Idea For Access Road to McCrary Ballpark DOA
Drone photo of the renovations of McCrary Park from March of 2022 (Scott Pelkey / Acme News Archive)
ASHEBORO N.C. - Homeowners around the newly renovated Historic McCrary Ballpark have been vocal against a now dead set of ideas for improving access to the ballpark.
On July 26th, 2022, the City of Asheboro held a special meeting to discuss ideas for improving access to the newly renovated Historic McCrary Ballpark. Among those ideas, an access road nicknamed "Power Alley" which would have connected Lexington Rd to Southway Rd, which received vocal opposition from nearby homeowners. Now, just a week after that meeting, any plans the city had to improve access from Lexington Rd are dead.
The McCrary Mill built the ballfield in 1946 as a home for the company's Industrial League tea...