P&R Annual Report 2019

enhance As part of our Plan2Play master plan, Greensboro Parks and Recreation is working to enhance the department’s existing assets.

Key Accomplishments

• Installed signifcant landscape improvements and dozens of trees in Forest Lawn Cemetery. • Began construction of Brightwood Park and Ken Free Basketball Court at Barber Park. • Piedmont Fat Tire Society volunteers rebuilt miles of mountain biking trails after Tropical Storm Michael devastated segments our trail system in the fall. • UNCG and the Junior League of Greensboro enhanced Smith Community Park by developing a new social space. • Upgraded the ftness room at Peeler Recreation Center and Lindley Boxing Club. • Installed new windscreen aroundWindsor Pool. • Approved Smith Community Park Master Plan. • Increased programming for the ECO bus with the addition of dedicated environmental educators. • Added new AIR programming to include Gate City Wheelers, Greensboro’s only wheelchair basketball team. • Served over 600 youth through music outreach to the pediatric unit at Cone Behavioral Health. • Planted 50 new memorial and honor trees throughout the community. • Started construction on the Gateway Gardens Visitor’s Center and installed stone boulders on the facade. • Constructed additional yellow locust fencing sections at the Old Mill at Tanger Family Bicentennial Garden. • Planted 41 new trees in Kings Forest Park. • Completed accessible bathroom renovations at Glenwood Recreation Center.