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<br /> <br />• New Tennis Courts at Hargroves Community Center Grand Opening <br />c. Town of Carrboro <br />J.G. Ferguson <br />• Completion of Teen Center expected for August. <br />• ARPA Projects: Playground replacement at Baldwin Park, repairs to <br />pump track at Martin Luther King JR Park, and repairs to the basketball <br />court at Anderson Park. <br />• Town Council plans to consolidate advisory boards. Recreation and <br />Parks Commission and the Arts Committee will be rebranded into <br />Recreation, Parks, Cultural Resources Commission. <br />• Town has kicked off a staffing study for all staff. <br />• Memorial & donation policy approved by the town council; includes <br />benches and design manual. <br />• Department working on policies, standard operation procedures. <br />• Carrboro Day <br />• Freight Train Day Blues <br />d. Town of Hillsborough <br />Stephanie Trueblood <br />• Skateboard Park at Cates Creek Park construction is to start in May and <br />last through the summer. <br />• Studying the Ridgewalk Greenway to future train station; urban <br />greenway alternative alignments and benefits analysis. <br />• Survey results; 600 responses <br />• Recycling in all Hillsborough Parks <br />• Story walk trail possible in Gold Park. <br />• Expanding hours of operations <br />• Monthly events: Climate challenge all month of April 2024; Evening <br />Event, Native Plant month activities included planting 1000 plants by <br />Riverwalk. <br />e. Orange County <br />David Stancil <br />• Fishing Rodeo – Blackwood Farm Park May 2024. Event collaboration <br />with the Town of Carrboro and Orange County Extension 4-H <br />• Earth Evening April 26, 204 at David Price Farmers’ Market Pavilion, <br />Hillsborough – hands on educational activities for families. Various <br />Orange County departments will be present. <br />• Nature of Orange Photography Contest deadline – May 31st <br />• Tennis Court expansion at Fairview Park- to include the capability to <br />play pickleball. Bid is expected to go before the Orange County BOCC in <br />May 2024. <br />• Perry Hills Mini Park in Efland, NC. Bid work is expected to be <br />completed June 2024. <br />• Story Walk trails in the Efland Cheeks area; project in collaboration with <br />Orange County Library <br />• Climate Action Plan-