Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the NPNA hosted community forum on lead testing, remediation, and Northgate Park with invited representatives from Durham Parks and Recreation and NC Dept of Environmental Quality on October 17th at 7:00 PM.

The meeting will be held at Keystone Church across from the park – 2500 Acadia St – who have generously volunteered their space so that we’ll have sufficient room to accommodate attendees and sufficient technology for presentations

NPNA is fortunate to have an experienced licensed professional environmental engineer , Will Garde, in our neighborhood who has generously agreed to lead the effort in putting together agenda for the meeting to encompass how to safely re-open the park based on technical, scientific best practices. 

To help NPNA planning for an effective meeting please :

Go here to indicate if you will be attending
Go here to indicate any questions or concerns you would like covered during the meeting

Finally, if you haven’t already, please do join the Northgate Park Neighborhood Association, your support is essential in all we do.

More updates as information becomes available – and you are always welcome to send comments or questions to president@northgateparknc.org

LATEST UPDATES

September 14 – through September 20, NCDEQ is out at Northgate Park removing mulch, gravel, and liners from underneath the three playgrounds in order to test the soils underneath for lead or other contaminants. They are not removing play equipment and the playgrounds are not being relocated. Once the materials are removed, soil is tested, and results are back, they will work with the community on a plan for re-opening the playgrounds safely.

August –

More information on the DPR website here