Applying the Rational Planning Model to Recreation Planning in Soul City

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Lockman, Jon
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning
Peloquin-Dodd, Mary
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning

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In February 1987, Floyd McKissick, St., the developer of Soul City, the federally assisted Title VIII new community, approached the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for assistance. Specifically, he requested that graduate students seek sources of funding for the Soul City Parks and Recreation Association (PRA). The PRA, which operated a pool and recreation complex for Soul City and the surrounding area, regularly sought money to cover deficit operating expenses. Without a long-term solution, the best alternative seemed to be the leasing of the facilities to Warren County. During the preliminary stages of our investigation, the PRA Board of Directors voted to lease their recreation facilities to the County. Therefore the original direction of our study, namely to secure funds for continued PRA operation of the facilities, had to be modified. This paper describes the resolution of the PRA crisis in the spring of 1987, and suggests new roles and future directions for the PRA now that a lease has been arranged with Warren County. Finally, this paper looks at long term issues for the "post-lease period," including the possibility of the incorporation of Soul City.

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