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7 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Summary of Awards to date: <br /> 3 • Grant program was approved by the BOCC in March 2015. <br /> 4 • 7 initial agriculture grants totaling $57,987.00 were recently approved in the program's <br /> 5 first quarterly round of applicant reviews. <br /> 6 • Grant program is funded by up to $60,000.00 annually from Article 46 proceeds. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Agricultural Investment Grant <br /> 9 Article 46 annual funding: $60,000 or 5% of total <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Approved Grants (first quarterly review): <br /> 12 • Taylor Fish Farm (Valee Taylor—tilapia fish farming) <br /> 13 • BoxCarr Farm (Austin Genke —fencing for milk goats) <br /> 14 • ColorFields Farm (Kelly Morrison — greenhouses) <br /> 15 • Four Leaf Farm (Tim McCaller— greenhouses) <br /> 16 • Smith Family Farm (Dawn Denson —well for irrigation) <br /> 17 • Dawn Breaker Farms (Ben Grimes — poultry processing equipment) <br /> 18 • Sweet Retreat Orchards (Aniko Redmon — irrigation system) <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Agricultural Investment Grant <br /> 21 Article 46 annual funding: $60,000 or 5% of total <br /> 22 <br /> 23 New Proposed Agriculture Grants: <br /> 24 (scheduled for second quarterly review on Nov. 18, 2015): <br /> 25 • 3 new applications have been received. <br /> 26 • 6 additional applications are anticipated to be submitted. <br /> 27 • $60,000 in total awards is forecast for the upcoming second quarterly review of new <br /> 28 applications. <br /> 29 • Initial marketing round included radio and newspaper ads; most recent marketing effort <br /> 30 had 800 post cards mailed out in Sept. 2015 to County-wide farms & agricultural-related <br /> 31 small firms <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Marketing & Collaborative Outreach <br /> 34 Article 46 annual funding: $20,000 or 1.5% of total <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Examples of Use: <br /> 37 Co-sponsor of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce `s Partnership for a <br /> 38 Sustainable Community & Town of Chapel Hill to jointly fund a public-private consultant <br /> 39 study by the firm "Urban3 LLC". The study created a 3-D mapping of property tax <br /> 40 values per acre throughout the Orange County, and the economic development impact <br /> 41 of increasing commercial and retail density in an urban area. <br /> 42 Hillsborough Chamber's "Riverwalk Movie Series" sponsor in 2015. <br /> 43 Carrboro Film Festival sponsor. <br /> 44 Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce's "General Member Breakfast" guest speaker <br /> 45 series sponsor in 2015. <br /> 46 Orange County Agriculture Summit sponsor in 2015 to provide free attendance & meal <br /> 47 for all participants. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Advertising, Publishing & Collateral Materials <br />