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CIVICS 101 PARKS AND RECREATION Wednesday ... - Huntersville

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Parks and Facilities Division<br />

<strong>Huntersville</strong> Parks & Recreation Department’s Parks and<br />

Facilities Division is responsible for maintaining and<br />

operating eighteen (18) parks and recreational facilities,<br />

which include twenty-one (21) baseball/softball fields,<br />

seventeen (17) soccer fields, ten (10) playgrounds, thirteen<br />

(13) tennis courts, seven (7) outdoor basketball courts,<br />

seven (7) covered shelters, ten (10) restroom facilities, five<br />

(5) gymnasiums, two (2) Civic Buildings and the Town<br />

Center. The department is responsible for 230 acres of<br />

developed parkland and over 410 acres of undeveloped<br />

parkland. Over 1million patrons visited our four major<br />

parks and over 137,000 visited our five major indoor<br />

facilities in 2011. Total attendance was up by 4%<br />

compared to 2010. Some of the most used parks in<br />

Mecklenburg County are in <strong>Huntersville</strong> with 3,400<br />

baseball and softball games played in 2011. That is up by<br />

7% compared to 2010.

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