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SALISBURY — When Mayor Karen Alexander and Dyke Messinger looked out at the crowd of people in Bell Tower Green Park on Friday, they saw more than a place for people gather. “This park is the center of all the critical building blocks of a successful, diverse, collaborative city that values the many gifts and…

SALISBURY, N.C. (WBTV) – Bell Tower Green, Inc. and the City of Salisbury are excited to jointly announce the opening of Bell Tower Green Park this Friday, Oct. 1, at 5 p.m. After more than two years of construction, and four years of private fundraising and planning, the downtown park will finally be accessible to…

SALISBURY — Organizers of Pops at the Post and planners for Bell Tower Green’s grand opening on Wednesday announced the cancellation of both events. Worsening COVID-19 metrics are to blame for the cancellations. Pops at the Post is a free outdoor concert held annually next to the Salisbury Post. The Salisbury Symphony gathers under the…

While the construction of Bell Tower Green Park was no cheap matter, the project’s final estimated cost of $13 million will be almost entirely privately funded. The park, which transformed a block of land between West Innes, South Church, West Fisher and South Jackson streets, is in its final days of construction. A grand opening…

SALISBURY — While it has reduced its fundraising goal because of COVID-19, Bell Tower Green Park is now $600,000 shy of having enough money to complete the project. In a letter to donors last week, Bell Tower Green President Dyke Messinger said 315 families or individuals have donated about $11.37 million to the downtown park’s…

SALISBURY — Saying the Kiwanis Club of Salisbury wanted to have a big impact, President Glenn Taylor on Friday presented Bell Tower Green park representatives with a check for $100,000. The money comes from the 2015 sale of the Kiwanis Camp property to the Yadkin Path Montessori School. Representatives of Bell Tower Green said the money…

SALISBURY — It was 110 years ago when some community-minded folks in eastern Rowan County got together to establish a bank, hoping it would foster economic development and promote a higher quality of life. Shares were sold that year, and the first Farmers and Merchants Bank — today’s F&M Bank — opened in Granite Quarry.…

SALISBURY — The Historic Preservation Commission on Thursday approved the installation of light fixtures on the Bell Tower roof to highlight the building’s architectural details as part of the Bell Tower Green project. Allison Merriman of LandDesign, who is tasked with the design of the park, said the goal is to show off the top of…

SALISBURY — Rolled out mats and yogis scattered the parking lot of the future site of Bell Tower Green on Saturday afternoon. Led by Meredith Abramson, a yoga instructor and a member of the Bell Tower Green board, dozens gathered for downward dog and tree poses on the asphalt. Attendees visualized the completed park, set…

SALISBURY — After a divided discussion about the Bell Tower Green project at its November meeting, the city’s Historic Preservation Commission was provided with details on the materials to be used and given enough assurances by the developers that the board approved the plan Thursday night.  Architecture firm LandDesign described the materials and answered questions…