The Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners approved a 10-year, comprehensive parks and recreation plan for the county that includes the recommendation that a Parks and Recreation Department be created.
But just because the board approved the plan with the recommendation to establish the department doesn’t mean it will come to fruition.
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