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