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UNC CHARLOTTE <br />College of Arts + Architecture <br />School of Architecture <br />9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223 -0001 <br />t/ 704.687.0101 f/ 704.687.0105 <br />August 5, 2013 <br />Mr. Aaron Newton <br />Local Food System Program Coordinator <br />Cabarrus County Governmental Center <br />65 Church Street SE <br />Concord, NC 28026 -0707 <br />RE: COLLABORATIVE TEACHING AND RESEARCH BETWEEN UNCC AND CABARRUS COUNTY <br />Dear Aaron, <br />Thanks you for facilitating the opportunity for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) to <br />collaborate with Cabarrus County on teaching and research projects at the Elma C. Lomax Incubator <br />Farm (Lomax). <br />During the next twelve months UNCC plans to seek external funding for teaching, researching and <br />developing working prototypes at Lomax for the following three projects. <br />Urban Composting <br />The goal of this project is to put into place an urban composting program that will produce <br />compost for starting and growing plants in the greenhouse(s) at Lomax. The targeted primary <br />feedstock is food waste from community food banks and the farm. The tentative start date for this <br />project is September 1, 2013. It will continue indefinitely. The estimated budget for the first year <br />is $500. Initial funding for this project is from the PCI (Precast /Presrested Concrete Institute) <br />Foundation. <br />Anaerobic Digestion <br />The goal of this project is to design and build a low -cost anaerobic digester for food waste that will <br />produce biogas for heating the greenhouse(s) at Lomax. Once it is completed it will serve as a <br />demonstration project for local farmers. Consultants for this project include: <br />The UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA at CHARLOTTE <br />Ani Ac uat- mplovFr <br />Attachment number 4 <br />G -2 Page 212 <br />