Revised 14-acre Sawyer’s Fun Park enlargement headed to Greenville City Council

We are studying extra a few proposed enlargement of an indoor amusement middle in Greenville.

The Sawyer’s Fun Park constructing has now been open for a decade, however is trying so as to add extra sights, which has induced conflicts with some close by householders.

News 12 talked with co-owner TJ Sawyer and residents within the space.

This constructing really began as a cheerleading camp owned by the Sawyers, however then in 2016 was remodeled right into a trampoline park, slowly including extra.

Now, a brand new potential 14-acre enlargement will quickly be dropped at the City Council.

Arcades, laser tag, bumper vehicles, and far more, all at one location.

TJ and Jamie Sawyer opened Sawyer’s Fun Park in 2016 as a trampoline park and haven’t appeared again since, persevering with to increase and adapt with completely different indoor amusement sights.

One of the issues we are attempting to do right here is carry extra leisure to not simply Greenville but in addition Eastern North Carolina.

Now, a brand new 14-acre enlargement is being proposed to the town that would come with a two-story golf driving vary with twenty-eight bays, knowledgeable membership becoming space, and an eighteen-hole minigolf course. A major redesign from the unique proposal.

The first proposal was forty bays we’ve reduce it down to twenty-eight. We’ve additionally enclosed the constructing.

Sawyer’s Fun Park is off of Corey Road, placing it close to some residential areas. After speaking with folks in close by neighborhoods, some welcome the enlargement.

While others have issues over noise and shiny lights being near their yard.

We’re involved about a number of issues. The noise and the music that’s come throughout the sphere is so disruptive at occasions we are able to barely hear conversations in our yard.

We’re not in opposition to Mr. Sawyer’s idea it’s a fantastic concept for Greenville however it simply looks as if it’s the incorrect location.

Sawyer says he’s conscious of the issues and the brand new design works to mitigate noise and lightweight for close by houses.

So we is not going to have stadium type lighting our targets are going to be led floor lit lighting.

The noise what we’ve executed clearly its at the back of our property dealing with the wetlands the woods and we additionally as soon as once more have moved it as near Boyd Lee Park as potential.

We additionally reached out to Greenville Mayor PJ Connelly for remark, and he says he has obtained a whole lot of suggestions and appears ahead to discussing it in upcoming conferences.