Greenways

Your chance to help clean Mecklenburg creeks

Posted on September 2, 2013
Categories: General News Tags: Citizen Participation, ENVIRONMENT, Floodplain, GET INVOLVED, Greenways, Streams, Volunteering

Residents can help improve area water quality by picking up trash from local streams on Saturday during Mecklenburg County’s annual creek clean-up, Big Sweep. To register, click here. The Big Sweep will take place at six sites, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers can walk alongside or, if they’re adventurous, wade into local streams […]

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Bikers ride along the McEachern Greenway in Concord in May 2010.

The allure of greenways, throughout the region

Posted on June 4, 2012
Categories: Cabarrus, Chester, Cleveland, Concord, Gallery, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, York Tags: City Walks-Janes Walks, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Greenways, LAND PRESERVATION, Open Space, PLANNING, Quality of Life, Social Well-Being, Sustainability, TRANSPORTATION, Urban Design
Face-painting at Anne Springs Close Greenway in April 2010.

The allure of greenways, throughout the region

Posted on June 4, 2012
Categories: Cabarrus, Chester, Cleveland, Concord, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, York Tags: City Walks-Janes Walks, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Greenways, LAND PRESERVATION, Open Space, PLANNING, Quality of Life, Social Well-Being, Sustainability, TRANSPORTATION, Urban Design

Contributor: Nancy Pierce Communities around the Charlotte region are building greenways for residents to use for walking, bicycling, hiking and even skating. The Carolina Thread Trail has played an important role in making these new pathways a growing transportation and recreation resource. The Foundation For The Carolinas helped initiate that project and The Catawba Lands Conservancy […]

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The courthouse in downtown Shelby.

Gallery of Cleveland County Photos

Posted on July 23, 2010
Categories: Cleveland, Gallery Tags: Cultural Life, Greenways, Nature, Quality of Life