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8 <br /> 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations <br /> a. Resolution for the Re-naming the New Orange County Environmental Agricultural <br /> Center (EAC) to the Orange County Bonnie B. Davis Environmental and <br /> Agricultural Center <br /> The Board considered voting to approve a resolution re-naming the new Orange County <br /> Environmental Agricultural Center (EAC) to the Orange County Bonnie B. Davis Environmental <br /> and Agricultural Center. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Bonnie B. Davis joined the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service in the 1950's. Ms. <br /> Davis retired from Orange County Cooperative Extension Department in 1990 after over 40 <br /> years as the Family & Consumer Sciences Agent. Ms. Davis passed away on July 27, 2018. <br /> A proposal to re-name the New Orange County Environmental Agricultural Center (EAC) to the <br /> Orange County Bonnie B. Davis Environmental and Agricultural Center was presented to the <br /> Board of Commissioners for consideration on February 16, 2021. The Board subsequently <br /> adopted a motion to consider the proposal as outlined in the Board's attached policy. <br /> As further noted in the policy, the next step is for the Board to consider a resolution approving <br /> the re-naming. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley reviewed the background of this item, and recommended that the <br /> Board approve the resolution. <br /> Chair Price said there were several letters of recommendation in the Board's agenda <br /> packet, along with an excerpt from the policy regarding the naming of County buildings. <br /> Rashid Neighbors, grandson of Ms. Davis, thanked the Commissioners for recognizing <br /> his grandmother's contributions, love, and commitment to the Orange County Cooperative <br /> Extension. He said the family is very proud of her legacy and impacts on the Orange County <br /> community. He said the cooperative extension agencies were established to provide research <br /> based information from land grant universities to local citizens. He said his grandmother <br /> believed information is power, and she spent her life ensuring that everyone has access to <br /> information. He said he is sure she is smiling down, watching the town expand and grow. He <br /> also noted that his grandparents were avid gardeners and had a garden on Highway 57. His <br /> said his family is looking at how to bring that garden back to life, by partnering with Orange <br /> County Cooperative Extension and the 4-H club, and to use it as a teaching and learning <br /> garden. <br /> Chair Price thanked Mr. Neighbors for his comments, and invited the family to attend the <br /> ribbon cutting later in the year. <br /> Chair Price then read the resolution: <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION RE-NAMING THE NEW ORANGE COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL <br /> AGRICULTURAL CENTER (EAC) TO THE ORANGE COUNTY BONNIE B. DAVIS <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRICULTURAL CENTER <br />