Below is one of the three bonds that will appear on your ballot. The Democratic Party of Craven County supports all three bonds and encourages you to vote YES for each of them. Please remember to TURN YOUR BALLOT OVER and cast your vote on both sides.

City of New Bern Parks and Recreation Bonds

 Additional property taxes may be levied on property located in the City of New Bern, North Carolina in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on bonds if approved by the following ballot question.

Shall the order adopted on July 8, 2025, authorizing not exceeding $8,000,000 PARKS AND RECREATIONAL BONDS of the City of New Bern, North Carolina, plus interest, for the purpose of providing funds, together with any other available funds, for acquiring, constructing, improving and expanding new and existing park, greenway and recreational facilities of said City, inside and outside its corporate limits, including, without limitation, the acquisition of any related land, rights of way and equipment, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, be approved, in light of the following:

(1) The estimated cumulative cost over the life of said bonds, using the highest interest rate charged for similar debt over the last 20 years, would be $12,488,960, consisting of the $8,000,000 principal amount of said bonds, plus $4,488,960 of estimated interest.

(2) The estimated amount of property tax liability increase for each one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of property tax value to service the cumulative cost over the life of said bonds provided above would be $7.50 per year.

*The wording above is verbatim as it will appear on your ballot although it will appear in a single column. For ease of reading here, we have added paragraph breaks.