SPAN continues to work with SouthPark Community Partners to secure funding for projects that will enhance SouthPark’s image within the region and encourage customers and residents to socialize and interact with one another. Below are a few projects that SPAN has worked on to build a stronger sense of place.
- Public Art Installation
- SPAN worked with the ASC to select artist Mary Carter Taub to design Loop de Loop– a public art piece in front of the library.
- ASC presentation
- SouthPark Municipal District
- District was approved in 2022 and generates approximately $1.5M in property taxes that can be spent within the district on infrastructure and marketing activities.
- The District is managed by SouthPark Community Partners.
- Sidewalk Mural – Sharon Rd and Hazelton Dr. adjacent to the Sharon at SouthPark.
- SPAN applied and received a $6,000 grant to design and install a mural adjacent to a new parklet on Sharon Rd.
- SPAN worked with ArtPop Street Gallery to select an artist (Laurie Smithwick) to design an interactive mural that would complement the adjacent parklet.
- Mural Design
- SouthPark Magazine Story
- Photo of mural
- Little Sugar Creek Greenway
- Marion Diehl Recreation Center renovation. COMPLETED.
- Huntingtowne Farms Park renovation. COMPLETED.
- Segment from I-485 to Polk Historic Site. COMPLETED.
- Segment from Brandywine to Tyvola Rd. COMPLETED.
- Segment from Briar Creek/Little Hope connector to Manning Dr. COMPLETED.
- Park Rd. Park Renovation
- SPAN worked with Commissioner Meier and Parks and Recreation staff to secure funding for a new educational pavilion at the Park. COMPLETED
- SPAN worked with the County to secure funding to improve Park Rd Park’s pond. COMPLETED
- SPAN is working with Parks and Rec to install new wayfinding signage to connect the Cross-Charlotte Trail to the Backlot Trail and SouthPark. PENDING.
