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DRAFT <br />FUNDING REQUESTS <br />Feasibility Study Funding for Regional Shared Use Value-Added Processing Center <br />For the 2006 General Assembly session, the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />adopted a resolution requesting funding from the General Assembly for a feasibility study <br />for a potential Regional Shared Use Value-Added Processing Center. The County also <br />made contact with five other area counties (Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham and <br />Person) and three food markets (Weaver Street, Whole Foods, and Earthfare) regarding. <br />their interest in a possible processing center and sharing in the cost of a feasibility study. <br />To date, Weaver Street and Whole Foods have made commitments of $1,000 each, and <br />Alamance County has committed $2,500. Orange County has received a preliminary <br />estimate of $15,000 from Mars Hill College to conduct a potential Feasibility Study. It is <br />proposed that Orange County request $15,000 during the 2007 General Assembly session <br />and, if that effort is successful, work with the other partners to address other issues <br />related to a potential Center utilizing their previously-committed funds for accessory <br />studies, marketing assessments, etc.