On Thursday, October 24, 2013, Senator Bonacic spoke at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County Education Center and 4-H Park. He was joined by President of the Board of Directors, Susanne Wasson, Mount Hope Supervisor William Novak, Orange County Cornell Cooperative Extension Executive Director Lucy Joyce, Chairman of the Orange County Legislature Michael Pillmeier, and Majority Leader of the Orange County Legislature Melissa Bonacic, among others.