Lowell to create downtown community gathering spot

Lowell city officials plan to turn a grassy area across from City Hall into a community gathering spot.

City Manager Scott Attaway said that Lowell city officials are working right now to "fine tune" the layout, but they expect to create a town square, complete with a sun shelter, landscaping, and a meandering path.

People will be able to sit there to watch a concert, or perhaps the town may host vendors, Attaway said.

Mount Holly native David Childers will play there in September, and while the town won't have started with landscape construction, "he's got a good following. We're pretty excited to have him," Attaway said.

The property, which is owned by Dr. Gary McCord, a dentist in Belmont, is little more than a patch of grass right now, Attaway said.

"And we're just going to basically spruce up the patch of grass and give it some trees and shrubbery and benching, sod it," he said.

Work on the property is expected to take about a month once it starts, and city officials hope to start by mid-to-late September, Attaway said.

"I'd like to get started tomorrow honestly, but we just got to get it all timed right with the flow of everything," he said.

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This article originally appeared on The Gaston Gazette: Lowell to create downtown community gathering spot