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23 <br /> 1 • Smith Family Farm (Dawn Denson —well for irrigation) <br /> 2 • Dawn Breaker Farms (Ben Grimes — small on-farm poultry processing <br /> 3 equipment) <br /> 4 • Sweet Retreat Orchards (Aniko Redmon — irrigation system) <br /> 5 <br /> 6 New Proposed Agriculture Grants <br /> 7 (scheduled for second quarterly review in Nov.) <br /> 8 • 2 new completed applications have been received. <br /> 9 • 6 additional applications are being completed by applicants. <br /> 10 • $60,000 in total requested awards is forecast for the upcoming second quarterly review <br /> 11 of new applications. <br /> 12 • Initial marketing round included radio and newspaper ads; most recent marketing effort <br /> 13 had 800 post cards mailed out during the week of September 7; several phone calls and <br /> 14 e-mail inquiries have been received and indicate several more applications will occur. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Agriculture Economic Development Grant <br /> 17 Application Review Committee <br /> 18 5 total members, currently comprised as follows: <br /> 19 ➢ 2 representatives from the Agriculture Preservation Board appointed by the <br /> 20 BOCC - Vaughn Compton & Noah Ranells. <br /> 21 ➢ 1 agriculture sector representative from the Orange County Economic <br /> 22 Development Advisory Board - vacant. <br /> 23 ➢ Orange County Cooperative Extension Agent— Dr. Carl Matyac. <br /> 24 ➢ Orange County Economic Development Department's agriculture economic <br /> 25 developer— Mike Ortosky. <br /> 26 Board meets quarterly; next meeting date is November 18. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Activity contributing to public awareness <br /> 29 of the Agriculture Grant Program <br /> 30 Breeze Farm Master Plan - preparation for funding purposes. <br /> 31 Piedmont Food &Agriculture Processing Facility tenant activity. <br /> 32 Rural Food Aggregator/ Food Hub / and Piedmont Food &Agriculture Processing <br /> 33 Center expansion concept planning. <br /> 34 Farmer and food business entrepreneurs meetings & assistance. <br /> 35 Recent workshop at Durham Tech on food system entrepreneurs. <br /> 36 Farm to Fork 2015 event planning. <br /> 37 Orange County Agriculture Summit 2016 planning. <br /> 38 Ongoing presentations to groups regarding agriculture economic development. <br /> 39 Meetings regarding a concept to establish a large food hub campus & food enterprise <br /> 40 district. <br /> 41 Meetings with area county officials, consultants & residents regarding the formation of a <br /> 42 regional food innovation cluster & an Orange County food council <br /> 43 <br /> 44 (2) Small Business Investment Grant Program <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Submitted Grants (initial quarterly review): <br /> 47 15 grant applications were submitted & reviewed: <br /> 48 7 — Hillsborough <br /> 49 5 - Chapel Hill <br />