Wake County Public Libraries $45 Million
Wake County Technical Community College $92 Million
Funds would be used to:
- Construct a new building at Northern Wake Campus to offer classes in financial services, pervasive computing and informatics.
- Build a new facility at the Health Sciences Campus to train more nurses, radiology/MRI technicians and other allied health professionals.
- Renovate Public Safety facility on Chapanoke Road for law enforcement, EMS and fire safety officer training.
- Repair or renovate several buildings on the Main Campus, including the Library Education, Mechanical Technology and Student Services buildings.
Wake County Open Space Program $50 Million
Highlights of purchases using previous bond funds in partnership with others:
- Wake Forest – Joyner Farm, 117 acres, and Clinebelle tract, 68 acres
- Raleigh – Swift Creek corridor, 260 acres (important to water supply and quality), and Angell Property (Falls Lake area), 216 acres
- Holly Springs – 9-acre addition to Bass Lake Park
- Garner – 36-acre addition to White Deer Park
- Morrisville – RTP tract, 18 acres (in Jordan Lake Watershed)
- Cary – White Oak Church Road, 116 acres (in Jordan Lake Watershed)
- Apex – Holleman tract (to be used in connection with American Tobacco Trail)
- State of North Carolina – 252 acres to expand Clemmons Educational State Forest into Wake County
- Several purchases totaling 800 acres in the Marks Creek area. Protection of this watershed area is in partnership with the Trust for Public Lands and the Triangle Land Conservancy.