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Attachment 4 (e) 117 <br /> Orange County Planning & Inspections Department <br /> Special Use Permit Application <br /> Applicant: The Nest at 54 West, LLC ("The Nest") <br /> Property: Orange County Parcel 9820-50-8290 (the "Property") <br /> Summary of Supplemental Community Engagement <br /> Community Meeting Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 6:00 PM at Blawesome Farm <br /> Attendee List <br /> Rebecca Sorensen, The Nest at 54 West <br /> Gary Colen, The Nest at 54 West <br /> Hope Colen, The Nest at 54 West <br /> Ryan Moffitt, Counsel, The Nest at 54 West <br /> Ed Cockrell, Bethlehem Presbyterian Church <br /> Zinho Deprez, local resident <br /> Ben Miller, Blue Dog Farms <br /> Max Miller, Blue Dog Farms <br /> Ben Johnston-Krase, Southeastern Social Care Collective <br /> Summary of Meeting <br /> This meeting was arranged through follow-up correspondence from the initial May 24, <br /> 2023 community meeting between Rebecca Sorensen and representatives of the Historic <br /> Oaks Stewardship Alliance (HOSTA). Others from HOSTA were expected to attend, but <br /> did not. <br /> This meeting provided an opportunity to introduce the Project to additional interested <br /> community members, including Ed Cockrell, Ben Miller and Max Miller, and to expand on <br /> questions, thoughts and concerns of those who were already aware of the Project and <br /> had attended the previous community meeting, in this case, Mr. Deprez. <br /> The meeting assumed a very casual and personal tenor where attendees spent <br /> approximately an hour in the Blawesome Farm workshop mingling over several small <br /> group discussions about the Project. Mr. Moffitt, Ms. Sorenson and the Colen's spent time <br /> separately introducing and discussing the Project and the vision for the Property to Mr. <br /> Cockrell and the Millers. Mr. Cockrell was very positive about the prospect of the Nest's <br /> vision and hopeful that given its proximity to the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, there <br /> would be opportunities for collaboration between the Church and The Nest. He even <br /> offered the Church's gathering space to the Nest and its affiliates as a space to convene <br /> their meetings and planning efforts while the Project is in its development stages. <br /> Likewise, the Miller's expressed positive intrigue about the idea of a community-oriented <br /> lodging option and retreat space. They recently acquired the Blue Dog Farm property and <br /> share a similar excitement about offering their farm property and operation to visitors to <br /> the area, which has a short-term rental component, as well. Operating on a somewhat <br />