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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda - 08-20-2002 - 8p i 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 20, 2002 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Letter of Support—Trading Path Preservation Association DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT INFORMATION CONTACT: Correspondence from TPPA Barry Jacobs, 245-2130 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider providing a letter of support for Trading Path Preservation Association (TPPA)for an upcoming grant application. BACKGROUND: The Trading Path Preservation Association is a non-profit 501 (C)(3), tax exempt corporation located in Hillsborough. The Association lists as its purpose "to preserve, promote and study the historic Trading Path of the Southeastern Piedmont." The Trading Path linked the James River area in Virginia to the Waxhaws, Catawba and Cherokee tribes of the Carolinas in pre-colonial days, and was utilized during the colonial era as well. The CEO of TPPA, Tom Magnuson, has requested that the BOCC provide a letter of endorsement for a TPAA grant request to the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. The grant would be used to support operational expenses of the corporation, which sponsors hikes and works to promote preservation of the former trading path. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board authorize a letter of support to be written and signed by the Chair on behalf of the Board. R qtr 2 Preserving Piedmont Heritage Board of Directors 6/27/2002 Dewey Bryan Carey III Steve Claggett To: John Link, Orange County Manager T.R.Magnuson 1''�— Richard Myers Fm: Tom Magnus 0, Trading Path Preservation Association Bill Phillips Dr. Sam Powell Dr.Catherine Slusser Sub: transmittal of endorsement request Dr.Roger Stroup Dr,Carole Tmxlcr Enc: Letter request and Grant Application Executive Summary stag 1. The enclosures to this memo constitute a request that the Tom Magnuson Orange County Commissioners endorse a grant proposal in Dr.Joe Caddell favor of our organization. Chairman Jacobs indicated that by transmitting it through you it will be assured of placement on the September meeting agenda. 2. Please, notify me if you deem it appropriate for me to appear before the Commissioners at their next meeting. 3. If you have any questions about this request, please, feel free to call on me for explanations at 6440600, or email me at tmagnuson0tradingpath.org. Thank you for your time and consideration. 103 East Tryon Street Infb().tradingpath.org Telephone: 919-732-6957 Hillsborough, NC 27278 www.tradingpath.org Fax::919-732-4975 r 3 Preserving Piedmont Heritage Advisory Panel 6/27/2002 Alan Vance Briceland Jeanne Calhoun Orange County Commission Jeffery Crow C/o County Manager Steve Davis PO Box 8181 Brian Dobyns Hillsborough, NC 27278 Jaki Shelton Green Tom Hatley Nancy Hauser Dear Sirs; Don Higginbotham John Loftin The Trading Path Preservation Association (TPPA) is seeking grant James H.Merrell support from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (ZSR) to help start Gary B.Nash the business phase of our non-profit venture. We trust that you will Theda Perdue P P y Joe Porter be able to find time to write to the grantor on our behalf, as we are, John Shelton Reed to the best of our abilities, good corporate citizens and contribute Kenneth Robinson significantly to the quality of life in our county. We have enclosed an Timothy silver "executive summary" regarding the proposed grant to give you some At Stuart propose. idea of what we ro Carole Troxler P P Delaney Ward Harry Watson Please, if possible, send your endorsement on your letterhead Peter Wood stationary prior to 1 August. You may feel free to either send your staff endorsement to us for inclusion with the grant, or you may send it directly to the grantor with sufficient identification to relate it to our Tom Magnuson grant application(s). Joe Caddell Having proven our model and our methods, we are ready to implement our business plan. Your endorsement could mean the difference between success and failure. For this simple reason we ask that you find the time in your busy schedule to give us your fullest support.. We will appreciate whatever you can do for the TPPA. Sin rely, m M uson, CEO enc Suite 1, 117 W King Street lnfo a?tradingpathorg Telephone: 919-644-0600 Hillsborough, NC 27278 www.tradingpath.org Fax:: 919-644-0600 4 Executive Summary TPPA Grant Applications Fall 2002 Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation . Winston-Salem, NC 27106 Type of grant: General operations money for three years. Amount of grant: Five hundred thousand dollars ($500K) Rationale, This is a venture capital grant intended to provide operating funds while the TPPA builds its revenue streams. The amount requested is based on an estimated cost of$100KIburdened person-year. A"burdened"year includes all costs of employment, e.g., salary, office space, travel, phone etc. We estimate that it will take three people up to three years to make the TPPA solvent. An increasing share of operating costs will be absorbed by the organization over the period of the grant. Deliverable: A solvent culturally and socially productive enterprise.