Featured Surveys & Projects
Amenities + Connections Projects
In Fiscal Years 2025 and 2026, Mecklenburg County is working to add new dog parks, pickleball courts, skate parks, spraygrounds, and access trails/connections to existing parks accross the County. Find...
Park and Recreation Closures
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation periodically has to close portions of existing parks, greenway trails, or facilities for construction or other coordination. Please see below for current closures.
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Park and Recreation Planning Studies
Park and Recreation staff work internally or with consultants to study future parks, nature preserves, and greenway trails. Below are projects that have been studied for future development but that do...
New Park and Nature Preserve Investment Projects
The projects below are park or nature preserve projects that add new parks to the system or expand existing parks by adding new phases. These projects are either in design or construction. Click on a project...
Master Plan
Find out more about Meck Playbook, Mecklenburg County's Comprehensive Park and Recreation Master Plan.
Park and Nature Preserve Reinvestment Projects
Mecklenburg County is committed to improving existing parks and nature preserves. The projects below are currently in design or construction to improve existing parks and amenities.
Greenway Trail Projects
Mecklenburg County is building greenway trails faster than ever before! The projects below are either in design or construction. Click on a project to find out more information.
Active Surveys & Projects
Historic Latta Reimagined
Latta Place occupies about 16 acres within Mountain Island Lake's Latta Nature Preserve. Before its closure in 2021, it was a circa-1800 living history museum and farm which gave visitors...
East Charlotte Park
Welcome to the future East Charlotte Park!We are excited to share the vision for a future public park on a beautiful 27-acre wooded property located along East W.T. Harris Boulevard, nestled between...
Waymer Park Improvements
David B. Waymer Park is an existing 16.5-acre Mecklenburg County Park located at 14200 Holbrooks Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078, managed in partnership with the Town of Huntersville. The park includes a Recreation...
Northern Regional Recreation Center Phase II: Site Amenities
The Northern Regional Recreation Center in Cornelius will be adding site amenities to the 42-acre Mecklenburg County Park located at 18227 Old Statesville Rd, Cornelius, NC 28031. The new amenities...
Eastway Regional Recreation Center Phase II: Site Amenities
This project will develop additional site amenities for the Eastway Regional Recreation Center. Amenities include basketball, pickleball, shelter, loop trail and seating areas. Learn more...
Martin Luther King Jr. Park
Martin Luther King Jr. Park is an existing ~27-acre Mecklenburg County Park located at 2600 Ravencroft Dr., Charlotte, NC 28208.This Improvement project, to be determined through community engagement, will...
Briar/Little Hope Creek Greenway
The Briar/Little Hope Creek greenway project will construct 1.5 miles of greenway trail in south Charlotte. The first segment of trail will be constructed from Keystone Court moving southeast...
Little Sugar Creek Greenway Connection to Pine Valley
This funding will be used to develop a new and accessible bicycle/pedestrian point of access to Little Sugar Creek Greenway from the Pine Valley neighborhood. Improved access is proposed at the following...
McDowell Creek Greenway Connection to Stratford Forest Neighborhood
This funding will be used to develop a new and accessible bicycle/pedestrian point of access to McDowell Creek Greenway from the Stratford Forest neighborhood. Improved access is proposed at the following...
Grier Heights Park
Grier Heights Park is an existing 6-acre Mecklenburg County Park located at 3110 Leroy Street, Charlotte, NC 28211 adjacent to Billingsville Cotswold Elementary School. The park includes baseball fields,...
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