Flat Rock gets $475K grant for new park

Great news! From the Times-News:

The village of Flat Rock got word Monday that the N.C. Parks and Recreation Authority has approved a $475,000 grant to put toward the village’s purchase of Highland Lake Golf Course for a municipal park. . .

[Mayor Bob Staton] said he was pleasantly surprised by the grant’s approval, since the village’s park project was initially put on a waiting list. He said the village was told in June the Parks and Recreation Authority was holding off to see how the state budget shook out.

“From the scuttlebutt we got, we were encouraged we would get an award, but the surprise was it was for the full amount we had applied for,” said Staton, who praised the grant writing help given the village by Rebekah Robinson, administrative director of the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy. . .

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