Local parks will receive funds from 17.4 million dollar grant.

The NC Parks and Recreation Authority approved a $17.4 million to fund nine capital improvement projects and six land acquisitions for North Carolina state parks.

This fund will be giving money to Elk Knob State Park and Grandfather Mountain State Park. N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary D. Reid Wilson said “These land acquisition and park improvement projects will both expand our state parks system and repair and restore facilities and trails for the benefit of the people of North Carolina as well as visitors to our state, and We are grateful to the General Assembly and Governor Cooper for providing significantly increased investments in the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund over the last two years.”