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3 <br />The Seven Mile Creek Preserve <br />Orange County <br />Environment & Resource Conservation <br />306 -A Revere Road / PO Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Phone: (919) 245-2590, Fax: (919) 644 -3351 <br />MEMWIM <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Archaeology Consultants <br />FROM: Tina Moon, ERCD Land Use & Preservation Planner <br />SUBJECT: Request for Proposals <br />Cultural and Archaeological Survey of Blackwood Farm Property <br />Hillsborough, Orange County, NC <br />Orange County is seeking a qualified and experienced archaeologist(s) to conduct a survey of <br />cultural and archaeological resources within the property planned for New Hope Park at <br />Blackwood Farm. The information will be used for siting future park facilities and for <br />identifying areas of historic and cultural interest for interpretation. <br />Orange County owns the 152 -acre farm property, which will be planned for use as a public <br />park. The site is located midway between Hillsborough and Chapel Hill, near the intersection <br />of NC 86 and New Hope Church Road, and just east of Interstate 40 (Exit 263). The site <br />consists of an historic farmstead surrounded by forested and open agricultural land. <br />The findings from the survey will be provided to a committee charged with developing a <br />master plan for the proposed "New Hope Park at Blackwood Farm." It is expected that the <br />park master plan will accommodate facilities with a low- impact design that will enable the site <br />to retain most or all of the agricultural, historic and scenic components of the property. <br />If your firm is interested in performing this work, please mail or deliver your response to the <br />Orange County Purchasing and Central Services Department, Attn: Pam Jones, <br />Director, 129 East King Street, PO Box 8181 Hillsborough, NC 27278. Proposals will be <br />received no later than 5 pm, Friday, May 26, 2006. <br />Please contact ERCD directly if you would like to visit the site in advance of submitting a <br />proposal. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Tina Moon at (919) 245 -2583 or <br />Mara Beth Carr at (919) 960 -3880. <br />