2023 is the year of the trail in North Carolina. We are writing about trails and greenways we love, both here and elsewhere. This article is about the Santa Fe River Trail. My wife and I have ridden this trail many times on our trips to Santa Fe. This greenway started as a collaboration between […]
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Greenways I Know: The Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail
Recently I visited Florida with my wife where we embarked on a strange and wonderful journey to perhaps the most scenic stroad of all: US Highway 1 in the Florida Keys. We drove, we walked, we ran across the highway, and because it was so cold while we were there, we saw numerous iguanas falling […]
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Greenways I know: Black Creek Greenway
The other day I wanted to take my two older kids (ages 9 and 6) for a bike ride on a greenway. Greenways are great for family bike rides because your kids, who are perhaps not old enough to predictably share a space with a car traveling 35 MPH, need a wide berth and some […]
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Greenways I Know: Jordan River Parkway
I recently flew to Salt Lake City for a work conference. I’ve been to this particular conference a few times, which is always in Salt Lake City, and so I’ve gotten to know my way around a bit. Salt Lake City would not necessarily be my first choice for personal travel, but they do some […]
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Greenways that I know: The Saunders-Monticello Trail
This last week our family traveled to Charolottesville, Virginia, and we visited the Saunders-Monticello Trail. This greenway trail is a lot different than other greenway trails I have written about in this series, and it illustrates something very important about how greenways get designed and constructed, which is the concept of “trade-offs”. (If you’re wondering […]
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Chuck Flink: Greenways are an essential part of a sustainable, connected community
I recently attended a lecture at the Chapel Hill Public Library by Chuck Flink, an award-winning author, planner and landscape architect who has designed greenways in 250 communities, in 35 states, and in Europe, Asia, and South America over the past four decades. Flink is known worldwide for his greenway work, and has received four […]