Wake County Public Libraries $45 Million
New branch libraries:
- Middle Creek
- Morrisville
- North Hills
Expand/replace existing branch libraries:
- Cary
- Fuquay-Varina
- Wake Forest
Repairs and/or renovations:
- East Regional (Knightdale)
- Southeast Regional (Garner)
- Green Road, Olivia Raney, Richard B. Harrison, Wendell and Zebulon branches
Wake County Technical Community College $92 Million
Funds will 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 office 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 partnerships 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