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Commissioners approve $1 million match for Wilmington park acquisition over dissent on transparency
Summary
The board voted 3–2 to allocate $1 million from the county tree fund as a match to a city and endowment purchase of roughly 25 acres off Greenville Loop Road for a park. Dissenting commissioners cited unanswered questions on wetlands mapping, a phase‑1 environmental study and the LLC seller's ownership.
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners voted 3–2 to provide a $1,000,000 match from its tree fund to support the City of Wilmington's planned acquisition and future development of roughly 25 acres off Greenville Loop Road as an active park.
County manager Chris (speaker 18) told the board the recommended match is a dollar‑for‑dollar contribution as required by an endowment grant and that the county would have no ongoing operational or building responsibility for the park. He described the purchase agreement price at roughly $9,750,000…
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