The Cops Target Kids Project
FEBRUARY 2016
Dispose of Your Meds Properly
Over the Christmas holidays, Kannapolis Police Officers participated in two events to provide less fortunate children with a Merry Christmas. Through the Cops Target Kids project, 53 children shopped for gifts for themselves and their families at Target, a major sponsor of this project with the Kannapolis Police Department.
Top to bottom: Kannapolis Police Lt. Justin Smith, Officer Travis Smith and Det. Jeff Harrison participate in the 2015 “Cops Target Kids” project.
The Kannapolis Police have a much safer alternative. A medicine drop box is located in the lobby of the Kannapolis Police Department where citizens can drop off any unwanted or expired medications. The drop box is available 24 hours a day and the only restriction is that liquids and syringes not be placed in the drop box for disposal.
As part of the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program, 121 additional children received a new toy from police officers. Throughout the year the Police Department conducts fundraisers to help fund these two Christmas efforts. We thank you for your support to aid children in our city.
Welcome Gordon Food!
NC Gov. Pat McCrory welcomes Gordon Food officials Mike Sprenger and Jim Gordon to Kannapolis.
State and local officials joined Gordon Food Service as they celebrated the opening of their new distribution center in the Afton Ridge Business Park off Kannapolis Parkway. They are expected to bring 300 job opportunities to the city.
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Looking for a way to dispose of your expired or unwanted medications? Don’t flush them down the drain or toss them in the garbage. These methods can be dangerous to people and have a harmful effect on our environment.
Since the placement of the medicine drop box in 2013, the department has accepted and properly disposed of more than 1,000 pounds of medication.
From Dilapidation to Beautification
F
or years, The Villas Mobile Home Park, a seven-acre plot of land owned by the estate of the late Howard V. Wyrick and under the current oversight of a bankruptcy trustee, lay virtually abandoned and increasingly polluted. Now the City of Kannapolis is exploring acquiring the land off Fairview Street in order to utilize it for possible green space or residential purposes. The City has a lien on the property and officials have been discussing with the bankruptcy trustee the option of forgiving the lien in exchange for taking ownership of the property. In December, the City demolished and removed nearly 50 mobile home units from The Villas Mobile Home Park. Clearing out the mobile homes has cost approximately $90,000, which included the removal of asbestos and demolition from the area. Grant funds from Department of Housing
The Wyrick property before the City’s cleanup
and Urban Development (HUD) paid for this project. The City had previously been involved with the property to assist the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the clean-up of batteries that were dumped on the
-site, as well as a small oil spill. In addition, more than 200 tires that people have dumped near the creek on the site over the years have also been removed. The City has applied to the EPA to be included in the Targeted Brownfield Assessment Program. While this continued on page 2