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housing units and golf course development. Approximately half of the housing units were to be located in. a neo-traditional village. Although no decision has been made as yet by the Board of Commissioners regarding the project, the Historic Preservation Commission asked staff to have the architectural historians conducting the Phase II inventory to inspect the site. In addition, members of the Commission, assisted by an intern, collected information regarding the history of the site and reviewed archaeological information submitted as part of an environmental assessment. The information contained in the report to the Commission is being provided to the developer. 10. Student/Intern Projects - Each year, the Planning Department employs up to four Interns, depending upon the number of hours per week that each Intern works. Currently, one Intern is a doctoral candidate in the Archaeology program at UNC working on the project described in #6 above. Another student, a Master's Degree candidate at Duke University, is preparing a report concerning a proposed Historic Landmarks Program for the County. In addition to the Interns on staff, the Director of Preservation N.C. teaches a historic preservation class at UNC's School of City & Regional Planning. Each year, for the past two years, he has contacted the Planning Department to determine if there are projects on which his students might work. One student prepared a report for the Commission concerning the mechanics of undertaking an archaeological survey of the county. Finally, an architect-in-training contacted the Planning Department, volunteering to work up to 80 hours to satisfy a service requirement for his A.I.A. examination. The architect-in-training, using a computer print-out of structures built in Bingham Township before 1939 , surveyed each site to identify which structures existed and those that did not. The information proved useful in preparation of the Phase II inventory grant application as well as the architectural historians eventually selected to do the work. 11. Town of Hillsborough Reservoir Site - The Commission Chair corresponded with the Town of Hillsborough in June, 1992, advising the Town of the Phase II inventory. The results of the inventory were offered for use by the Town in evaluating alternative reservoir sites in the northwest portion of the county. 12. Workshop Attendance - As part its continuing education efforts and to keep abreast of current trends, Commission members as well as Staff have attended a number of workshops and/or conferences. Among them have been the following: - 46th National Preservation Conference - Historic Preservation Commission Workshop - Certified Local Government Workshop - Historic Preservation Foundation of N.C. Workshop