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Wake Forest bracing for Hurricane Ian

Removal of Joyner Park tobacco barn set to begin Sept. 27

Town crews will remove the tobacco barn at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road, due to a litany of safety issues, including a crumbling foundation, that make the building “structurally unstable.”

Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 a.m. and continuing through the end of the week, crews will dismantle the structure and haul it away. Park visitors are advised that dump trucks will be entering and exiting the site regularly throughout this process.

In the meantime, crews have cordoned off an area around the tobacco barn, as well as portions of the Walker Garden, performance gardens, and amphitheater. This area, along with walking trails in the vicinity, will remain off limits until the demolition is complete.

The PRCR Department is working with Historic Preservation to try and locate a replacement structure.

For more information, contact PRCR Director Ruben Wall at rwall@wakeforestnc.gov.

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