The budget proposal from Forsyth County Manager Dudley Watts includes $149.5 million for schools, less than the $153.3 million the district has requested.
A new Forsyth County park planned for the shores of Belews Lake is about as close to Reidsville or Greensboro as it is to Winston-Salem.
As a result, lawmakers from around the Triad are signing on to a bill that would appropriate $3 million from the stateâs Parks and Recreation Trust Fund to further the development of the park.
The bill was filed March 29 by N.C. Rep. Donny Lambeth, R-Forsyth, but has drawn support from other lawmakers representing Stokes, Surry, Rockingham and Guilford counties, and even one from Durham County.
âWhile the property is in Forsyth County, it is really a regional opportunity for that part of the state,â Lambeth said, explaining the regional support the bill has drawn.
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