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Raleigh staff report progress, funding gaps and new dashboard for $275 million 2022 parks bond
Summary
City staff told council the 2022 Parks Bond — $275 million for 23 parks and greenway projects — is moving through design and permitting, but faces a roughly $20 million funding gap; staff said it has secured about $10 million in outside funding and will pilot an internal project dashboard before public rollout.
Raleigh Parks Department staff updated the City Council at a work session on progress implementing the 2022 Parks Bond, a $275,000,000 package that funds 23 parks and greenway projects.
The bond update matters because the originally proposed package approached $300 million and the adopted $275 million left a funding gap staff said they are actively closing with grants and partnerships. Shoshine Baker, Parks Department, told the council, “since the beginning of the bond process about a year and a half ago, we have conducted over a 20 engagement events,” and described work with advisory boards and community partners.
Staff said they have secured roughly $10,000,000 in outside funding to date. Baker identified $8,600,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior for Smoky Hollow Park and a $1,500,000 grant from…
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