Jackson County Greenway Activity Picking Up
Jackson County's Greenway Commission met Nov. 13 to discuss serious possibilities for a "greenway" connector between Sylva's Poteet Park, the Bridge Park, Mark Watson Park and Monteith Park in Dillsboro.
The Greenway is a planned pedestrian footpath that would connect all the municipalities and communities in Jackson County along major corridors. Implementing the Greenway will be complicated -- with tricky issues like rights-of-way, property valuation concerns, safety and health issues and railroad operations -- but Greenway supporters think the pedestrian pathway will be worth it. Users would include families, hikers, bikers, walkers and joggers.
Soon the commission members will visit one of the most difficult stretches of proposed Greenway, to look at ways to get the project started. The stretch lies along Scotts Creek between Old Dillsboro Road and Grindstaff Cove Road, where they intersect with Business 23/Mill Street. Several properties conflict with the planned footpath, and board members hope to come up with some solutions when they meet at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11 for a walk through the area. A regular meeting then begins at 5:30 p.m. in Room A227 of the Justice Center.
Commission Chairman Jimmi Buell can provide more information at 586-8994.
The Greenway is a planned pedestrian footpath that would connect all the municipalities and communities in Jackson County along major corridors. Implementing the Greenway will be complicated -- with tricky issues like rights-of-way, property valuation concerns, safety and health issues and railroad operations -- but Greenway supporters think the pedestrian pathway will be worth it. Users would include families, hikers, bikers, walkers and joggers.
Soon the commission members will visit one of the most difficult stretches of proposed Greenway, to look at ways to get the project started. The stretch lies along Scotts Creek between Old Dillsboro Road and Grindstaff Cove Road, where they intersect with Business 23/Mill Street. Several properties conflict with the planned footpath, and board members hope to come up with some solutions when they meet at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11 for a walk through the area. A regular meeting then begins at 5:30 p.m. in Room A227 of the Justice Center.
Commission Chairman Jimmi Buell can provide more information at 586-8994.
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