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jo u�3C�ff4 <br />RURAL EDUCATION CENTER <br />Implementation of the Orange County Rural Education Center <br />Feasibility Report as modified by the Rural Education Center Task <br />Force will require the acquisition and development of a 40 -60 acre <br />tract of land. The Center will accommodate a number of agriculture <br />and non - agriculture activities. Facilities to be constructed at <br />the Center include holding pens for livestock, a large area meeting <br />hall and a show ring for livestock shows with rollout bleachers. <br />Also planned are a small stage, judging area, functional kitchen <br />which could be used by caterers, bathrooms, small changing rooms <br />and small office spaces. Activities that might be planned for the <br />Center include livestock shows, banquets and meetings attended by <br />500 people. The second phase of the Center plan is to move all <br />Orange County agriculture - related agencies including the <br />Agricultural Extension Service, Agricultural Stabilization and <br />Conservation Service (ASCS), Soil and Water Conservation (SCS), <br />Farmers' Home Administration (FmHA) and the county forester. <br />Housing these agencies will require a new building or perhaps <br />expansion of first phase facilities. <br />Present Orange County facilities on Revere Road were neither <br />designed to accommodate the volume of traffic nor to provide the <br />atmosphere or land area to conduct effective hands -on educational <br />demonstrations and programs. <br />1 <br />