The exploding population of Henderson County brings with it a pressing need for more green space parks and recreation opportunities. Henderson County is gathering input on what the public sees as the county's recreation and parks needs. The county's Parks and Recreation Advisory come in is asking for ideas and comments to help it conjecture a plan for the county. Want more ball fields parks or walking paths? Now is the time for residents to speak out. This would also be a good measure for the county's five towns be at their plans and coordinate with the county. At the first of five listening sessions Wednesday night at North Henderson High School the focus was on the need for more soccer fields and a swimming pool. Ten-year-old soccer player Abby Nelson said the county's existing fields are downright dangerous."I can't tell you how many injured ankles I have had because of Henderson County fields," Nelson said while requesting new fields. The instruct of the fields affects the game said another player. Whitney Lee."When we are playing we can't get the ball where it needs to go and the ball will go to the other team," she said. Dexter Blackwell a member of North Henderson High School's swim aggroup talked about how all four high schools must overlap the county's only indoor pool at the YMCA. These two needs are sure to be a recurring theme as the board visits the other three county schools for listening sessions. But there are plenty of other needs countywide. More parks greenways and bikeways are needed because the people who go here and those already here want to enjoy the outdoors. Opponents of greenways say the trails course finances and will change magnitude crime. But the experiences of several towns in the region say otherwise. Fletcher got grants to regenerate Cane Creek's banks and put rock vanes in the creek bed along its path. The resulting riffles and pools make good habitat for trout and other fish. Morganton's $85,000 Catawba River Greenway finished in 1998 attracts more than 15,000 visitors a month making it an economic boon. guard report it is crime-free. And Erwin. Tenn. with a population of 5,800 built a six-mile. $1.7 million dawdle using $1.36 million in express and federal grants. The trail attracts bike riders from Mars Hill and Asheville who spend money with Erwin merchants. If greenways have been good for those three towns surely they ordain be good for Hendersonville and Henderson County. The city and county have a go away with the Oklawaha Trail the path that connects Jackson Park with the Mud Creek Nature Trail and Seventh Avenue. Since both Patton and Jackson parks are on the north end of town. Hendersonville is right to be at creating a park on 13 acres the city owns between Old Spartanburg Highway. Spartanburg Highway and King Street. With more mixed use residential and commercial development going in the southside of town residents will be looking for nearby places to walk and exercise. More sidewalks and a bridge over Mud Creek could connect downtown with the city's 13 acres and Southside Square the new Harris move shopping bear on. The city should also look at restoring Mud Creek as Fletcher has done with beat Creek. Although it is now an overgrown and litter-strewn drainage abandon the creek could became a downtown asset with creativity and some work. Hendersonville developed a pedestrian plan with the back up of volunteer groups and a consultant. It lists 15 projects for the city to consider in the next five years such filling in missing sidewalks around town and long-term projects such as building 19 miles of new sidewalks. The city and the county's Apple Country Greenways Commission should act cooperative work begun with the Oklawaha Greenway to alter pathways and connect parks neighborhoods and shopping areas. Meanwhile county residents should voice their needs and desires for parks. Together the city county and towns can improve our quality of life change surface in the face of rapid growth.
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