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� <br /> FOR OFFICE USE ONLY <br /> Prop# <br /> Grant IDN <br /> Comment GREATER TRIANGLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION <br /> Application for Regional Community Grants or <br /> Inc.Glaxo Special Projects Grants <br /> Choose only one: <br /> l. : _Regional Community Grants: collaborative project between agencies io Wake, Durham and Orange <br />� <br /> Counties (rarely exceeds $%5,Q(Kl <br />| or X Glaxoloc. Special Projects Grants: innovative and creative projects meeting oieoificmu <br /> community needs in any field (rarely exceeds $5,000) <br /> Total Given in Fall, 1994 Grant [�de.' $107,630.00 | <br /> 2. Name ofOrganization: Orange County Historic Preservation Commission <br /> 3. Contact Name and Title: Marvin Collins, Orange County Planning <br /> 4. Phone Number: (919)732-8181 extension 2 <br /> 5. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 818I Hillsborough, <br /> 6. Street Address: 306F Revere Road <br /> (if different) <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> 7. Bovv long has this organization been in existence? Over 21/2 years <br /> 8. In the space below, state a uburL uunomucy description of the project (separate from the attached narrative). Please <br /> do not exceed space provided. <br /> Orange County has recently completed a county-wide inventory of historic <br /> architecture and is currently surveying archaeological sites in the unincorporated <br /> portions of the county. The Historic Preservation Commission now seeks to publish <br /> the results of the inventory and include historic properties surveyed in the Towns <br /> of Chapel Hill' Cerrboro, Hillsborough, and Mebane' The publication will feature <br /> a description of the history of the county, chapters on architecture and archae- <br /> ology with individual entries for properties and sites listed during the survey. <br /> Text will be supplemented with black and white photographs and stories of the <br /> people associated with the sites. <br /> Publication of the inventory will produce o principal educational tool to <br /> inform Orange County residents and visitors of the County's cultural roaourcea. <br /> Historic and archaeological resources are irreplaceable if destroyed. Orange County <br /> is committed to identify and protect them by increasing the awareness of property <br /> owners, developers, and the general public. Protecting the heritage of the County <br /> and North Carolina can only enhance the quality of life for contemporary and <br /> future generations. <br /> g. Total cost ofproject: $ 48 DOO i <br /> 10. Amount requested from Greater Triangle Community Foundation: $ 6000 <br />