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HARRISBURG AREA LAND USE PLAN <br />c. Civic and Institutional <br />Civic and institutional uses are located throughout in the planning area. <br />These include Harrisburg Elementary, Hickory Ridge Middle, and Hickory <br />Ridge High schools. The Town Hall and YMCA are collocated in the Town <br />Center in front of a park. The Harrisburg Library is located on Sims <br />Parkway adjacent to Harrisburg Park. Another park exists on Pharr Mill <br />Road, operated by Cabarrus County. A number of churches and <br />community centers are located throughout the study area. <br />d. Agricultural <br />According to the county's tax data, very few parcels in the study area are <br />in agricultural use. In addition, a review of economic data indicates that <br />agriculture is not a component of Harrisburg's economy. However, the <br />soils in the southern portion of the planning area, which is relatively <br />undeveloped today, would support agricultural uses. <br />Mixed -Use Development <br />The 2001 Harrisburg Area Plan called for the creation of a town center, <br />recognizing the need for a physical center to the town and a "magnet for retail, <br />office and service activities." The town center is sited near the intersection of NC <br />Highway 49 and Roberta Road. The approved program includes 373 residential <br />units and 750,000 square feet of commercial space. While the infrastructure is <br />now mostly in place and some development has occurred, the town center vision <br />has not been realized. It contains at least 18 acres of undeveloped land. Uses <br />that have been developed include townhomes, some retail uses such as a coffee <br />shop and several personal services, and the Harrisburg Town Hall, which also <br />houses the Harrisburg YMCA. <br />Brookdale, another mixed -use development underway in the planning area, is <br />located along Rocky River Road near I -485. A less integrated mixture of uses, <br />this development includes a shopping center anchored by a Harris Teeter <br />grocery store and townhouses adjacent to the shopping center. Additional <br />residential uses, office uses and a park are among the future uses that will add <br />to the mix at Brookdale when it is built out. <br />Special Uses <br />a. Charlotte Motor Speedway <br />Charlotte Motor Speedway is located to the north of the planning area at <br />the intersection of Morehead Road and US 29 in Concord. The Speedway <br />facility itself is just outside the northern study area boundary. However, <br />off -site parking areas and camping areas for spectators, as well as related <br />commercial and industrial properties exist along Morehead Road inside <br />the planning area and along Hudspeth Road. Some of these properties <br />accommodate motorsports- related businesses; similar uses have located <br />elsewhere in Harrisburg. A modern landfill facility and a natural wildlife <br />habitat are also located on the property. The Speedway property includes <br />nearly 2,000 acres. <br />PART II: EXISTING CONDITIONS <br />AUGU ATdAI number 1 <br />G -1 Page 319 <br />