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East Gaston QB #7 Trenton Sherrill hands off to #5 Justin Hill.

East Gaston’s #18 Jake Fox wraps up East Rutherford’s #11 Nick Wingo.

East Gaston wins big home game

The East Gaston Warriors varsity football team won a big victory in their recent home conference game against East Rutherford (Forest City, NC) by a score of 54-13. Congratulations to the Warriors for the triumph.

Pictured at left: East Gaston’s #5 Justin Hill chased by East Rutherford’s #11 Nick Wingo and #26 Quincie Mosley. East Rutherford’s #21 Isaiah Dodd and East Gaston’s #20 Caleb Burr vie for the ball. Photos by Bill Ward

CityWorks

of Belmont as its public works headquarters for the past several years. A major remodeling project transformed it from a huge concrete cavern into a modern, state of the art, efficient, spacious, and comfortable complex for the city’s business and its administrative staff.

The building has a lot of space including 55K sq. ft. that will retain its use as a warehouse for city equipment, supplies, and vehicles, as well as a 21K sq. ft., three level portion that will serve as the administrative office complex side of things.

Offices have been painted in soothing tones of green, gray, and blue with matching carpeting. Other flooring is done in grey-toned hardwood laminate. The colors compliment the view that employees will enjoy of sky, water, and trees as they look out the windows towards Kevin Loftin Riverfront Park across the road. There is a nice lunch room for employees as well as a kitchen and lockers.

The project included building a three story glass and steel elevator and staircase tower on the outside of the front of the building. Parking will be plentiful at the renovated complex with 85 spaces.

The remodeling job also included LED lights throughout. The LEDs are automatic. When a person goes into a room, they come on automatically. A few minutes after the room is empty, they go off. Another energy saving feature of the new building is tinted glass for the windows. Cost of the renovation work was estimated at $4.8 million. The city bought the building and 30 acres ten years ago for $2.5 million. *A note about utility bills - City facilities are now open to the public, but will no longer accept in-person water payments. There are multiple ways for customers to make their water bill payments: online, mail, automatic draft, or physical drop boxes. There is currently the dropbox located behind City Hall and another one will be installed outside the new CityWorks in the upcoming weeks. Customers do not come inside to pay their water bills as staff will not accept the payment and customers will be instructed use one of the alternate payment methods.

An interior space at the CityWorks Center. Photos by Julie Bowen CityWorks Center workers have nice views out of their windows.