Purser-Hulsey Park is a proposed 95-acre community park to be developed on an old farmstead in Matthews, NC off of Highway 51. Though the park belongs to the Town of Matthews, Mecklenburg County owns the property and restricted its use to be at least 50% passive recreation. During the master plan process, public input revealed that a park without a single ball field was highly desired by the community.
The currently proposed programming is passive in nature with trails, dog park, disc golf, community gardening, canoeing, fishing and picnic facilities and interactive water park. The current design program calls for this park project to be submitted for a future PARTF grant once a phase one implementation is determined and matching funds are determined and set in place.
Since the initial master plan, the Town has begun developing the park with trails and a successful community garden program.