2020 Parks & Recreation Master Plan - Town of Huntersville

UNDEVELOPED PARK LAND2020 PARKS & RECREATION MASTER PLANGriffin PropertyLocation: Holbrooks Road (about 1 mile east of Waymer Park)Approximate Size: 41 acresDescription: This parkland is adjacent to the North Mecklenburg Landfill andwas donated to the Town. This land is quite wooded and has many variations inelevation throughout.Recent Improvements: Mountain Bike TrailRecommended Improvements: Develop a park master plan to determine therecreation needs for this land. Potential site for a Par 3 Disc Golf CourseCook and Pennington PropertiesLocation: On Ervin Cook Road just south of Charlotte Mecklenburg WaterTreatment Plant and west of the Wynfield subdivision.Approximate Size: 191 acresDescription: Three properties make up the 191 acres of park land. The Cookfamily has rights to continue farming two of the properties that MecklenburgCounty purchased through 2015. The two Cook farm properties add up to 147acres. The northwest parcel of land is the Pennington property that is 44 acres.This land was also purchased by Mecklenburg CountyPark Master Plan Status: A park master plan should be developed within thenext year for these parcels of land.Ranson and Rosedale PropertiesLocation: These two properties are located to the north of the Rosedale mixeduse development on Gilead Road. The Ranson property is 13 acres and is locatedto the north of the Bi-Lo Grocery store and to the east of the Villages of Rosedalesubdivision. The Rosedale property is 5 acres and is located to the north of theRosedale apartments and to the south of Stone Hollow.Approximate Size: 18 acresDescription: These two properties were donated to the Town by the developer ofRosedale. Mecklenburg County’s Torrence Creek Greenway extension will runthrough these two properties. The County has an additional 50 plus acres adjacentto these properties for the future greenway which will offer the potential for a 68acre linear park surrounded by highly developed mixed use properties.Park Master Plan Status: A park master plan should be developed within thenext year for these parcels of land.………………………………………………………………………………………………………NOVEMBER 7, 201148