8th St Greenway Awarded Enhancement Grant

Parks and Recreation Director Gary Mills received notice in mid-February that the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) awarded a $64,469 transportation enhancement grant under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) for phase three of the 8th St. greenway. The greenway will be a 10 foot wide paved trail and pedestrian walkway connecting 8th St to Loop Rd and become another section of a two mile greenway that will one day link Baker’s Creek Park to the Central Business District.

Phase one of the 8th St greenway connects Baker’s Creek Park with West A St and phase two extends to 8th St. These phases are not currently funded. The goal is to one day have a two mile loop from Baker’s Creek Park, along West A St., up 8th St to Loop Rd and over to Village Park. From Village Park, a walkway already connects to the Baker’s Creek Park greenway. In May, Mills will learn if a Parks and Recreation Trust Fund grant from the State for the first phase of Village Park renovations will allow the Baker’s Creek greenway to be extended through Village Park to Loop Rd. Grant guidelines require the City match 20 percent of the grant. The City also received a TEA-21 grant for the Oakwood Ave. sidewalk project.

Click here to see a map of the entire length of the proposed greenway.
Click here to see a map of the section funded by the TEA-21 grant.