. The outlier who reported 230 miles is a current user of <br />Blue Ridge Food Ventures in Asheville who lives in Durham. <br />26 <br />