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<br /> deciding what to recommend for
<br /> the November bond referendum .
<br /> ers to travel from Carrboro « The accomplishment ( of buy -
<br /> GZ rather see a park here than 200 houses through the Cate and Hunter
<br /> properties , Duke Forest , the ing this property) should encour-
<br /> wo cars each going up and down this closed county landfill property age people to support more park
<br /> and down through the Greene bonds , " Brown said , " because
<br /> tract, which is also owned by the we ' ve spent the money so well
<br /> IL county. and the needs are so great . We
<br /> John Henry Cate Jr. " I ' m just thrilled . It' s been a have a huge need that is repre
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<br /> Orange County land owner four -year dream , starting out sented in the next bond to try to
<br /> with the park task force and catch up . "
<br /> everyone coming in with their Stancil estimates that Orange
<br /> el Hill- Carrboro City fields and , because the site is not own plans , she said , and now County has a deficit of nearly 600
<br /> 'he area is in the coun- adjacent to a residential area , the we ' re working together and
<br /> fiction but in Carrboro ' s fields could be lighted . building on these things . " acres in parkland when compare
<br /> zone . Richard Kinney , director of the The purchase is the result of ing the number of residents to the
<br /> cognize that there is Carrboro Recreation and Parks cooperation between governmen- average number of parks needed
<br /> .de to it , in that it is a Department , said area residents tal bodies and the efforts of parks to serve that population ,
<br /> of property not avail- have clamored for more ball task force and the Schools and " We have a lot of needs out
<br /> mmercial development fields and trails for a long time Land Use Councils of the counties there , " Stancil said . " It ' s a good
<br /> itial development and and the county ' s purchase is and towns to co -locate park and start, but it' s the tip of the iceberg
<br /> to our tax base , " said more than double the town ' s cur- school facilities , in terms of what we need . "
<br /> Alderman Diana rent park holdings . " It ' s just common sense really , The actual layout of the entire
<br /> " That ' s a flip side . " We ' re glad to see the county because the expensive pieces of 193 acres depends on a master
<br /> we ' ve always said we take an interest in setting aside infrastructure , like parking lots , plan yet to be worked out , but
<br /> ie recreation , and we land for a district park , " Kinney water and sewer , playing fields —
<br /> that area for a district said . " There ' s no doubt we need why would you duplicate them? " county and town officials agree
<br /> � rall , the pluses out- it . Brown asked . " Particularly, I ' m on the wisdom of setting aside
<br /> atives . " Commissioner Margaret interested in trying not to pave as this parcel for future community
<br /> le has been closely Brown has long been involved much as we do . If we can use needs .
<br /> Tith the county ' s Soccer with the Intergovernmental Park parking facilities for school activ- " Sites like this don ' t exist in
<br /> n Task Force , which Work Group , which is made up of ities and weekend events , you use Chapel Hill and Carrboro any -
<br /> attention to the lack of county and town elected officials your infrastructure efficiently . " more , " Stancil said .
<br /> - size soccer fields in and parks representatives . She Steve Scroggs , assistant super -
<br /> . Stancil said the park envisions a connecting network intendent for support services in Virginia Knapp can be reached at
<br /> support up to 10 soccer of greenways for bikers and walk- the city school district, said hav- 932- 8742 or at Uknapp a nando . com
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