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10 <br /> Orange Count) Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan <br /> CHAPTER 2- Overview of Existing and Previous Plans 2 <br /> B. Current Municipal Parks and <br /> Recreation Master Planstf <br /> Carrboro Recreation and Parks <br /> Comprehensive Master Plan(2006) <br /> The Town of Carrboro has approximately 112 acres ) <br /> of parks and recreation facilities and approximately }r, <br /> three miles of bike paths and greenways. Carrboro's <br /> Recreation and Parks Comprehensive Master Plan , •-" <br /> emphasizes partnering with Chapel Hill and Orange { <br /> County to help meet the needs of its residents. <br /> Homestead Pool, Southern Community Park, and <br /> the planned Twin Creek Park are examples of facili- <br /> ties Carrboro residents are likely to use. Carrboro �^'�-,•��, <br /> plans to acquire land to construct additional green- o <br /> way trail and bikeway facilities. Carrboro will focus , <br /> on the Bolin Creek and Morgan Creek corridors for <br /> greenway trail construction, connecting with Hillsborough Recreation and Parks <br /> segments developed in Chapel Hill. Carrboro aims to Master Plan(2009) <br /> link its planned trail system to a broader network of The Town of Hillsborough owns over 65 acres of <br /> greenways in the Triangle region. community and neighborhood parks and has over 15 <br /> additional acres of parks proposed. Another four <br /> miles of greenway trails are planned. Hillsborough <br /> does not have a parks and recreation department. <br /> x The volunteer Parks and Recreation Board makes <br /> decisions concerning its town-owned parks. The <br /> Planning and Public Works departments work <br /> together to maintain parks and recreation <br /> r ' CARRRORo COMMUNITY <br /> _ 4TH of July ` resources. <br /> s .. <br /> The Town's Parks and Recreation Board updated <br /> Hillsborough's Parks and Recreation Master Plan in <br /> 2006. This update included a revised inventory of <br /> existing and proposed resources, an updated needs <br /> assessment and new recommendations for the plan- <br /> ning of recreation facilities and resources. In <br /> September 2009, another master plan update was <br /> undertaken, which took into account additional <br /> recreational resources that were created since 2007, <br /> amended and additional park districts that were <br /> created, updated demographic information, and <br /> progress made with local and regional partnerships. <br /> M � � �t, >', ; The Parks and Recreation Board strives to revisit the <br /> master plan annually to make updates and <br /> recommendations. <br /> 2-2 <br />