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7 <br /> estimated 50,000 square foot field house will be located adjacent to the current <br /> Sportsplex along US70 on property recently acquired by the County. The facility <br /> will support indoor turf and court based sporting activities such as soccer, <br /> lacrosse, basketball, and other court sports. The facility will also provide much <br /> needed programming expansion space in the areas of equipment and floor <br /> exercise training areas. <br /> Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the Boards can discuss <br /> issues related to this item as necessary. <br /> No Attachments <br /> d) Mountains to Sea Trail/Riverwalk <br /> The N.C. Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) is a part of the North Carolina State Parks <br /> system, connecting Clingman's Dome on the North Carolina/Tennessee border to <br /> Jockey's Ridge State Park on the Outer Banks. While some sections are already <br /> built, many (including the eastern Piedmont section that includes Orange County) <br /> have sections remaining to be located and created. <br /> In summer/fall 2015, the NC Division of State Parks approved an MST Statewide <br /> Master Plan, denoting the corridor of the primary route for the trail. The MST <br /> within Orange County (please see maps at Attachment 1-d) would run from the <br /> Alamance-Orange County line in the southwestern corner of the county, northeast <br /> along the northern side of Cane Creek Reservoir, up and over the Cape <br /> Fear/Neuse river basin ridge line, to the County's Seven Mile Creek Nature <br /> Preserve and on to Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area, where it would <br /> connect with the Town of Hillsborough's Riverwalk. The Town's Riverwalk was <br /> envisioned to be part of the MST, and it will be dedicated as part of the trail in <br /> 2016. After exiting Riverwalk to the east, the MST continues onto trails located on <br /> the Classical American Homes Trust and other lands, before heading east into <br /> Eno River State Park. <br /> Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the Boards can discuss <br /> issues related to this item as necessary. <br /> Attachment 1-d— Maps of Segments 11 and 12 of Mountains to Sea Trail <br /> e) Tourism <br /> Staff has provided information in Attachment 1-e addressing this topic. <br /> Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the Boards can discuss <br /> issues related to this item as necessary. <br /> Attachment 1-e — Orange County and Town of Hillsborough Tourism Related <br /> Initiatives <br />