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2010 Annual Meeting: We're Waiting on the Bonds (February 26, 2010) Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board member and former Olympic Football Coach Joe White was the featured speaker at the 2010 meeting of the Steele Creek Residents Association last night. Coach White, along with CMS Planning Specialist Dennis LaCaria, discussed outstanding projects approved in the 2007 school bond, including a new elementary school near the Palisades and improvements to the Olympic High School Stadium. However, the county has not yet sold the bonds to fund these projects. Gwen Cook, Greenway Planner with Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department, discussed outstanding projects approved in 2004 and 2008 park bonds, including additional construction at Winget Park and the extension of the Walker Branch Greenway south to Smith Road. However, the county has not yet sold the bonds to fund these projects. Officer Lisa Speas of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department spoke about successes achieved through the Steele Creek Youth Network. (See Steele Creek Youth Network Continues to Change Lives.)
Various government and community groups set up displays with information about their programs. Carolinas Medical Center - Steele Creek Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation Charlotte Department of Engineering - Dixie River Road Realignment Charlotte-Mecklenburg Park and Recreation Department:
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission - Steele Creek Area Plan Cub Scout Pack 167 (Good Shepherd UMC), part of the Apache District
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