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3—4 <br />Orange County Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan <br /> CHAPTER 3 - Park Inventory / Assessment / Existing Park <br />Size: <br />Land Area: 27 Acres <br />Existfng Structures: <br /> Large Picnic Shelter: 2,080 sq. ft. <br /> Small Picnic Shelter: 600 sq. ft. <br /> Community Center: 3,400 sq. ft. <br /> <br />Funding for Phase 1: <br />$861,000 1996 Parks Bond <br />Funding for Phase 2: <br />$250,000 2001 Parks Bond <br /> <br />Special Features and Amenities: <br /> <br /> 1 Lighted Adult Multf-purpose <br />Field <br /> 1 Youth Ball Field <br /> 2 Lighted Basketball Courts <br /> 1 Playground <br /> 2 Picnic Shelters <br /> Paved, Lighted Walking Track <br /> (1/3 mile) <br />Types of Programs Offered: <br /> Baseball, Softball and T-Ball Leagues / practfces and games <br /> Summer Camps <br /> School Classes and Actfvitfes <br /> Football Practfces and Games, Soccer pick-up play <br /> Indoor Classes and Programs, Special Events <br /> <br />Reserved Facilities or Uses: <br /> Picnic Shelter <br /> Playing Fields <br /> Community Center Rooms <br /> <br />Overview: <br />The Efland-Cheeks Community-School Park campus was developed in phases between 1991 and 2006. The <br />elementary school was constructed in the late 1950s and expanded in the 1970s. Following the purchase of <br />an adjacent parcel the Community Center was constructed in 1992. Phase 1 of the new park was completed <br />in 2000, and consisted of a multf-purpose playing field, paved walking track, picnic shelter, two lighted <br />basketball courts, and parking areas. Phase 2 was completed in 2006 with a playground, small picnic shelter, <br />lightfng for the ball field, and additfonal parking. Since then County staff developed a walking trail through <br />the adjacent woodlands and a youth ball field north of the school. <br /> <br />Location / Users: <br />Efland-Cheeks Community–School Park is located adjacent to Efland-Cheeks Elementary School in a rural area <br />six miles west of the Town of Hillsborough. The park is heavily used by the school and attracts mainly day <br />users from the Efland, Mebane, Buckhorn, Cheeks and Hillsborough communitfes. <br />Efland-Cheeks Community/School Park - 117 Richmond Road, Efland <br />3 <br />34