Greensboro Plan2Play Parks and Recreation Master Plan 2019

144 - FEBRUARY 2019

Connect: Grow the Trail System SUPPORTING PARTIES + PARTNERS • Greensboro Department of Transportation

KEY PROJECTS & TIMEFRAME Near-term (0-5 years) • Commission a community loop

include adding additional counters along all watershed trails and connected greenway systems, partnering with local colleges and universities to conduct intercept surveys to trail users, providing additional demographic information including origin destination data, expenditures, trail usage and household information and evaluate alternative technologies for counting trail usage, including counters that differentiate between user groups, use Bluetooth data or other emerging technologies. Expand the blueway trails - Greensboro’s formal blueway network consists of about two miles of marked paddle sports trails at Lake Brandt. The Department should look for opportunities expand the blueway trail system on all of the public, navigable waterways within the city.

greenways master plan that outlines key parcels for acquisition, trail locations, and assesses long-term funding needs. • Develop a marketing plan that includes rebranding of existing trails and greenways and generates excitement around future citywide greenway loop. Include specific recommendations for various trail types such as mountain biking. • Rebrand and re-sign existing greenways based on master plan and marketing plan. Ensure consistent trail signage that also brands and uniquely identifies individual trails. • Complete existing trail and greenway extension projects such as the A&Y connections of the North Buffalo Creek Greenway and the Kingfisher Mountain Bike Trail. • Complete phase one of the Piedmont Greenway as a natural surface trail from NC 220 to I-73 on public land.

• Greensboro Fire Department

• Greensboro Convention & Visitors Bureau

• Piedmont Land Conservancy

• Piedmont Fat Tire Society

• Piedmont Hiking & Outing Club

• Piedmont Triad Regional Council

• Piedmont Legacy Trails

• Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail

• Sierra Club, NC Chapter

• Bikesboro

• Bicycling in Greensboro

• Transit Alliance of the Piedmont