The News & ObserverSeptember 13, 2006 Roses & raspberries Roses to the Carrboro Parks Project, a small nonprofit organization that has worked very hard to make improvements to the public parks in Carrboro. Next week the town's Recreation and Parks Commission will honor the group with a ceremony at the Town Commons playground. If it's hot, the attendees can find shelter from the sun under the shade sail the Carrboro Parks Project raised funds for and had erected over the play space. That was the second of the Project's um, projects. The first was the fence around the leash-free dog park at Anderson Park. It's hard to fathom now, but originally there was no fence around that field, which is separated only by a narrow strip of trees from busy N.C. 54. That was an accident waiting to happen, and the Parks Project took it upon itself to take the lead in getting the field fenced in. They raised $5,000, and the town, as a gesture of support and appreciation for the group's efforts, chipped in the $3,500 to get it done. Drop by the dog park late some afternoon, and you'll see for yourself how successful it has been. The fence makes a huge difference. Now the Parks Project is raising funds to build a backboard at the tennis courts at Wilson Park. It's a relatively small thing, like the fence or the shade sail, but the quality of life in a place like this depends as much on those small things as it does on the big ticket ones. Copyright 2006 by The Chapel Hill News Back to CPP Media Page... |
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