PARKS DOWNTOWN PUBLIC PARKING

community parks In recent years the Town of Chapel * Cedar Falls Park Hill has added new public parking • On Weaver Diary Road near East Chapel Hill High School lots, machines that accept credit Burlington Park cards to pay for parking, and bright • On Ephesus Church Road east of Ephesus Elementary, blue signage at all the lots. Now between Landerwood Lane and Sharon Road there’s a new website and map at * Ephesus Park www.parkonthehill.com that shows • Next to Ephesus Elementary School, east of Fordham Boulevard, town north on Ephesus Church Road all parking — public, private and Hargraves Park UNC lots — in the downtown area. facilities • 216 N. Roberson St. * Homestead Park WHAT’S NEW • Off Homestead Road two blocks west of MLK Jr. Boulevard Meadowmont Park bond referendum • 621 Meadowmont Lane On Nov. 3, 2015, voters decided to allow the Town North Forest Hills Park of Chapel Hill to issue up to $40.3 million in general • 121 Collums Road, off Dixie Drive, east of MLK Jr. Boulevard obligation bonds to fund improvements throughout the Oakwood Park community. Included in the referendum is a bond order • Off NC 54 E near intersection of Oakwood Drive and Berkeley Road for Recreation Facilities including a Cultural Arts Building Phillips Park ($3.4 million) and Parks and Recreation Administration • Next to Phillips Middle School Building ($3.6 million). These two buildings could Southern Community Park * potentially be combined into one facility. Learn more at • Highway 15/501 South and Dogwood Acres Drive www.townofchapelhill.org/bondinfo * Umstead Park • 399 Umstead Road, west of MLK Jr. Boulevard library expansion Westwood Park • On Dogwood Drive, 1/2 mile west of Columbia Street Chapel Hill Public Library is the most-used public library * Bathroom facilities are available for its size in the state. The expansion project, funded by a bond referendum approved by voters in 2003, was com- cemeteries COMMUNITY pleted in April 2013. The expansion more than doubled The Town maintains four cemeteries: the size of the library to 62,500 square feet. There are SERVICES FROM Memorial Cemetery meeting and programming spaces, a Digital Media Lab, a YOUR TOWN • between Fordham Boulevard (US-15-501 Business) and Legion Road Teen Room, and library store. Improvements to the 34- Barbee-Hargraves Cemetery acre park site include picnic areas, playground equipment CENTERS • At the cul-de-sac on Greenwood Road and an art garden. Our community library is a treasure, a Jay Street (or West Chapel Hill) Cemetery place where we gather and connect. • Near Village Drive and Jay Street Old Chapel Hill Cemetery PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 2016 BY: • Between Raleigh Road and Country Club Road Town of Chapel Hill Cemetery plots are for sale by the Town in Memorial Cemetery. Communications and Public Affairs For information on prices and related items, please call the Parks (919) 968-2743 or facebook.com/chapelhillgov and Recreation Department at (919) 968-2738. (Plots in the Jay [email protected] Street, Old Chapel Hill, and Barbee-Hargraves Cemeteries are no @chapelhillgov longer sold by the Town but may be available from private owners.) Printed on recycled paper. Please recycle. Town Facilities for Public Services The Town provides community facilities and services that meet the physical, social, and cultural needs of Chapel Hill’s population. town hall old town hall public housing Houses offices of Mayor Former site of Town Chapel Hill provides and Council, and depart- offices. Currently houses affordable quality housing ments of Business Manage- community kitchen and in 336 apartments located ment, Human Resource men’s homeless shelter. in 13 neighborhoods Development, Planning Built 1938 throughout Chapel Hill and and Sustainability, Town Renovated 1990, 2004 100 W. Rosemary St. Carrboro. Administered by 317 Caldwell St. Ext. Attorney, Communications the Department of Housing and Public Affairs and (right). Built 1989 Town Manager. operations center Built 1971, Addition in 1990 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Renovated 2014 One complex houses the chapel hill Public Works Department community post office/ and another complex houses center courthouse Chapel Hill Transit. Indoor pool and climb- Houses Post Office, The project reflects the ing wall, gymnasium, Orange County Court, Council’s key values of meeting room, bas- sustainability, environmental 6850 and 6900 Millhouse Road ketball facilities, and Teen Center and Peace 120 S. Estes Drive and Justice Plaza. sensitivity and fiscal prudence. walking trails. Built 1937, Renovated 1979 Built 2007 Built 1980, Renovated 2007

179 E. Franklin St. fire stations hargraves About 80 employees serve community from five stations, including center chapel hill the main station (left), built public library in 1963. Other stations are Tennis courts, playground Largest circulation at 1003 S. Hamilton Road, and picnic areas, basketball per capita library in 1615 E. Franklin St., 101 courts, Northside Gym North Carolina. 403 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Weaver Dairy Road Ext. and A. D. Clark Pool are 216 N. Roberson St. Built 1994, Addition in and 100 Bennett Road. part of this complex. 2013. Built 1943, Renovated 2003 100 Library Drive parks and recreation homestead police administrative aquatic center headquarters building Features a 25-meter com- Substations at University The Parks and Recreation petition pool and 25-meter Place, Southern Village, and Department has outgrown its warm water pool, accessible Sykes Street. office space on Plant Road. bathrooms, and family Built 1982, Renovated 2003 200 Plant Road changing areas. The building has numerous 300 Northern Park Drive structural deficiencies. Built 2008 828 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Built 1973