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Spencer board authorizes PRTF contract and adopts Brownfields ordinance to advance two redevelopment projects
Summary
The Town of Spencer unanimously authorized the mayor to execute a $246,813 Parks & Recreation Trust Fund contract for the Stanback Forest Center (with a private $250,000 match) and adopted Ordinance 25-11.006 to accept a $99,800 Brownfields site-assessment grant from the North Carolina Railroad Company; staff previewed a possible $750,000 infrastructure grant.
The Town of Spencer Board of Aldermen on Nov. 18 unanimously authorized execution of a Parks & Recreation Trust Fund agreement and adopted an ordinance accepting a Brownfields grant to support two local redevelopment efforts.
Joe Morris, the town's special projects coordinator and staff liaison for the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, told the board the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources awarded the town $246,813 to apply to the Stanback Forest Center at 401 11th Street (formerly the Carter House). Morris said Fred and Alice Sandbach have provided a private match of about $250,000. The board was asked to authorize the mayor to…
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