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18 ff <br />PARKS AND RECREATION <br />PARKS, RECREATION, GREENWAY, AND OPEN SPACE <br />There are 40 miles of greenways planned for the Harrisburg Area. <br />Priority Connections: Connections to the Carolina Thread Trail via Mallard Creek and the planned Cross ChariotteTrail, along Rocky <br />River to the growing network of trails in Cabarrus County, and Concord, along Back Creek and along Fuda Creek <br />Plazas and village greens can create central <br />organizing spaces in new mored use areas <br />and can act as a draw for businesses and <br />an amenity for local residents. <br />Nature parks and preservation of streams <br />and water quality and native forests were <br />among the parks, recreation and open <br />space priorities identified at the first public <br />meeting. <br />FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS <br />Walking trails and greenways were the top <br />priority recreation facilities identified in <br />the Harrisburg Parks Master Plan and the <br />Cabarrus County Parlor Comprehensive <br />Master Plan. <br />The Town currently has two park facilities, the the Carolina Thread Trail MasterPlan for Cabarrus <br />Harrisburg Park on Sims Parkway and the Stall- County identifies greenway linkages, primarily lo- <br />ings Road Park, adjacent to Harrisburg Elementary. cated along major tributaries, that will be are part <br />The Town maintains Pharr Mill Road Park in part- of the 15 -county Carolina Thread Trail, a regional <br />nership with Cabarrus County. The 2010 Parks network of greenways, trails and conserved land. <br />and Recreation Master Plan called for key updates This Plan will identify parlor and greenway prior - <br />to the parks system. Harrisburg's Comprehensive ities for the Town based on adopted plans and <br />Bicycle, Pedestrian and Greenway Master Plan and feedback received during the process. <br />G-1 Page 139 <br />