| WHO/WHAT: | Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler is hosting an open house celebrating the completion of the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ largest ever building project. The event will include tours of the necropsy, fuel quality and biological labs. Program speakers include Commissioner Troxler, EPA Region Four Chief of Staff John Nicholson, Representative Jimmy Dixon, Senator Brent Jackson, Golden LEAF President and Chief Executive Office Scott Hamilton, HH Architecture CEO Kristen Hess, JE Dunn Vice President Rich Cerretti and TA Loving CEO and Board Chairman Sam Hunter. |
| WHEN: | Wednesday, March 30 Media availability with Commissioner Troxler begins at 9:30 a.m. Program begins at 10 a.m. Tours will be offered following the program |
| WHERE: | Steve Troxler Agricultural Sciences Center 4400 Reedy Creek Road, Raleigh, NC 27607 Media-only parking will be available on-site. |
| MORE INFO: | The Steve Troxler Agricultural Sciences Center replaces seven facilities used by the department’s Food and Drug Protection, Standards, Structural Pest Control and Pesticides, and Veterinary divisions. The labs in the facility conduct tests pertaining to food safety, animal disease diagnosis, weights and measures calibration, and motor fuel quality. More than five acres of offices, training rooms and labs are located in the building. This is the first opportunity to tour the facility since move-in was complete in late summer 2021. Funding for the building came through the passage of the Connect NC Bond in 2016. |
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