Past Events

20th Annual Partners BBQ

Partners for Parks, Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation and Mecklenburg County Park Commission would like to thank everyone involved in making the 20th Annual Partners BBQ a huge success! 
View photos from the event.

Many thanks to our sponsors (pdf).  Last minute sponsors not listed in the program are Bronze: ABM Landscape Services and Midtown Redevelopment Partners.

Partners for Parks 10th Anniversary Dinner

Luncheon Planned to Open the Liz Hair Nature Walk on Little Sugar Creek Greenway

Hundreds of people from across the state are expected to attend an invitation-only, southern-style lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14.  The event will celebrate the opening of the Liz Hair Nature Walk on Little Sugar Creek Greenway.  Currently, 3.6 miles of the Little Sugar Creek Greenway are complete.  Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation officials expect that it will take 10 years to develop the entire 15-mile trail. 

The Liz Hair Nature Walk on Little Sugar Creek Greenway is located between Morehead Street and East Boulevard, in front of Carolina's Medical Center. It is the first named section along Little Sugar Creek Greenway and serves a model for future public-private partnerships.

Liz Hair was influential in the early Mecklenburg County greenway movement.  Ms. Hair was the first woman elected to and the first woman to chair the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners.  During her term as a Mecklenburg County Commissioner, Ms. Hair noted the need to preserve open space in order to compliment the growth in Charlotte-Mecklenburg.  Ms. Hair will be available to meet with the media at the event.
 
Speakers include Chairman Parks Helms of the Mecklenburg Board of Commissioners, Joe Cogdell of Partners for Parks, Betty Chafin Rash of the Friends of Liz Hair and Brenda McClymonds of the Trust for Public Land.   At approximately 12:40 a group of children from The Children's Miracle Network will present Ms. Hair with a bouquet of flowers in appreciation for her efforts to preserve open space and protect the environment.  The Mecklenburg County Greenway Team will offer educational tours of the Liz Hair Nature Walk on Little Sugar Creek Greenway.  Participants will learn about stream restoration and landscaping techniques that were used for the project.

The event is sponsored by Carolinas Medical Center.  The Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department, Partners for Parks and the Friends of Liz Hair will host the event.

Little Sugar Creek begins north of uptown and passes urban, residential, suburban and rural areas. It ends at the South Carolina border. 

Event Details:

When:  Wednesday, June 14, 2006, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Where:  Tent at the corner of Kings Drive and Morehead Street – on the future Little Sugar Creek Greenway

Parking:  Media Parking will be available at Harding Place.  Guest parking will be available at Medical Center Drive.

Event sponsored by:

Formal dedication ceremony for Little Sugar Creek Greenway
Partners For Parks, Inc., Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services will host a formal dedication ceremony for Little Sugar Creek Greenway at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 4, 2005. The event will also celebrate National Trails Day. The ceremony will take place on the Little Sugar Creek Greenway trailhead at the corner of Brandywine Avenue and Westfield Road.

Speakers include:

• Representative Sue Myrick
• Representative Mel Watt
• The Honorable Parks Helms, Chairman of the Mecklenburg County Commission
• Mayor Patrick McCrory
• The Honorable Patsy Kinsey, Member of the Charlotte City Council
• Mr. Wayne Weston, Director of the Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation
• Mr. William Chandler, Chairman of the Mecklenburg County Park and RecreationCommission
• Mr. Brad Davis, President of Partners for Parks, Inc.
• Mr. Tennyson Shifley, President of the Mecklenburg County -South Rotary Club

Duck Derby on Little Sugar Creek
Mecklenburg South Rotary Club and Partners for Parks, Inc., will also host the 2nd Annual RAY’S-Rotary Duck Derby on Little Sugar Creek at noon on June 4th. The public can adopt-a-duck for $10.00 at Great Outdoor Provision Co. or from any Mecklenburg County - South Rotary member and enter for a chance at a $2,000.00 cash grand prize and over $9,000.00 in additional prizes. Over 90% of the money raised will help fund Rotary youth programs and Partners for Parks, Inc. There will be music, vendors and entertainment that will continue until 2 p.m.

The restoration of Little Sugar Creek and the development of Little Sugar Creek Greenway is a partnership between Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services, Mecklenburg County Real Estate Services and Partners for Parks, Inc.

Little Sugar Creek begins north of uptown and passes urban, residential, suburban and rural areas. It ends at the South Carolina border. Once it is complete, Little Sugar Creek Greenway will total 15 miles. There are currently 3.6 miles existing.

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