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31 <br /> 1 Slide #42 <br /> FY2022-23 Recommended Parks. Open Space, and <br /> Trail Development Projects <br /> Blackwood Farr) Park - 310,00 0 (p. 67) <br /> — Planned Improvements <br /> Preserve <br /> VI-Rr&c <br /> Event <br /> Over,h7 <br /> Par-king <br /> owadook e <br /> Picnic Area <br /> Shelter <br /> Vault <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> h}oWn[CAROL <br /> J <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Chair Price asked if the overlook at New Hope Church road will be open all the time or <br /> 4 only when there is an event. <br /> 5 David Stancil said it will be open all the time. He said that he thinks of it like a Blue <br /> 6 Ridge Parkway overlook. He said that the expectation is to have that open all the time, but if <br /> 7 there are issues, that can change. He said there will be a picnic shelter nearby as well. <br /> 8 Chair Price asked if historic road will be preserved. <br /> 9 David Stancil said yes and incorporating in the trail in some places. <br /> 10 Commissioner Bedford asked if there will be offices at this park. <br /> 11 David Stancil said the farmhouse will eventually be an exhibit of historic agriculture. He <br /> 12 said that first they have to get past the remedation problems but ultimately they are hoping to <br /> 13 open the house up as an exhibit. <br /> 14 Chair Price asked if there will be offices in there. <br /> 15 David Stancil said no, that the green building on previous slide will be the new park <br /> 16 office. <br /> 17 Commissioner Bedford asked if there is space for summer camps. <br /> 18 David Stancil said yes there will be a picnic shelter, the ampitheater, and there are <br /> 19 hopes to build a nature center. He said that Piedmont Wildlife already uses it for summer <br /> 20 camps. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 <br />