Category: Featured
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Jeff Speck towards more walkable communities
Two of us from Bike Walk Greenville enjoyed hearing Jeff Speck speak in Spartanburg on November 7, 2019. We are very familiar with his work which includes his newest book Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places Speck’s one hour presentation in Spartanburg was […]
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Is this safe biking infrastructure for those 8 to 80?
“Simpsonville Swamp Rabbit Trail” is a public Facebook Group that was created five years ago to “talk about, create energy and ideas and partner with people that would like to see the Swamp Rabbit Trail come to Simpsonville.” On November 2, 2019 the below news was posted. We also shared this to the Bike Walk […]
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12,000 lb granite statue foundation installed at the Lakeview Link Plaza
A short video that explains the new landmark and what comes next t mile marker 29.7 of the Prisma Health Swamp Rail Trail Green line – the Lakeview Link Plaza
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Artist Charles Pate Jr. is creating a bronze statue for the Lakeview Link Trail Plaza
As the completion of the Lakeview Link to the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail approaches, Bike Walk Greenville is pleased to announce that we have commissioned the talented Greenville Artist Charles Pate Jr. to create public art that celebrates “We all need safe places to walk and ride a bike.” The statue will be installed […]
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Construction Progress: The Lakeview Link to the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail
Short video cf the Paving of the Lakeview Link June 27, 2019. Includes wht comes next for the finishing touches. Short Video of Construction Progress as of April 12, 2109
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2018 Advocacy Accomplishments
Michael Dantzler representing the SC Livable Communities Alliance and the Palmetto Cycling Coalition interviewed Bike Walk Greenville Executive Director Frank Mansbach in Falls Park, Greenville SC on October 15, 2018. Frank tells the story about the Lakeview Link to the GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail.
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3 % of people in Greenville County live in a walkable community
We originally published this post on December 27, 2016. On September 28, 2022 we presented about walkability to the Upstate Forever Citizen’s Planning Academy and we asked the participants what percentage of Greenville County residents live in a walkable community, and the guesses were all very close to our 2016 analysis! We decided to look […]
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