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7 <br /> <br />Commissioner McKee said when the grant program first started there was not a lot of 1 <br />interest, but that is changing rapidly as word has spread. 2 <br />Paige Zinn said the grant program was well publicized last year, which helped greatly in 3 <br />getting the word out. 4 <br />Delores Bailey said the interest shows there is a great deal of need, and even a small 5 <br />grant can help a business to grow. 6 <br /> 7 <br />• Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) Todd Dickinson, Chair/Pete Sandbeck 8 <br /> 9 <br />Todd Dickinson thanked the BOCC for its support. He said he spent the day with 300 10 <br />students at Blackwood Farm explaining how houses were made two hundred years ago, and 11 <br />how important it is for children to understand history, and the historic resources available to 12 <br />them in Orange County. He highlighted the following activities of the HPC over the past year: 13 <br /> 14 <br />• Historic Resources Book Manuscript: Initiated the final manuscript preparation phase of 15 <br />the project to produce a publication documenting the historic resources of Orange 16 <br />County, in partnership with the Town of Hillsborough and the Alliance for Historic 17 <br />Hillsborough. (2017) 18 <br /> 19 <br />• “Farm to Table” Demonstration for Historic Preservation Month: HPC members 20 <br />presented hands-on programs on historic woodworking, historic hand tools and 21 <br />traditional farm life skills for over 300 fourth graders at Blackwood Farm Park, as part of 22 <br />the annual “Farm to Table” event sponsored by DEAPR. (2017) 23 <br /> 24 <br />• Efland Home National Register Nomination: Completed a project to prepare a National 25 <br />Register Nomination for the historic Efland Home or NC Industrial Home for Colored 26 <br />Girls with funding provided through the County’s Lands Legacy Program. (2017). 27 <br /> 28 <br />• Cedar Grove Community Center Historic Designation: Completed project to place the 29 <br />historic Cedar Grove School on the state’s Study List as the first step toward listing it on 30 <br />the National Register of Historic Places. (2017) 31 <br /> 32 <br />Identify any activities this commission expects to carry out in 2018 as they relate to 33 <br />established BOCC goals and priorities. 34 <br /> 35 <br />• Historic Resources Publication Project: The HPC will seek grant funds from private 36 <br />foundations and individual donors to allow the HPC to partner with the Alliance for 37 <br />Historic Hillsborough and the Town of Hillsborough to complete the manuscript for a 38 <br />comprehensive book/publication documenting the historic resources of the Town 39 <br />and County. (Fiscal impact: HPC will request $25,000 in County funds in FY 40 <br />2018-19 to secure $25,000 in matching/challenge grants in 2018; HPC staff will 41 <br />provide project support) 42 <br /> 43 <br />• County Historic Marker Program: Develop guidelines and procedures for a proposed 44 <br />Orange County Historic Marker program, modeled on several other successful 45 <br />county marker programs. The goal is to create a County-sponsored system of 46 <br />attractive, durable and informative roadside markers to identify important historic 47 <br />resources, places and people for the educational benefit of the general public. A web 48 <br />site would be established to allow for access to more in-depth information. Such 49 <br />markers will enhance other efforts to promote heritage tourism in rural parts of the 50