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It
has been a year since the master
planning committee for Raleigh Parks
unanimously adopted the master plan for
Horseshoe Farm Park, and the Friends of
Horseshoe Farm are wondering why the
Raleigh City Council has not taken any
action.
The friends, the people who
want to maintain the area in its natural
state, have joined with others to create
the Alliance for Horseshoe Farm to urge
adoption of the master plan adopted by
the committee and its environmental
stewardship recommendations.
The park, which was a
working farm for over 100 years and most
recently was owned by Dr. and Mrs.
William Hedrick, who now live in Wake
Forest, is just of Ligon Mill Road in a
horseshoe bend of the Neuse River. It is
home to numerous birds, including wild
turkeys, deer, rodents and other animals
as well as wild flowers and landmark
trees.
The new alliance has three
points which it hopes everyone who
writes to the city council members will
make:
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Horseshoe Farm should be separated
from the issue of active recreation
because it is inappropriate for high
intensity active recreation.
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The committee’s draft plan with
environmental stewardship[
recommendations should be adopted by
the council immediately.
-
Horseshoe Farm should be
reclassified as a special or metro
park. It does not fit the definition
of community park.
People who are interested
can go to
www.horseshoefarm.org to learn more
about the park.
If you want to write to the
council members, there is a draft of a
letter at the Sierra Club website:
http://nc.sierraclub.org/capital/
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