The city's parks and recreation department will be able to broaden its plans for a skateboard and BMX park at T.J. Davis following the announcement it was awarded a Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust grant.
Parks and recreation and public works faced Roanoke Rapids City Council today to give their proposed budgets for the upcoming fiscal year.
A proposed skateboard park could get a big boost if a $125,000 Kate B. Reynolds grant is approved, Roanoke Rapids Parks and Recreation Director John Simeon told city council this evening.
Christina Coker watched with satisfaction as a C.D. Williams crane lifted the first of two parts of a dehumidifier system from a tractor-trailer rig, equipment that will get operations at the Roanoke Rapids Aquatic Center she oversees back to normal.
The city of Roanoke Rapids announced winners from Sunday's Christmas Parade. Complete parade photos may be found on our Facebook page.
A final design on a city skate park at T.J. Davis will go through a fine-tuning before an official design is unveiled.
The closing of the Roanoke Rapids Aquatic Center over the remainder of the fall and winter looms as a possibility after city council this evening agreed to pull discussion of dehumidifier funding from its agenda.
A meeting Thursday night with those interested in seeing a skateboard park at T.J. Davis Recreation Center built on the momentum already garnered for the project.
Donations for a skateboard and BMX park at T.J. Davis Recreation Center are quickly approaching $25,000, Parks and Recreation Director John Simeon told city council this evening.
Plans for a skateboard-BMX park at T.J. Davis Recreation Center are moving forward, Parks and Recreation Director John Simeon told the recreation advisory committee this evening.
