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31 <br /> Slide #42 <br /> FY2022-23 Recommended Parks, Open Space, and <br /> Trait Development Projects <br /> Blackwood Farm Park - $310,000 (p. 67) <br /> — Planned Improvements <br /> 'Preserve <br /> Yids[ <br /> 9 <br /> Event <br /> -overflow <br /> ParkirI9 <br /> overlook e <br /> Manic Area <br /> 5he14e <br /> 4 rki <br /> Talmo <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> at <br /> NOFM[Crti3kt}l INA <br /> Chair Price asked if the overlook at New Hope Church road will be open all the time or <br /> only when there is an event. <br /> David Stancil said it will be open all the time. He said that he thinks of it like a Blue <br /> Ridge Parkway overlook. He said that the expectation is to have that open all the time, but if <br /> there are issues, that can change. He said there will be a picnic shelter nearby as well. <br /> Chair Price asked if historic road will be preserved. <br /> David Stancil said yes and incorporating in the trail in some places. <br /> Commissioner Bedford asked if there will be offices at this park. <br /> David Stancil said the farmhouse will eventually be an exhibit of historic agriculture. He <br /> said that first they have to get past the remedation problems but ultimately they are hoping to <br /> open the house up as an exhibit. <br /> Chair Price asked if there will be offices in there. <br /> David Stancil said no, that the green building on previous slide will be the new park <br /> office. <br /> Commissioner Bedford asked if there is space for summer camps. <br /> David Stancil said yes there will be a picnic shelter, the ampitheater, and there are <br /> hopes to build a nature center. He said that Piedmont Wildlife already uses it for summer <br /> camps. <br />