12/06/2022
Good evening! This is a super long text- but PLEASE bear with me and read to the end.
As a HUGE favor to Me, your kids, all the kids of Chowan County, the employers of this county, etc etc etc…
PLEASE JOIN Me tomorrow night at 6PM at town council chambers.
The Town of Edenton is poised to receive $1.47MILLION in Federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Act to assist communities in the rebound from Covid setbacks. 50% of that money will be used towards infrastructure and housing efforts- and the other 50% is planned to be used to positively impact the lives of our residents and visitors for years to come.
Tomorrow night at 6pm, the Town Council will meet to hear residents feelings on allocation of funds.
I met with Corey Gooden, town manager today. There are some great plans on the drawing board- including a dog park, reinstating recycling pick up, an additional kayak launch, among some other great ideas…
BUT….
There is plenty left, and I plan to advocate for the council to allocate $400,000 for parks and recreation. A chunk of this will improve /update 4 neighborhood parks that exist around the town. I’d like to see the other big chunk of this ask allocated for the acquisition of a new parks and recreation facility, with the goal being long range planning for a
NEW SPORTS COMPLEX for EDENTONS children!
Corey says this is TOTALLY possible- and we have a location of serious interest that’s an awesome possibility. This $400,000 we’re asking for could make the land a reality…
And once the land is secured, grants are more easily obtained.
You won’t have to speak…. We will have simple papers to hold that say FUND PARKS AND RECREATION..
And the number of people who show up is CRUCIAL to showing our council we care about our youth.
Can I count on you to come?