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P a g e 12 o f 15 <br /> <br />Criterion 5 - Local Economic Development <br /> <br />32. How many Orange County <br />residents are employed by <br />your organization? <br />Although our employees live outside Orange County, 90% <br />of our members live in Orange county. Many of the <br />employees and most of the children from the daycare who <br />rents our space are from Orange County. Do not have the <br />exact number because it is operated privately. <br />33. What percent of project <br />materials will be purchased <br />from sources within Orange <br />County or North Carolina? <br />We are working with Southern Energy Management who <br />will be sourcing the product. <br />34. Please describe any other <br />aspect of your project that is <br />relevant to local economic <br />development. <br />Our building is used by community or ganizations <br /> <br />Criterion 6 - Amount and Duration of Engagement <br /> <br />35. Please describe how you will <br />engage with and/or educate <br />project participants. <br />We have been in a continual process of education around <br />the care of the environment over the life of our <br />organization. We previously considered solar panels but <br />the cost were prohibitive for a community of our size. <br />During this process we studied the benefits and providing <br />numerous ways for the community to be educated on the <br />process. <br />36. How will you measure the <br />success of that engagement or <br />educational effort? <br />Committing to this project is actually a measurement of <br />success, even with reduced costs it is a big step for our <br />community. Yet we are willing to take it one because of <br />our commitment to environmental justice and to set an <br />example for our community of being good stewards of our <br />shared resources. <br />37. Please describe any other <br />aspect of your project that is <br />relevant to the amount, or <br />quality, or length of <br />engagement and/or education <br />that your project will produce. <br /> <br />Na <br /> <br />Criterion 7 - Time to Complete <br /> <br />38. How much time will your <br />project require to demonstrate <br />the positive impacts you <br />describe? <br /> <br />As soon as the panels are installed we will begin to see the benefit. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 1DA01EE2-D61E-4F21-8905-BE343438D3ED