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Plan2Play Master Plan

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Plan2Play is Greensboro Parks and Recreation's new system-wide Master Plan. Plan2Play will provide a framework for the use and development of the City park system for the next 20 years. The planning process will review the department’s current operations and provide recommendations, priorities, and strategies for meeting the changing recreation needs of the community. Parks and Recreation has completed a draft of Plan2Play for consideration by the community. Residents have until January 31 to review and comment on the draft of Plan2Play before it goes to the City Council for consideration and potential adoption. Click here to review the draft and here to make comments.

Final Design Plans for Phase 4 of the Downtown Greenway

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If you were unable to attend the Public Meetings for Phase 4 on November 30, you can still review the plans and leave comments.   Click here to review the plans.  Click here to take the short survey and share your comments.  Deadline for comments is December 15. Phase 4 consists of the railroad corridor along the western edge of downtown heading northwest from Spring Garden Street to just north of Benjamin Parkway and the Mitchell Water Treatment Plant. The design plans are at the 75% stage of completion; this is the last opportunity to provide feedback before the final plans are complete.

50% Design Plans for Phase 4 available for review and comments

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  Public meetings were held on August 15 for 50% Design plans of Phase 4 of the Downtown Greenway.  To review the plans presented by design firm Kimley-Horn and the City of Greensboro, go to the City's website here. To view the enhancement options presented by Kimley-Horn click here. Please provide feedback and comments by taking the on-line survey.  Deadline for comments is September 5, 2017. Questions?  Please contact: Deniece Conway 336.373.4501 deniece.conway@greensboro-nc.gov Dabney Sanders 336.387.8353 dsanders@actiongreensboro.org

Responses to comments from Phase 2 Public Meetings

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Thank you to those who were able to attend the Public Meetings for Phase 2 on April 27, 2015.  Over 60 people attended and shared questions and comments about the 50% design for the revised plan for Phase 2 of the Downtown Greenway. Click here to review the responses to the questions and comments posed at the public meetings and on the surveys. We will have the 100% plans for Phase 2 completed in October and expect construction to begin in late summer 2016. Go to the complete construction timeline.  

Review plans for next section of Greenway & share comments

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The plans for the next section of the Downtown Greenway on Bragg Street between South Eugene and Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard will be available at the Public Meeting on September 30th.  If you are unable to attend the meetings, click here to review the plans. Please share your comments or questions with us on the attached survey by October 15th.  

Greenway Social Media Survey

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How do you use social media?  In the Downtown Greenway's efforts to create a better community connection, we're looking for your input to help us provide the information you want when you want it. Please take a few moments to complete this quick Social Media survey. All who take the survey will be entered into a free entry to the Run 4 the Greenway on September 6th.  The deadline for responses is July 31st. Thanks for your help and continued support!  

Interested in a Bike Share Program for Greensboro?

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Action Greensboro held their annual Groundbreakers Meeting on October 7, focused on Creative Connections for Economic Development.  Here's a list of the topics discussed: The Downtown Greenway Downtown University Campus Is Greensboro Ready for a Bike Share Program?  Update on the work of the Bike Share Task Force over the last five months. Click here to find out more about a possible bike share program for Greensboro. Questions?  Contact Dabney Sanders by email at dsanders@actiongreensboro.org.  

We Want Your Input on the 50% Design of Phase 2 & the Tradition Cornerstone!

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If you were unable to attend the Public Meetings on April 10 and 11, you still have a chance to share your thoughts about the 50% Design Plans for Phase 2 (Murrow Boulevard and Lee Street to Fisher/Greene) and on the proposed design of the Tradition Cornerstone by Harries & Héder.  Click here to take the survey.  Comments can be submitted online through Friday, April 26.  We appreciate your input! To review the 50% design plans for Phase 2, please click each document below: Phase 2 Plans-Exhibit 1 Phase 2 Plans-Exhibit 2 Rendering of Phase 2 To view the design of the Tradition Cornerstone by Harries & Héder, click here. If you have questions, please contact Dabney Sanders, Project Manager, at dsanders@actiongreensboro.org.

Project Greenway Editorial in the Greensboro News & Record

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Special thanks to Project Greenway Leaders for a passionate and compelling editorial, Project Greenway Investment Worth Every Dollar Spent, in this Sunday's Greensboro News & Record. To read the full article, click here. Project Greenway is a recently formed citizen advocacy group supporting economic development in Greensboro through the creation of the Downtown Greenway.