RRS Webinar: Town of Cornelius Unique Facilities

(and the partnerships that helped make them possible)

October 7, 2015

Cornelius Community Garden

• Neighborhood community coalition • Area churches • Local civic groups

Town grant fund that provides up to $10,000 in “seed” money to develop community gardens throughout the community.

Phase I Community Workday - April 13, 2013 Almost 100 volunteers!

Phase II Community Workday - April 21, 2015 Cornelius Community Garden Grant

Robbins Park • Lake Norman Wildlife Conservationists • PARTF Grant • North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission • Charlotte Disc Golf Club • Davidson College Herpetology Department • Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation

Robbins Park: $1.1 million ($300,000 PARTF Grant )

Robbins Park: Davidson College

Herpetology Department Turtle Relocation Project

Robbins Park: Butterfly garden installed

by Lake Norman Wildlife Conservationists

Donation value: $2,000 for plants and labor

Robbins Park: North Carolina Wildlife

Resources donated fishing piers and stocked two ponds

Donation value:

$60,000 for fish, piers, abutments, signs and pond management

Robbins Park: Charlotte Disc Golf Club

constructed an 18-hole disc golf course

Donation value: $10,000 construction labor

and materials

Robbins Park: Gaga (Dodgeball) Pit

Construction cost: $30,000

PARC hosted a Gaga Tournament in August 2015

McDowell Creek Greenway: Connector to Alexander Chase Neighborhood

Construction cost: $30,000

Robbins Park: Tree/Nature-Themed

Playground

Construction cost: $225,000

Robbins Park: Public Art Exhibition,

Beyond Walls

Cost: $14,000

Bailey Road Park: Two synthetic turf

multipurpose fields

Cost: $1.1 million

Carolina Rapids Soccer Club will contribute a total of $859,000 towards the $1.1 million project

Bailey Road Park: Two synthetic turf

multipurpose fields

Bailey Road Park & Bailey Road Recreation Center: Partnering with

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Bailey Middle School

Shared Facilities In the park: • Baseball and

softball fields • Soccer fields • Football field • Track In the school: • Gym • Orchestra room • Band room • Dance room • Drama room • Chorus room • Art room • Cafeteria

Town investment with CMS: $200,000

Bailey Road Park

JV Washam Recreation Center: Partnering with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

JV Washam Elementary

School

Shared Facilities In the park: • Multipurpose

field In the school: • Gym • Art room • Cafeteria

Town investment with CMS: $500,000

Multi-purpose field

JV Washam Recreation Center: Partnering with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Traditional elementary school-sized gymnasium

Full-sized gymnatorium with stage and bleachers

JV Washam Recreation Center: Partnering with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Shared Facilities In the park: • Multipurpose

field In the school: • Gym • Art room • Cafeteria

Proposed Cornelius Elementary School Neighborhood Park: Partnering with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Cornelius Elementary

School

New park site

Proposed Cornelius Elementary School Neighborhood Park: Partnering with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Cornelius Elementary

School

Town investment with CMS: $1.25 million

Cornelius Arts Center: Classrooms, ceramics studio and gallery

6,700 square feet Lease: $48,000/year

Proposed NEW Cornelius Arts Center: Partially funded by bonds approved

by voters in 2013