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Most of you know that I love playing any sport or game so you may not be surprised that my next post in the “My Favorite Places in Denver for…” series is the only place in Denver to play disc golf.  Did you even know that we had such a place?? 

Beatty’s Ford Park, off of Unity Church Road, has many activities for children, youth and adults… and one of them is disc golf.   The course has 9 holes and has some holes near the lake, some in the woods, and some near the splash pad.  Each time we have been to the park to play, we have had so much fun and have been one of only a few people using the course.  What a great, FREE, family outing, right in the middle of Denver.

Random thoughts about Disc Golf — read before going to the park to play!!!

The first time I played disc golf we were at the beach and none of us had ever played before.  We had just finished playing a Par 3 golf course and we noticed that they had disc golf so we decided, why not?   We went up to the clerk and paid our money to play and each of us took ONE frisbee (yeah, that is what I called it).   When we got to the first tee box, my husband threw his disc and it sailed straight ahead and landed about 15 feet from the basket (the target).  When our friend threw his it only went about 1/2 the distance to the basket, even though he threw it just as hard as my husband.  We won’t even talk about where mine ended up…I don’t think it was anywhere near the hole we were playing.   After a few holes, we finally figured out that each disc was different and my husband had a driver, our friend had one for the approach shot and I had a putter.  So, the moral of this story is, be sure you know what disc to use, at which time. 

Beatty’s Ford Park is free to play however you have to bring your own discs to play.  Since I am still really, really bad at throwing a frisbee (disc), we just purchased a cheap set of three discs at Dick’s Sporting Goods.   

Beatty’s Ford Park

In addition to the disc golf course, the park includes a picnic shelter, a walking trail, a volleyball court, horseshoe pits, a splash park area, two children’s playgrounds, and an amphitheater.

For more information about Beatty’s Ford Park, contact the Recreation Department at (704) 748-1518.

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If you have kids, you know exactly what I am talking about but have you found the place that will have what you are looking for, when you are looking for it…I have!!  Chantes Handbags on Commerce Drive in Denver has the largest selection of these colorful, unique shaped, silicone bracelets that all of the kids are trying so hard to find. 

Are you looking for the BamaBandz’s “monkeys”…they have them!!   What about tie dye Crazy Bandz…they have them!!   

Chantes Handbags also has many great gifts in the store as well…handbags, koozies, jewelry…you definitely want to check out their store.  

Location:    7804-C Commerce Dr    Denver NC  28037

Phone:  704-400-1569

Summer Hours:  Monday to Saturday 10am - 5pm or by appointment

Website:   http://chanteshandbags.com/index.php

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For those of us who live in the northern part of Denver or in southeastern Catawba County our commute to Charlotte just got a whole lot shorter.  No more driving by several schools to commute to Charlotte each morning.  You can now get on Hwy 16 By-Pass at St James Rd and be in Charlotte in less than 30 minutes. 

The Hwy 16 By-Pass through Denver has been in process since the early 1990’s and we can finally see the end in sight.    The opening of this four lane stretch of Hwy 16 to St James Rd will help commuters from communities such as James Plantation, Pebble Bay, Killian Crossing, Bordeaux, Windy Pines, Sailview, Lakewood and Webbs Chapel Cove get to Charlotte or anywhere south of Denver NC much more quickly. 

There are still two more sections to open before it ties back into the Hwy 16 By-Pass at Tower Rd, just north of Hwy 150.  They should open the section to Hwy 150 by Spring 2011 and then the portion to the existing Hwy 16 by Fall of 2011.   Eventually, you should be able to travel from Charlotte to Hickory on a four-laned Hwy 16 and save a tremendous amount of time. 

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Great news for Catawba County…Pierre Foods will expand their current facility in Claremont and add 500 new jobs over the next 3 years and spend about $16.8 Million on expanding the facility.  For more information please read the full story from the Catawba County EDC.

For those that are curious to the location of this facility…http://www.mapquest.com/mq/7-TTarwI03

However, if you have lived in Catawba County for the last 30 years, you may be more familiar with the location where Western Steer / Mom & Pops housed their corporate office, bakery and ham/smoke house in the 80’s and part of the 90’s. 

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Could we finally see the Hwy 16 by-pass opening to St James Rd??  Now that they finally have the traffic light up at the Hwy 16 Business and St James intersection, we should see Hwy 16 by-pass opening to St. James soon.  

Hecht Development community, James Plantation, will only be minutes from the newly opened four-lane Hwy 16 and will be less than 30 minutes to uptown Charlotte.   James Plantation is a 21 lot gated community with large wooded lots, streetlights throughout the community and a nicely landscaped entrance.   For more information about the lots and homes available in this community please visit http://jamesplantation.net.

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