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Latest budget proposal includes BMX course
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The dirt lot at Laurel Park is slated to be groomed into a BMX track. - photo by NAT GURLEY
After years of planning and proposals, followed by disappointment when they fell through, BMX racing fans in Hall County might finally get the course they’ve long hoped for. About $75,000 has been earmarked in the county’s proposed 2015 fiscal year budget to build a course at Laurel Park in North Hall. “We felt like this was our best opportunity to get this off the ground,” said Mike Little, director of Hall County Parks & Leisure.