After waiting for the four other communities to make up their minds on whether to move to Changzhi or not, the county government, thinking that the Changzhi site might prove too small at only about 30 hectares, sought to get use of a farm of over 100 hectares northeast of Pingtung City owned by Taiwan Sugar Corporation.
在等待其他 4 個部落商討是否要去長治的期間，縣政府認為長治基地僅有 30 公頃、腹地有限，於是另外找了一塊一百多公頃、位於屏東市東北方的台糖「東海豐農場」。