NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1062

HOUSE BILL 487

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A FARMERS' MARKET IN NEW BERN.

 

Whereas, for many years, New Bern and Craven County have recognized the need to provide a central market location for farmers and fishermen and to offer consumers a variety of fresh foods at one location; and

Whereas, the New Bern Curb Market was established in the late twenties and is still in use although it has severely deteriorated facilities and limited parking and sales space; and

Whereas, a better facility is needed because of increased population, reduced farm profits, inflated food prices and ever increasing fuel costs; and

Whereas, the City of New Bern has endorsed the market idea and has pledged for the Farmers' Market almost two acres of land in "Bicentennial Park", an area which is readily accessible, has more than adequate space, is readily visible from the U.S. 70 bypass, adjoins the downtown business district and is only one block from Tryon Palace; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture the sum of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) for the 1981-82 fiscal year for the construction of a Farmers' Market in the City of New Bern.

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of October, 1981.