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Board approves transaction-cost funding for multiple conservation easement projects under open-space bond and agricultural grant
Summary
The board authorized budget amendments to establish conservation easement projects and approve transaction-cost funding for several farms (Cedar Hill, Wilson, Brown Legacy, Saddle Brook and three Morgan Branch parcels) and moved forward with a Slocum Farm easement purchase; staff said purchase-price estimates will follow once appraisals are done.
Ariel Zeipp, farmland preservation manager, asked the board to approve a series of transaction-cost requests tied to the county's Open Space Bond and an agricultural growth-zone grant from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Zeipp said the projects presented are largely transaction-cost requests that enable the county to complete appraisals and related due diligence; she said the agricultural growth-zone grant will fund 25% of easement values and the Open Space Bond funds will provide the county match for…
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