northwestFINDER 2023

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PARKS & RECREATION

ATHLETIC FIELDS/PARKS

Stokesdale Ball Park

8401 Capri Drive

P.O. Box 802, Stokesdale www.stokesdaleparksandrec.com info@stokesdaleparksandrec.com

Stokesdale Parks and Recreation

This park is owned by Stokesdale Parks and Recreation, a non-profit which coordinates baseball/softball, basketball, soccer and cheerleading programs at its fields in Stokesdale, at Stokesdale Town Park and at Stokesdale Elementary School.

Stokesdale Town Park at Martin’s Meadow

8329 Angel Pardue Road, Stokesdale (336) 643-4011 (town hall) www.stokesdale.org/departments/ parks_and_recreation.php

Open daily, 5:30 a.m.-11 p.m.

This 25-acre park was developed by the Town of Stokesdale and is located behind the town hall. The park has two multipurpose fields, a disc golf course, playground, walking trail, picnic shelters and sand volleyball courts.

(For more information on northwestarea parks & recreation, see pages 14, 33 and 48.)

Lakes

Belews Lake/Carolina Marina

548 Shelton Road, Stokesdale (336) 427-0498 www.carolinamarina.com

Carolina Marina

Lake access is available at the Piney Bluff Access Area on N.C. 65 and the Pine Hall Access Area on Pine Hall Road. Boating access is also available at the privately-owned Humphries Ridge Marina and Campground and Carolina Marina.

Memorials

Stokesdale Veterans Monument

6826 U.S. 158, Stokesdale

Powell Shelton

(336) 643-5574 powellshelton49@yahoo.com

Located at Vulcan Materials Company, the monument is the site of a special program each Veterans Day. A community walking track is also located at the site.

Post Office

Stokesdale Post Office

8210 U.S. 158, downtown Stokesdale

ZIP Code 27357

(336) 644-6686

Joshua Hopkins, postmaster

8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. & 2-4:30 p.m. Mon-Fri

8:30 a.m.-noon Saturday www.usps.com

DID YOU KNOW?

Using money it received from federal COVID relief funds and a $50,000 state grant, Stokesdale may allocate as much as $775,475 over the next year on new features and improvements to its town park. They include: playground equipment; an amphitheater; nature trail; a basketball court with six goals; and possibly a pickleball court.

SCHOOLS (PUBLIC)

(For info on Stokesdale/northwest-area public schools, see page 56.)

Senior Programs

(For info on Stokesdale/northwest-area senior programs, see page 58.)

Support Groups

AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)

Stokesdale Christian Church

8607 Stokesdale Street

(336) 643-3111

AA meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more info, call the church, (336) 643-3111, or Dean, (336) 392-6676.

(For more info on support groups, see pages 34 and 59.)

UTILITIES TRASH PICKUP/RECYCLING

GFL Environmental (serves Stokesdale and Oak Ridge) (855) 222-2797 | (336) 668-3712 www.gflenv.com

Call for white goods, furniture or yard waste pickup.

Water

Aqua America – N.C. (for community well system users only) www.aquaamerica.com

For info or water emergencies, call (877) 987-2782.

Stokesdale Water System (residents on municipal water only) Stokesdale Town Hall

(336) 643-4011 water@stokesdale.org mcrawford@stokesdale.org

For info, billing questions or water emergencies during business hours, call Stokesdale Town Hall, (336) 643-4011.

To get water turned on, Stokesdale residents who are eligible to receive town water must go to Town Hall Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For after-hours assistance and/or after-hours water emergencies, call Mayor Mike Crawford, (336) 337-1071.

(For other utilities including cable/internet/phone, electric, gas and scrap tire/ white goods, and recycling/e-cycling, see pages 54 and 60.)

VOTING/ELECTIONS

Guilford County Board of Elections (336) 641-3836 www.guilfordcountync.gov

In Stokesdale, the polling site is located at: Stokesdale Town Hall

8325 Angel Pardue Road

(Check the Board of Elections’ website for Early Voting options.)

All elections are administered by the Guilford County Board of Elections. You may register to vote after being a resident of your county for at least 30 days. Voter registration forms may be obtained from the local town halls or at the county Board of Elections offices.

4,729 Stokesdale residents were registered to vote as of January 2023. Of these, 2,134 were registered as Republicans; 831 were registered as Democrats; 1,728 were unaffiliated with a political party; and 36 were registered as Libertarians.

(For more voter info, see page 60.)

Youth Recreation Athletics

Stokesdale Parks and Recreation www.stokesdaleparksandrec.com info@stokesdaleparksandrec.com

Jordan Balmforth, president Liz Cagno, vice president

Stokesdale Parks and Recreation to all of the ADVERTISERS in this year’s

Stokesdale Parks and Recreation offers youth basketball, soccer, baseball, softball and cheerleading. The organization owns Stokesdale Ball Park; basketball is played in the Stokesdale Elementary School gym.

(For more info on northwest-area youth recreation/civic groups, see pages 15, 34 and 61.)

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