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.~~~~M~~n- ~~- _ it - C. ~. c uy Kristy Shumaker Orange County's Environment krisry. cluunukcr(7ncwsofnrunge cnm and Resource -Conservation The Orange County Board of division. The property also con- Commissioners last week tainsanawralhcritagesite-sig- approved acontract to purchase nificant for its plant life - a farmland located at the intersec- three-acre pond and two streams Lion of New {-tope Church Road that Flow through the farm and and N.C 8C for $2,064,000, or into Ncw liope Crcck, about a $13,609 per acre, mile to the southwest. The property is owned by A portion of the property was David Dlackwood, a trustee who sold in 1988 for construction oP lives in Cary, and Nannie and Interstate 40, as was another Mary Blackwood, who currently portion for construction of New reside on the property. Nannie Hope Elementary_School, Iocat- and Mary are the youngest of ed across N C. Hwy. 86. eight children of Herbert and "This purchase is another tri- Alice Blackwood, who `bought, umph for our award-winning the farm in 190Cz. Lands Legacy program, cspe- The land, which dates back to cially since the Blackwood the Revolutionary War, will be ~. property contains so many cle- used for a county park. menls of that program within its Most 9f the original farm boundaries: natural areas, park remaihs intact, including the and recreation sites, farmland farmhouse -with portions dat- and a historic location," .said ing back to 1827, according to David stanch, director of See Park, Page 3A co~E2~