STEELE CREEK NEWS

Needs Assessment Meeting for Southwest Park District is December 8

(November 15, 2005) Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department invites citizens to comment and help determine future capital needs for parks and recreation in the next decade.

These discussions, called Capital Needs Assessments, involve issues such as land acquisition, greenway development, new parks, recreation center construction and rehabilitation, and rehabilitation of existing parks, athletic fields and courts. The assessments are the start to drawing capital budgets.

The Parks Department has scheduled a series of community workshops, each addressing a specific geographic area, sport, or facility. Members of Stewardship, Greenway, Therapeutic, Aquatic and Soccer advisory councils will be present at each of the workshops. Citizens will have an opportunity to have input on priorities for the upcoming decade.

The meeting for the Steele Creek area will be at 6:30 pm on December 8 at the Renaissance Golf Course (1525 West Tyvola Rd).

For a full schedule of meetings see the Parks Department web page on Citizen Participation for Capital Needs.

The Steele Creek Community Trail Committee hopes for a good show of support for the Steele Creek and Walkers Branch Greenway Trails that will promote the development of a trail system within Steele Creek.

Also see Parks Department Requests Input on Capital Needs Assessment  (July 28, 2002).