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Transition Activity Nodes: Timberlyne (CHT-1) ; North Office <br /> Park (CHT-2) ; Homestead Road (CHT-3); Weaver Dairy (CHT-4); <br /> St. Mary's (HB-3); Harmon-Young (HB-4); and Duke Forest <br /> (Eno-3) . <br /> 6.7 The following areas in the County are identified as approp- <br /> riate for industrial uses and have been designated as Commer- <br /> cial-Industrial Nodes: Efland Center (CK-1); Miles North <br /> (CK-2) ; Miles South (CK-3); and Eno (ENO-2). <br /> 6.8 Five Rural Community activity nodes have been designated: <br /> White Cross (BH-2); Caldwell (LR-1) ; Schley (LR-2); Carr <br /> (CG-1) ; and Village (CG-2). <br /> 6.9 The following Rural Neighborhood Activity Nodes have been <br /> designated: Toler's Store (C0-3); Villjnes Store (CG-4); <br /> Walnut Grove (CG-5) ; Underwood's Store (LR-3) ; Berry's Grove <br /> (LR-4) ; Harris Crossroads (M-5); Fairfield (CK-4); Lighthouse <br /> Church (CK-5); Bowman ((K-6); BuckhOrn(CK-7); Ridge Road <br /> (HB-l) ; Law's Store (ENO-1); Adam and Eve (BH-1); Haw River <br /> (BH-3); Frog Level (BH-4); Oak Grove (BH-5); Calvander (CHT-6) ; <br /> and Blackwood Statioa (CHT-7) . <br /> 6.10 The following Rural. Industrial activity nodes have been des- <br /> ignated: Major Business Forms (BB--2) and Prospect Hill (CG-6). <br /> GOAL SEVEN: The continued use of agricultural land and the maintenance of <br /> the farming way of life in rural areas as a viable part of the <br /> County's economy. <br /> 7.1 Protect and maintain the public economic, social and environ- <br /> mental benefits provided by a vital farming community. Address <br /> the problem of increasing tax burdens on agricultural lands <br /> through property tax relief to farmers under the Use Value Law. <br /> 7.2 Minimize the negative impacts of proposed public projects on <br /> farming operations and on productive farmland. Public review <br /> of projects proposed by entities which have the power of eminent <br /> domain should include explicit consideration of the impact of <br /> such actions on agricultural activity. <br /> 7.3 Minimize the relocation of bonafide farming operations caused <br /> by non-farm development. <br /> 7.4 Provide adequate amounts of available vacant land in and near <br /> existing urban areas for intensive land uses to minimize the <br /> need for farmland consumption and direct such uses away from <br /> viable farming operad.ons and concentrations of prime farmland. <br /> 7.5 Direct residential commercial and industrial growth away from <br /> farming areas to minimize inflation of rural land values and tax <br /> assessment which can price farmers out of the land market. <br />