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Funding request (include amount of request and indicate other funding sources): Orange County is requesting State funding in the amount of $25,000. All other funding would be provided by the Ccunty. Project location, scope and impact of program: The Northern Human Services Center is located on Highway 86 North of Hillsborough in Orange County. For several years, Orange County, through a local Task Force, has been advancing a program of redeveloping the Northern Human Services Center as a community-based focal point. This program has included infrastructure improvements now underway and other repairs and renovations to address the overall appearance and serviceability of the building. (The Center was an all-Black school during segregation.) A branch library opened in 2003 and has been well received by the community. Computer classes and tutorials are also available in connection with Durham Tech Community College. Interest has also been expressed in tapgrading the kitchen facilities to handle catered events in the Cafetarium. The goal has been tc re-construct and renovate underutilized space at the Northern Human Services Center in Cedar Grove to become a welcoming multi-ethnic and multi-cultural place where Recreation anc Parks and the Department on Aging along with other agency and community partners would offer classes, workshops, demonstrations, and show/sales in pottery, glass blowing, and other art media, Special emphasis would be on outreach to and involvement by the elderly, disabled, and special populations whose work with the arts has proved to be therapeutic and restorative, Neighbors and local artists are excited by the prospect of promoting and developing the arts as a form of recreational/play therapy, community revitalization, cultural celebration, and economic stimulation.