Title
Presentation by Lake County Heritage Farm Foundation on Accomplishments and Status.
Staff Summary
· The Lake County Heritage Farm Foundation Board was created out of a Task Force called together by the Planning, Building, and Zoning Committee in 2002 to support the preservation of the farming heritage. Several Committee Members served on the original Board for a short time to learn what could be done to create a farm heritage museum.
· Over the succeeding years, no location for a museum could be found, so the remaining Foundation Board searched for other ways to promote farm heritage.
· In 2005 the Foundation became a tax exempt 501c3 organization and started to reach out to other organizations to work with them.
· Since then, the Foundation has been successful in sponsoring a well-attended art exhibit at the Discovery Museum that promoted farm heritage. They also created an interactive website to identify past and present barns with the intent to provide a first person history the public can enjoy.
· The Board Members will describe their accomplishments and possible future directions.