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i 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 20, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Letter of Support—Trading Path Preservation Association <br /> DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Correspondence from TPPA Barry Jacobs, 245-2130 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider providing a letter of support for Trading Path Preservation <br /> Association (TPPA)for an upcoming grant application. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Trading Path Preservation Association is a non-profit 501 (C)(3), tax <br /> exempt corporation located in Hillsborough. The Association lists as its purpose "to <br /> preserve, promote and study the historic Trading Path of the Southeastern Piedmont." The <br /> Trading Path linked the James River area in Virginia to the Waxhaws, Catawba and <br /> Cherokee tribes of the Carolinas in pre-colonial days, and was utilized during the colonial era <br /> as well. <br /> The CEO of TPPA, Tom Magnuson, has requested that the BOCC provide a letter of <br /> endorsement for a TPAA grant request to the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. The grant <br /> would be used to support operational expenses of the corporation, which sponsors hikes and <br /> works to promote preservation of the former trading path. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board authorize a letter of <br /> support to be written and signed by the Chair on behalf of the Board. <br />