2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report

The footprint design of the Tanger Center has been coordinated with the new LeBauer Park, a $10 million privately built facility that was gifted to the City and opened in August 2016. The park site is in proximity to the Tanger Center and features the largest outdoor art sculpture in the Southeast, funded by a $1 million dollar grant and designed by internationally recognized artist, Janet Echelman. The park includes a 17,000 square- foot event lawn space with its aerial sculpture, a children’s garden with reading materials from a book cart, an interactive water feature that will serve as an ice skating rink in the winter, and a dog park equipped with specially engineered turf and anti-microbial backing. The garden pavilion can accommodate concerts and other events with a nearby putting green where visitors can practice their golf skills. This entire project is considered by many to be a key component to vibrancy of the arts community as a whole in the City. The Greensboro Science Center (GSC) is a three-in-one science destination that includes an aquarium, zoo, and science museum. The zoo was added in 2008 and the aquarium in 2013, with an extension completed in 2017. The 119,500-gallon aquarium showcases diverse species of marine life while highlighting ocean conservation. The science museum features an OmniSphere Theater, human health and biology wing, interactive dinosaur experience, and the Science Advancement through Innovative Learning (SAIL) Center. Along with the zoo’s captivating animal exhibits, it also features a hands-on farmyard and SKYWILD, an aerial attraction of ropes, platforms, and zip lines. The aerial obstacle course is designed for education, entertainment, physical fitness, team building, leadership training, and pure thrill seeking. The GSC is on course to realize its original core vision, in part through their “Think BIG Together!” campaign which raised $13 million in private donations to supplement funds from the previously approved $20 million City bond referendum. This will help GSC complete a major expansion named Revolution Ridge: Life on the Edge , a zoological experience that will be “revolutionary” in terms of zoo design, educational technology and dedication to species preservation. In addition to various improvements made over the past few years, the expansion will double the size of the zoo and add an animal health center, butterfly house and Monarch conservation project, endangered cat complex, Okapi giraffe forest, aquatic water garden, and greenhouse. The Revolution Ridge expansion is currently under construction and expected to be completed during 2021. In September 2019, GSC announced the addition of a Tree House Adventure, a treetop science exploration playground connected by interactive adventure bridges. This new addition will connect the existing Animal Discovery Zoo with the future Revolution Ridge Zoo. The tree house playground is currently under construction and expected to open in early 2021. In addition, a handcrafted carousel with Greensboro themed figures opened to the public in August 2020. XIX