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Commissioners direct staff to trim courthouse azaleas, budgeted master plan to follow
Summary
After lengthy public comment and input from town officials, the board directed staff to trim the large azalea plantings around the courthouse after they bloom and to bring a previously budgeted $25,000 courthouse grounds master-plan back to the board for review.
The Board discussed eight azalea plantings on the courthouse grounds that residents and town officials said had become overgrown and a maintenance and safety concern. Commissioners heard from Burgaw leaders and residents who said the shrubs had grown into electrical panels, held debris and created hiding spaces at public events. Town officials and parks staff said the plantings had been pruned repeatedly over many years and some recommended removal; others…
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