College, city contribute to greenway progress
I am writing on behalf of the Downtown Greenway Steering Committee to praise two groups exemplifying the type of collaboration and commitment it takes to move our community forward: Greensboro College and the city of Greensboro.
There are so many moving parts involved in the planning, engineering and design of a 4.8-mile urban multi-use trail. Working with an outstanding team at the city of Greensboro, the Downtown Greenway Steering Committee has committed hundreds of hours to the project, with many more ahead.
This past year, the site of Greensboro College’s future Sports Park emerged as the ideal greenway connection between the South Elm/Lee Street and Warnersville neighborhoods along the southern edge of downtown to those in the west and north. Greensboro College generously agreed to dedicate a portion of land to an easement for the Downtown Greenway, and the City Council accepted it. This is exactly the type of good-faith effort and community commitment it will take to make the Downtown Greenway a reality.
We deeply appreciate the hard work and leadership exemplified by the boards and staff of Greensboro College and the city.
April Harris
Greensboro
The writer is executive director, Action Greensboro.
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After all the attacks and nasty insinuations that Greensboro College received for wanting to poor a bunch of money in to rehabilitate an old dumpy abandoned building into a functioning sports complex, I guess they felt the need to generate some goodwill and positive PR.
Course, old Warnersville ain't what she used to be and it will be interesting to see if the Greenway and the new sports complex can change that.
Posted on June 27, 2008 11:14 AM