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<br /> 2 Matt Rutledge: When we originally acquired it in 2010, it was 613 acres. We have since added an adjacent parcel.
<br /> 3 The total now is 673, but it was, the original transaction was, I believe, 11 different parcels. The
<br /> 4 one that was outlined by Taylor is approximately 90 some odd acres and is one parcel of the
<br /> 5 greater Brumley Preserve.
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<br /> 7 T.C. Morphis: Okay. And we're going to talk in just a second. Actually, Marty's going to do it right now about how
<br /> 8 Schoolhouse of Wonder relates to the Brumley Preserve. But first, talk about your program a little
<br /> 9 bit and talk about what you do, Marty.
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<br /> 11 Matt Rutledge: Thank you.
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<br /> 13 Marty Jorgensen: Good evening, everyone. My name is Marty Jorgensen. I'm in charge of operations for
<br /> 14 Schoolhouse of Wonder. We are a nonprofit focused on outdoor education for kids and teens in
<br /> 15 the Triangle. We currently operate in Durham, Orange and Wake Counties. We don't own any of
<br /> 16 our own land. We only operate through partnerships, so we currently operate with Durham Parks
<br /> 17 and Rec, NC State, North Carolina State Parks, at River State Park in Umstead, the City of Raleigh
<br /> 18 Parks and TLC which is my personal favorite. I was hired in 2016 to help open our Brumley
<br /> 19 camps, so it's near and dear to my heart. We serve about 5,000 camp registrations a year and
<br /> 20 serve about 3,000 kids, majority Title 1, in our field trip programs and about 2,000 teenagers in our
<br /> 21 leadership training program.
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<br /> 23 T.C. Morphis: Now, Marty, what is Schoolhouse of Wonder's motto for particularly the summer camp kids?
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<br /> 25 Marty Jorgensen: Oh, it's dirty, tired, happy. We're a pretty rustic outdoorsy program. Internally, we call it rock, stick
<br /> 26 and string. We believe in calculated rests, and we get our kids dirty. There's no screens. There's
<br /> 27 no technology. We're whittling sticks and we're running through the forest, and we're building forts,
<br /> 28 and we're climbing trees.
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<br /> 30 T.C. Morphis: Yeah. And so, and Matt's going to walk the Board through the site plan and all that, and we'll have
<br /> 31 David Swanson, our landscape architect, out, but tell me a little bit about how Schoolhouse of
<br /> 32 Wonder operates on Brumley, and particularly, the Board Chair asked about, we have this 12-acre
<br /> 33 envelope but the kids get to go throughout the entire park, or the preserve, is that correct?
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<br /> 35 Marty Jorgensen: Yes. It's based on how far a 5-year-old can walk in 1 day. So, the 12 acres that you've seen, that
<br /> 36 represents our pickup and drop-off area. That's where parents come in and drop off their kids and
<br /> 37 pick up every day. Outside of that time, we are largely out in the forest and join Brumley similar to
<br /> 38 the public, enjoying the trails, enjoying the pond, enjoying the forest, and then we come back to
<br /> 39 that area for a 3:00 pickup and a 5:00 pickup.
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<br /> 41 T.C. Morphis: And the structure that we're going to talk about in a little bit, would it also be in that 12-acre area?
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<br /> 43 Marty Jorgensen: Yes, it would.
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<br /> 45 T.C. Morphis: Okay. And does Schoolhouse of Wonder have any kind of facilities or are you planning to have
<br /> 46 any sort of outside of that envelope?
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<br /> 48 Marty Jorgensen: No.
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