The design and construction of a new community center at Baileywick
Park is planned as part of the approved bond referendum.

  Raleigh residents overwhelmingly approved a $91.775 million bond issue for parks and recreational facilities that appeared on the Nov. 4 ballot. According to unofficial results, the bond proposal was passed by a margin of 68 percent to 32 percent.
 
  The parks bond will be used to improve existing parks and recreational facilities as well as invest in new infrastructure. More than 25 projects located throughout Raleigh are slated for funding, including greenways, community centers, historic sites, pools and aquatic facilities, arts centers, athletic parks, playgrounds, land acquisition and more. These projects will be implemented in phases over the next five to seven years. Work on the first phase of projects will begin in the fall 2015.
 
  To fund these projects, a 1.72-cent increase in Raleigh’s property tax rate will go into effect July 1, 2015. This increase will require the owner of a $300,000 house to pay about $51.60 more a year in property taxes.
 
  This is the seventh parks bond referendum approved by Raleigh voters. Past bond referenda were passed in 2007, 2003, 2000, 1995, 1987 and 1981.