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County says sports-park turf field on schedule; state grant will fund ADA playground

Buncombe County Parks & Recreation Advisory Board · March 26, 2025
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Summary

Officials said construction on a new turf field should be underway by summer and the county secured a $500,000 state grant to rebuild an ADA-accessible playground at the county sports park as part of broader recreation-destination work.

Staff reported the County Sports Park turf-field project is progressing through permitting and is expected to be in construction by summer. A county representative said the turf project should increase playable hours across the county, where many fields were damaged by the storm.

On playgrounds, a presenter said, "We received $500,000 grant, from the state, to redo that whole playground, out there at the sports park and make it fully accessible to everybody in the community." Park staff also described pavilion and ranger-station design work and a planned pavilion rebuild; those projects are in design and under contract negotiation.