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Town awards Memorial Park Phase 2 contract; will use grant and debt financing

Town of Blowing Rock Town Council · February 12, 2025
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Summary

Council awarded the Phase 2 Memorial Park contract to the low bidder VPC Builders ($1,356,573) and agreed to pursue debt financing for the town’s share (approx. $1M) while using a $500,000 grant that expires Feb. 2026.

Blowing Rock’s town council authorized awarding the Phase 2 Memorial Park contract on Feb. 11 to VPC Builders, the low bidder at $1,356,573. The council heard a staff and consultant presentation outlining Phase 2 work—tennis court resurfacing, a new picnic shelter, shuffleboard, upgraded playground and pickleball conversion for the lower basketball court—and a revised site grading and parking plan intended to…

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