2021 Annual Comprehensive 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 serves 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. In summer 2019, the GSC announced it 10-year master plan for 2020-2030, “The Gateway Project: The Art and Science of Imagination” . The plan sets forth a fully immersive experience including the construction of Wunderworld, an underground experience of nature and science. The journey will descend into a reptilian encounter, continuing onto aquatic exhibits and a crystal cave demonstrating, through state-of-the-art technology and architecture, the science behind these natural geological wonders. The 10-year plan will also incorporate an artful and technology-infused linkage to connect attractions throughout the 400 acres of the Battleground Parks District that include the GSC, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Country Park, Jaycee Park and Lewis Recreation Center. The plans incorporate a hillside amphitheater, boardwalk and park pathways, public art and outdoor educational venues, and a lakeside promenade.

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