Beep, beep! This van brings fun to Burlington
Posted Jul 2, 2019 at 3:10 PM, Updated Jul 2, 2019 at 3:10 PM Burlington is taking recreation to at-risk communities with an up-fitted cargo van that travels the city to offer structured play for children and families. The Park & Play van was made possible by $50,000 from Impact Alamance. It’s equipped with fitness gear, […]
Mebane has budding scientists explore Cates Farm Park
Posted Apr 8, 2019 at 2:01 AM MEBANE — A group of kids has gathered around a skeleton in the woods at Cates Farm Park. It’s not human — thank God — but it’s a dead thing and it’s cool, and they lean over it trying to figure out what it might have been when it was alive. The […]
Burlington passes tobacco-free parks law
Posted Jan 16, 2019 at 5:18 PM Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 6:31 PM No smoking, dipping, vaping in park areas, including sidewalks, parking lots; goes into effect April 1, comes with potential $50 fine The Burlington City Council approved an ordinance banning tobacco use in all city parks and adjacent public areas, including parking […]
Impact Alamance dedicates new Burlington facilities
Posted Dec 22, 2018 at 1:23 PM Impact Alamance dedicated new facilities Wednesday, Dec. 19, in the former Cammack building, 133 E. Davis St., Burlington. LabCorp donated the 38,000-square-foot building to Impact Alamance in 2016. It houses Impact Alamance, Alamance Achieves, and the Alamance Community Foundation, and also has a conference center that can be used by local […]
Burlington talks tobacco-free parks, sidewalks, parking lots
Posted at 8:08 AM Updated at 8:13 AM Council members discuss prospect of making parks, sidewalks smoking-free The Burlington City Council discussed several items during their last work session meeting of the year Monday, Dec. 3, including a Tobacco-Free Ordinance. Impact Alamance Junior Program Officer Kacie Lynch and Sally Gordon with the Alamance County Health Department presented the proposed […]
Dumpster driving: One city’s junk becomes another city’s mobile park
Posted Nov 28, 2018 at 2:01 AM Updated Nov 28, 2018 at 8:50 AM GRAHAM — The City of Graham is celebrating a Dumpster. Recreation and Parks Director Brian Faucette gathered a crowd at Alamance Arts on Tuesday, Nov. 27, to cut the ribbon on the city’s new mobile parklet — an upcycled container from Bakers Waste Equipment Inc. that includes seating, tables and a […]
Alamance County battered women’s shelter gets big renovation
BURLINGTON, N.C. — This is a story of what a huge impact just a few people can make. It started off as a feel-good gesture that has turned into so much more. Jennifer Smith and a few other Burlington moms have gotten way outside their comfort zones. “It was just very hard for a […]
