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From YouTube: County Board Wrap-Up: March 2017 Reeves
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Excerpt from the March edition of County Board Wrap-Up featuring Board Chair Jay Fisette's discussion of the historic Reeves Farmhouse.
A
B
This
is
a
the
Reeves.
Farmhouse
is
something
that
the
counties
but
a
beautiful
old
farmhouse,
one
of
the
last
working
farms
in
the
county
and
the
family
sold
it
to
the
county
I'm
thinking
about
15
years
ago
now,
early
2000s
I,
don't
remember
the
date
exactly
and
we
have
been
figuring
out
what
to
do
with
the
property.
It's
a
significant
amount
of
acreage
and
this
older
building
in
and
out
lot,
and
you
know
the
in
the
end.
B
What
we
have
done
at
the
recommendation
of
the
manager
is
decide
that
we
will
parcel
segment
off
the
house
itself
and
sell
it
put
it
on
the
market
for
someone
to
purchase,
probably
for
a
very
low
cost,
knowing
they
will
make
a
significant
investment
in
it
to
live
in
the
home
to
protect
the
historic
character
of
the
home.
There
will
be
all
sorts
of
limitations
on
what
they
can
do
to
that
home.
B
Any
changes
would
have
to
be
approved
by
historical
affairs
and
landmark
review
board,
so
the
historic
integrity
the
home
will
be
preserved
with
outside
investment.
Eighty
percent
of
the
land
will
remain
parkland.
The
sledding
hill,
the
area
where
there
are
some
raised
beds
with
the
lawns
to
lettuce
for
lunch
program,
the
Reeves
land,
Learning
Center-
all
of
that
will
be
protected
in
fact-
will
enhance
that
we'll
get
some
water
to
those
beds
build
in
the
infrastructure
for
that
it'll
just
adjacent
to
bluemont
park.
B
There
were
definitely
they
were
definitely
those
in
the
community
that
wanted
the
county
to
purchase
and
then
run
reinvest
in
it.
Protect
the
home
ourselves,
put
23
million
dollars
into
it.
We
did
not
find
the
partner,
we
really
thought
we
might
find
a
partner
to
help
raise
the
money
to
do
that.
In
the
end
we
did
not-
and
I
think
in,
however,
this
recommendation
of
the
manager,
which
the
board
supported
five
will
in
fact
accomplish
the
majority
of
goals
that
we
have
this,
not
if
not
all
of
them,
because.
B
There
and
eighty
percent
of
it
will
remain
parkland.
You
know
connected
to
bluma
park
so
and
then
the
building
will
be
preserved.
What's
the
outside
investment,
nobody
will
be
actually
able
to
live
in
it
and
enjoy
it.
So
I
think
it's
I
think
it's
a
good
solution.
It
took
us
a
while
to
get
here
because
we
explored
other
options
pretty
intently.
Okay,.