Abstract:
The various groups who saved the Dorothea Dix Hospital property from development have received a Citizen Award from IndyWeek. Dix 306, Friends of Dorothea Dix Park, and the Dix Visionaries, among others, lobbied for the Dorothea Dix Hospital property to become a new city park in Raleigh. The park is now being planned and may include a concert pavilion, amusement rides, walking and bike trails, and a museum in the original hospital building.