WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The City of Winston-Salem hosted the second annual "Rock Out the Quarry" at Quarry Park Saturday night.
- One senior special projects coordinator with the city said the event is an effort to attract more visitors to the park year-round.
- Close to 5,000 people attended the event last year.
- People said they enjoy the park because of the beautiful views of the city skyline over the quarry.
One senior special projects coordinator with the city said the event is an effort to attract more visitors to the park year-round.
"We had a grand opening back in like 2017, but we wanted to add more visibility to our park with recreation. Community business development, recreation and parks, and the Winston-Salem Police Department decided to do something in the summertime to bring more visibility to Quarry Park," Emerald Bowman, senior special projects coordinator with the city, said.
She said close to 5,000 people attended the event last year and thinks even more would show up Saturday.
"It was well received last year. The word is out. I think it will literally increase by a couple thousand people," she said.
She said she has noticed an increase in day-to-day attendance.
"Quite often times when I come out here just to check it out to see what our attendance is looking like Monday through Friday, we have kids, we have moms, we have everybody hanging out," Bowman said.
People said they enjoy the park because of the beautiful views of the city skyline over the quarry.
"The way the sun hits off the water is a beautiful thing. The way you can walk out there and just be over the water is a beautiful thing. This place is just godly so it's just great to be out here," Delano Davis, an event attendee, said.
Bowman said Kona Ice would donated 20 percent of its sales to the Parks and Recreation Department for scholarship programs. She said those scholarship programs would most likely go to summer camps and other athletic programming.