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 Located just six minutes from Patrick Place, the beautiful new $17.8 million, 73,500-square-foot pool and fitness facility near Crowders Creek Elementary School is set to open to the public on Oct 17th., 2016. A ribbon cutting with the Lake Wylie and Clover chambers of commerce is 5-7:30 p.m. Oct. 12, and community tours are planned Oct. 13-16, before the official opening at 5 a.m. Oct. 17.
Read more about it and watch a video tour of the Aquatic Center here: http://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/community/lake-wylie-pilot/article103741316.html  The mostly bare landscape of the “right of way” areas of Patrick Place will soon start to be spruced up thanks to a recent $500 grant from the Keep York County Beautiful Project offered by York County.
The money is being used to buy shrubs and perennial flowers which will be planted by volunteers from our development. The hope is to create small garden-like settings that families can stroll through, or just appreciate when driving by. It’s expected this first grant will fund gardens in two spots, and that additional grants will be sought to beautify six additional areas in Patrick Place. Thank you to the folks at the offices of York County and special thanks to Kim Pettit for tipping off the Board of Directors about the availability of the grant. Duncan Scott wrote up the grant application, and he, along with George Miriello, and Vishnu Basdeo are spearheading the project. YOU CAN HELP! Our first planting session is this Friday, starting at 9:30 am. We have 34 shrubs that have been purchased and are waiting to be planted. We really could use your help, even if you don’t have a green thumb! Help beautify Patrick Place. Call Duncan at 310 968-3015 for details. From the Keep York County Beautiful Website: Keep York County Beautiful mini-grants are designed to assist in funding projects that promote beautification in areas such as rights-of-way, medians, building exteriors, parks or other natural areas in order to improve the York County environment. Eligible organizations include clubs, neighborhood associations, schools, places of worship, service clubs, nonprofit organizations, businesses and governmental entities. Beautification grants may be awarded up to $500 (in the form of Lowe’s gift cards) contingent upon funding availability. Priority is given to initiatives that include one or more of the following elements: Beautification through planting of native species, perennials, trees, vegetable gardens, graffiti removal and prevention or other community greening projects. Areas in the public right of way or with areas accessible to the public Those that include direct involvement of children as beneficiaries of the project or in the maintenance of the project. Litter eradication and cigarette litter prevention Keep York County Beautiful grant recipients must maintain the landscaping once it is in place and should acquire any permits that may be necessary before the project can begin. Earlier this year, homeowners of Patrick Place participated in two online surveys. Below are the results from those surveys plus all comments/suggestions that were received. Thanks to all the homeowners who participated. Your feedback is considered carefully in planning and decision-making for Patrick Place. 1. Sports Survey Homeowners were asked to rank from 1 to 10 how much interest they had in adding various sports activities to our park and were invited to leave comments and suggestions. Summary: There was fairly low interest in team sports like softball and soccer. Some residents expressed concern these sports might draw non-residents into the park and/or require too much maintenance. Most popular choices were inexpensive activities like horseshoes, volleyball, bean bag toss, and badminton. Among the many additional suggestions that homeowners wrote-in, the clear cut favorites were neighborhood picnics and similar social gatherings.  Comments - What other sports facilities would you like to see in the Park? a swingset/jungle gym for kids under 10 They're neat ideas but I don't like the idea of anything that will require storage of equipment or on-going maintenance; too much risk for items getting lost/stolen and falling into disrepair. A Playground would be nice for the kids. A swiming pool! will increase the value of patrick place a lot! would only add to issues in the park. It is a flood zone. Clay Shooting Station Maintain walking trails and basketball goals. Individual families can set up their own recreational activities and remove them when not in use. Not in support of areas which will influence people to come in our community from outside the neighborhood. Certainly no softball /soccer fields w/lights, etc. Likely a small portion of homeowner families who would use this. Wouldn't want to see any organized athletics coming in our neighborhood. Disc Golf Volleyball and Horseshoes. mini golf Fitness stations Comments - What types of events would you attend if they were held in the Park? annual neighborhood picnic A neighborhood picnic, neighborhood parties on Friday nights in the summer - outdoor movie night. Events geared more towards children and families. bonfires, clean ups, evening happy hours community picnics/pot lucks egg hunting, cook outs… Fires/Get Togethers One of the Friday social gatherings would be nice at the pavilion. Neighborhood Socials almost any.... Fireworks on holidays could be limited to being done in the park area. Great place for birthday parties w/inflatables etc. Barbeques, Family Fun Day, Fall Festivals Blank Music in the park. Happy Hour in the park. music, picnic Small concerts or bands Softball games 2. Boat and Trailer Storage Survey Homeowners were asked “Are you in favor of adding boat & trailer storage as a new amenity for Patrick Place?”. Summary: Response was low to this survey possibly because no specific plan or budget was presented. Homeowners were split: 45.15% chose a positive response of yes or maybe; 50% said no; and 3.85% said it didn’t matter to them.  The US National Whitewater Center, a 35 minute drive from Patrick Place, already offers rafting, kayaking, zip lines, biking and more, but new attractions are being added that are really unique. Read more here: http://www.charlottestories.com/the-u-s-national-whitewater-center-is-about-to-drastically-expand-with-4-new-attractions/  Our Thanks to George Miriello & Vishnu Basdeo for their hard work & creativity in creating this 'Beautiful Entry to our Great Community". George & Vishnu…You are deeply appreciated… The Patrick Place Board   See attached article regarding new development in Rock Hill. Click here: herald  York County won’t stop taking in new roads as incoming developments lay them, instead searching for other answers to their maintenance problem. Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/community/lake-wylie-pilot/article65977547.html#storylink=cpy  The new aquatic center on Charlotte Highway has seen little progress from December to January. A 35-day extension had been requested putting completion at mid-August. Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/community/lake-wylie-pilot/article58205683.html#storylink=cpy  |
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