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The following is the NC Division of Parks & Recreation description of State Trails: The North Carolina Trails System Act was passed in 1973 to help provide for the state's outdoor recreation needs and to promote public access to natural and scenic areas.
The City of Charlotte purchased the land that now comprises Reedy Creek Park in 1981. Mecklenburg County became the owner when the City and County Park and Recreation Departments merged in 1991, and shortly after that built the Reedy Creek Environmental Center (later to be named the Nature Center). [4]
The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), also known as Board of Parks and Recreation or Park Board, is used by many government bodies to describe the parts of their organizations that oversee public parks and recreational public works.
8521 Brier Creek PKY STE 119 RALEIGH, NC 27617. 06/29/2022. 96.5. View Inspection Report . Greek Fiesta at Brier Creek. 8521 Brier Creek PKY Ste 109 RALEIGH, NC 27617. 06/29/2022. 95. View ...
The department was founded as the North Carolina Department of Art, Culture, and History. Its first secretary was Sam Ragan, poet and arts advocate who later became North Carolina Poet Laureate. [3] It was renamed to Department of Cultural Resources in 1973. [4]
The Department of Revenue credits 75 percent of the excise tax revenues to the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund and 25 percent to the Natural Heritage Trust Fund. Additional PARTF revenue, $1.8 million in 2011, is allocated from a portion of the fees from personalized license plates as well as investment earnings credited to the assets of the fund.
Kerr Lake State Recreation Area is a North Carolina state park in Vance and Warren counties, North Carolina, in the United States. Located north of Henderson near the North Carolina- Virginia border, it includes 3,376 acres (13.66 km 2 ) [ 1 ] of woodlands along the shores of the 50,000-acre (202 km 2 ) man-made Kerr Lake .
In 1973, the name of the project was changed to B. Everett Jordan Dam and Lake in honor of the former senator from North Carolina. Jordan Lake Park's 46,768 acres (189 km 2) are not only a popular source of recreation, they also provide the water supply for surrounding cities, flood and water quality control, and fish and wildlife conservation. [2]