founders park
founders park
Leland Founder’s Park signage (Photograph: Sydney Bouchelle/WWAY)

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Founder’s Park in Leland is getting an improve.

The tourism growth authority authorized a grant contract with the City of Leland to create an amphitheater inside the park.

Nonetheless, the $150,000 grant contract won’t absolutely fund the challenge.

In line with a city report, the estimated value of the amphitheater was $300,000 in 2020.

Wyatt Richardson, who serves because the city’s group enrichment director, says that this installment will enable them to boost the varieties of occasions that they’ve in Founder’s Park.

“Leland isn’t any stranger to progress and that’s a superb factor. We’re all the time methods to boost our choices to the group, and the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Recreation Assets Division is attempting to boost these choices. The amphitheater will assist us to do exactly that.”

The challenge remains to be within the design section.

They’re anticipated to interrupt floor in the beginning of subsequent yr.