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FROK: S~eve L. Little, D:[rector Land Donate~t for Future Park Mary Lore Flows Brown and Harry G. Brown have announc~ their intention to make a gift of approximately 60 acres of la~d to Cabarr~s County to be used for park and recreational purposes. The land consiats of apprQximately ~8 acres adjoining Central Cabar=us High Schoo~ and another 22 acres of nearby woodlands. Cabarrus County Parks and Recreation Director Steve LiCtle was Personal Trnst Division of Firs= Union National Ban~, which has been working closely w~th the Browns. The larger tract adjoins Central Cabarrus High School and is accessed from Central Heights Drive. The cabarru$ Cottnty Parks and Recreation Department's plan for development of the land desi~nates it as a Ca]~arrus County School/Park Site. It Is desired as a com~u~ity and school park, which also will function as a count~ide facil£ty. Proposed facllX=ies include tennis courT. S, youth baseba, lX/sof'cbaX1 field,=, sGc:cer fields, p'icnJ.c ~acilitiee, indoor ew/3B~Xncj and aquatic center, play areas, outdoor a~phitheater, h~king an~ nature ~rails, a countywide . con,unity ~ee~Xng center, and outside basketball courts. A t~aL1 syste~ woul~ link this school/park to t~e present Central Cabarrus High School. Mrs. Brown has deep ancestral roots in Cabar~us County, and she wants her gist to benm£it future genera~ions of the County's residents. There are not enough park and recrea~ion facili~ie$ in Cabar=us county, and the location of this property makes it ideal ~o help ~t th£s critical need. The Has=er Plan for Cabarrus county Park~ and Recreation recosmends a ~in~mum of seventeen additional parks be developed. Cabarrus County operates only one par~, Frank Llske Park, and jointly operates Bakers Creek Park w~th Rowan County and the City 0£ Kanl~apol~s. The Brown pr0~rty is part of 119.07 acres owned jointly by t~e Browns and the W. W. Flows Trust of which Un,on National Bank is Trustee. The property was owned by Mrs. Brown's father, W. W. FlOws, a textile ~anu£acturer, who was prominent in Cabarru~ CoUnty's industrial The proposal for the park and gift of the land by the BrOWns has been develo~ over several mon?_h_-~. Jan Beat~y and Joe Hunter o~ the Personal Trus~ Division of First; Union National Bank and Sa~ Davis, attorney for the Browns, have worked on this proposal ~ointly with Steve Little and Central Caba~us High School Principal Joh~ Len~z. Hr. Li~=le, on behalf of citizens of Cabarrue County, expressed his deep appreciation to the Browns for their generosity and public spiritedness.