What are the salient features of the Recreation Plan?
• East Side Park features multipurpose fields, a children’s playground and garden, picnic areas and shelter, a dog park, re-use of the Weldin Plantation, and improvements to the Rock Manor Golf Course, including a new golf driving range. • West Side Park features restoration of the Blue Ball Dairy Barn and associated programs, the development of park paths that provide diverse experiences for hikers, bikers and joggers, and a system of bio-swales and basins to manage stormwater runoff. There are opportunities for environmental education associated with the stormwater management system. • A greenway trail system will connect the East and West Parks via a passageway under Route 202, provide bicycle and pedestrian linkages to surrounding neighborhoods, and connect the Blue Ball parkland with Brandywine Park and other county and state parks. Who will own and operate the new park system? The East Park will be operated by New Castle County Parks Department. They will manage all the active re
