Progress

Timeline of Greenway Construction

  • February 2006 – GMP adopted by Granville County
  • March 2006 – GMP adopted by Stem
  • July 2006 – GMP adopted by Oxford
  • October 2006 – GMP adopted by Butner
  • December 2006 – GMP adopted by Stovall
  • March 2008 – Greenway Advisory Council formed by the Granville County Commissioners
  • March 2008 – GGAC formed
  • February 2009 – GMP adopted by Creedmoor
  • April 2009 – GGAC Memorandum of Understanding and by-laws adopted
  • July 2009 – City of Creedmoor Greenway and Pedestrian Plan completed
  • February 2010 – Construction and design standards approved

Priorities

Granville Greenways will be developing a method to prioritize the various projects and corridors identified in the Granville County Greenway Master Plan. Check back to see how this prioritization process is progressing.

Strategic Corridors

The Granville County Greenway Master Plan identifies 23 corridor routes for greenway trails. These represent the strategic corridors and are where resources should be emphasized. To see a map of the 23 corridors consult the Granville County Greenway Master Plan.

Resources

Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina

"Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina is a statewide movement that encourages healthy eating and physical activity wherever people live, learn, work, play, and pray. Partners work together with communities, schools, and businesses to increase opportunities for healthy choices, with a vision of creating a North Carolina where healthy eating and active living are the norm, rather than the exception."

Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center

The mission of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center "is to improve the quality of life in communities through the increase of safe walking and bicycling as a viable means of transportation and physical activity." Through their Web sites, they "offer information and training to diverse audiences about health and safety, engineering, advocacy, education, enforcement, access, and mobility as it relates to pedestrians and bicyclists."

NCSU Greenways for Wildlife

This site is a great resource for information regarding the interaction between greenways and wildlife. Design guidelines should incorporate the needs of wildlife and this site provides valuable information to establish guidelines and to attract a variety of wildlife to greenways.

East Coast Greenway

The East Coast Greenway is a trail system that when completed will span nearly 3,000 miles along the East Coast. It will link all the major cities from Maine to Miami on the eastern seaboard and includes a proposed route through Granville County, North Carolina.

Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor

The Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor website contains many valuable resources about trails. Many economic, transportation, social, and environmental studies are linked via this website.