Conserving Carolina bought 226 acres in Old Fort in July.

The WORX Projects promotes youth education through work experience.

Three miles of trails is set to open next year.

Conserving Carolina, a nonprofit land and water conservation group headquartered in Hendersonville, has bought land to establish publicly accessible recreation land around a center for youth education.

The Fairview Community Forest is planned to surround the WORX Project, a campus in Old Fort that provides work-based education for Western North Carolina children and teens, and will be open to the public for hiking, biking and fishing, according to an Aug. 27 Conserving Carolina news release.

“In addition to its benefits for education and recreation, the newly conserved property offers important water quality and w

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