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Agriculture Economic Development Grant <br /> Application Review Committee <br /> • 5 total members, currently comprised as follows: <br /> ➢ 2 representatives from the Agriculture Preservation Board appointed by the <br /> BOCC -Vaughn Compton & Noah Ranells. <br /> ➢ 1 agriculture sector representative from the Orange County Economic <br /> Development Advisory Board - vacant. <br /> ➢ Orange County Cooperative Extension Agent— Dr. Carl Matyac. <br /> ➢ Orange County Economic Development Department's agriculture economic <br /> developer— Mike Ortosky. <br /> • Board meets quarterly; next meeting date is November 18. <br /> Activity contributing to public awareness <br /> of the Agriculture Grant Program <br /> • Breeze Farm Master Plan - preparation for funding purposes. <br /> • Piedmont Food &Agriculture Processing Facility tenant activity. <br /> • Rural Food Aggregator/ Food Hub / and Piedmont Food & Agriculture Processing <br /> Center expansion concept planning. <br /> • Farmer and food business entrepreneurs meetings & assistance. <br /> • Recent workshop at Durham Tech on food system entrepreneurs. <br /> • Farm to Fork 2015 event planning. <br /> • Orange County Agriculture Summit 2016 planning. <br /> • Ongoing presentations to groups regarding agriculture economic development. <br /> • Meetings regarding a concept to establish a large food hub campus & food enterprise <br /> district. <br /> • Meetings with area county officials, consultants & residents regarding the formation of a <br /> regional food innovation cluster & an Orange County food council <br /> (2) Small Business Investment Grant Program <br /> Submitted Grants (initial quarterly review): <br /> 15 grant applications were submitted & reviewed: <br /> • 7 — Hillsborough <br /> • 5 - Chapel Hill <br /> • 3 — Carrboro <br /> Approved Grants: <br /> 8 grants were awarded: <br /> • 4 - Hillsborough $31,352.00 <br /> • 1 - Chapel Hill $10,000.00 <br /> • 3 - Carrboro $20,360.00 <br /> $61,712.00 <br /> Orange County's Small Business <br /> Investment Grant Recipients <br /> • Carrboro Community Acupuncture <br /> • MasterPeace Barber Shop - Hillsborough <br /> • Regulator Brewing Company, LLC - Hillsborough <br />