The 2021-23 state budget bill proposed by the Republican-controlled Senate includes providing $1.8 million toward the establishment and preservation of the east bank on the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin River.
The Shallow Ford funding language appeared initially in House Bill 242, which was filed March 9 and has not been acted upon since.
The money would be provided though the state Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. It is the second largest department appropriation for historic sites in the proposal.
The $1.8 million, along with an additional $425,000 for a parking lot, would go toward an initiative announced in January that would convert 246 acres off the Yadkin River into a historic preservation site with walking trails.
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The Messick Farm property in western Forsyth County has been acquired with plans to convert the 246 acres off the Yadkin River into a historic preservation site with walking trails.
The seven tracts are in the Shallowford and Williams roads areas of the county at the Shallow Ford segment of the river. The only tract with a listed address is at 9600 Shallowford Road.
According to a Forsyth Register of Deeds filing Thursday, The Conservation Fund of Arlington, Va., paid $2.8 million to purchase the land from The Winston-Salem Foundation and Jean M. Messick.
The fund s involvement is providing a bridge loan. The Lewisville Historical Society and Sons of the American Revolution are among the groups raising funds to acquire the land as a potential state park.