In October, the City Council directed staff to prepare an application for the grant from the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund. If the city receives the grant, Trinity officials will match the funds, making the projected total about $1 million.
Under the grant application, the council will consider adopting a parks and recreation master plan, a parks and recreation capital improvement plan, a Center City site park plan and project budget for the plan.
The city also will consider an agreement with the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments to assist with the planning and development of the Center City Park.
The park is proposed to be located on the site of Trinity City Hall’s property, nestled on about 30 acres off N.C. 62. The city of Trinity hopes to use the grant for picnic shelters, a playground, trails and park. The park may include an amphitheater in a phase 2 that’s not funded in the PARTF grant, said Adam Stumb, the city’s planning and zoning administrator.
City officials have said plans for the park are a part of the Trinity Center City Plan, which recently was approved by the council. In addition to Center City Park, the plan includes a proposal for a Village Center in the center of Trinity. City officials have worked with the Lawrence Group on plans for the park.
“I hope we can get funded for it,” Trinity City Manager Ann Bailie said. “(The park) will give residents a gathering place. Right now there is no gathering place, no place to hold community events and things of that nature.”
Stumb said the city’s chances of receiving the grant are good because Trinity has never applied for such a grant. He said municipalities get the most points with their first application.
Trinity has until Feb. 1 to submit the application, and will know if it is a recipient of the grant by July or August 2010, Stumb said. The city would have three years to complete the project, according to Stumb.
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