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Library Library services to residents of Harrisburg and Caharrus County are provided through the Cannon Memorial Library. The main library facility is located in Concord and a branch library is located in Kannapolis. There are no public library buildings in Harrisburg. Service to the area, however, is provided through a bookmobile. The bookmobile, which has a capacity of approximately 5,000 volumes, stops at the Harrisburg United Methodist Church located on N.C. Highway 49 approximately three times per month. This is the greatest level of service provided by the boolanobile system in the County. In addition to the Highway 49 stop, the bookmobile also makes regular stops at three other points in the Harrisburg area, all of which lie beyond the extra-territorial area. Library officials report that the bookmobile is well received in the Harrisburg area and that patronage levels are fairly high. In order to improve area residents access to library facilities, the Town of Harrisburg and the non-profit group Friends of the Harrisburg Library have begun construction of a 10,000 square foot branch library. The structure will be owned by the town and the library facility will be operated by Cabarrus County. The branch library is expected to open in the spring of 2001. It is anticipated that no additional library facilities will be needed in the Harrisburg area during the time-period covered by this planning document. Recreation Until recently the only public recreation facility in the Harrisburg planning area was the ball fields at the old Harrisburg Elementary School. Laid out for baseball, these fields also served the August of 2000, the Harrisburg area opened two new facilities to replace these fields (Map 9). The new Harrisburg Elementary School is designed as a school/park in cooperation between Cabarrus County Schools and the County's parks and recreation department. The school has an expanded gymnasium and six baseball fields with restrooms. In addition to the school/park the Town of Harrisburg has started construction on its first municipal park facility. This park will include two full size soccer/football fields or six junior-size soccer fields with restroom and concession facilities as well as walking trails, picnic shelters, tennis courts, a basketball/volleyball court, and playground equipment. The 1.2 million dollar municipal park is partially funded by a $250,000 North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund grant which was awarded in May of 2000 and a $30,000 grant fi.om Cabarrus County. The project will be constructed in phases and is expected to take five years to complete the entire project. Other recreational opportunities in the planning area are available privately through several neighborhood homeowners associations as well as local churches. The facilities prov/ded by the homeowners associations include pools, playgrounds, picnic shelters, and walking mils. Churches provide facilities such as play grounds, ball fields, and gymnasiums.