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Foothills Conservancy updates commissioners on Oak Hill Park, regional trails and hurricane-relief funding
Summary
Foothills Conservancy briefed the board on Oak Hill Community Park and Forest visitor numbers, regional trail projects including the Wilderness Gateway State Trail, and a pending $1 million NPS-distributed hurricane-relief allocation that could fund trail repairs in Burke County.
Shane Prisby, trails program director, and Andrew Coda, executive director of Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina, gave the Burke County Board of Commissioners an informational briefing on Oct. 6 about regional trail projects and local recreation investments at Oak Hill Community Park and Forest.
Prisby said Oak Hill Community Park and Forest is a community-led project covering about 656 acres and offers “over 12 miles of trails” and local agriculture programs. Coda said the park has been open about two years and estimated…
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