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Foothills Conservancy updates commissioners on Oak Hill Park, adaptive trails and storm repair funding
Summary
Foothills Conservancy told Burke County commissioners about Oak Hill Community Park's visitor numbers, planned adaptive Wilderness Gateway State Trail, mountain-bike race course at Catawba Meadows and potential National Park Service hurricane relief funding to help trail repairs.
Representatives of Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina briefed the Burke County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 6 about ongoing recreation and conservation projects, including Oak Hill Community Park and a planned Wilderness Gateway State Trail.
Shane Prisby, trails program director, and Andrew Coda, executive director of Foothills Conservancy, described Oak Hill Community Park as a 656‑acre, community‑led project about seven minutes from the meeting site. Coda said the park has been open about two years and the conservancy estimates…
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