Voices on the Ground

My name is Sakhet McConnell and this is my 9 year old son Rakhem Lynch-Wade (with another volunteer gardener Jerry Leimenstoll). My husband and I moved to Greensboro from Washington, D.C., in 2010 because we wanted to live and raise our three…

Any time you have a greenway developers and businesses look at that because it's opportunities to grow and along Murrow Boulevard in District 2, we're looking for that because we need businesses and we need to put our people to work. We…

Hi, I'm Nancy Vaughan and I'm the mayor of the city of Greensboro. When I moved here in 1989 I remember driving down downtown for the first time and it really was a ghost town. When you look at where we are…

My name is Bob Cone. I live downtown. I'm a lawyer and my office is in the Lincoln Financial Building. I love Greensboro. My family has had a 100 year love affair with Greensboro and I think this new greenway is just…

I'm Donald Moore, president and general manager of the Greensboro Grasshoppers. I've lived in Greensboro all my life. Grew up here, went to high school here. Went away to college, came back, raised a family, and been here all my life. The…

John McClendon: Good morning. I'm John McClendon. I live in Fisher Park, a historic neighborhood on the north side of downtown Greensboro. This is my wife Connie. We live about a block from the route of the planned downtown greenway. The greenway…

Bellamy Small:The greenway is another part of our way of showing our communities how we can live, work and play. Not only you can come and walk and run and ride your bicycle, but if you want to just talk about the…

Brian Heagney: The downtown greenway is going to be a new integrating force for Greensboro in the form of circular and linear parks. It will be a park that basically circles downtown Greensboro that we can use for leisure activities or transportation…

My name is Bri Simpson, and I’m originally from Seattle, Washington, actually a little bit south of Seattle, in Tacoma.  When I moved here, I was looking specifically for an apartment building of some kind.  I really wanted some of the amenities,…

My name is Scott Neely, and I live in downtown Greensboro in the south side district.  Aside from being a youth and arts director, I’m finishing my post-graduate certificate in Sustainable Community Planning and Design from Boston Architectural College.  One of the…

Mahlon, Ava, and Vicki Honeycutt proudly support the Downtown Greenway as adjacent property owners along Smith Street.  They generously donated right-of-way to the City of Greensboro to allow for the construction of Phase 3C.

Just across the street from the Downtown Greenway Cornerstone Gateway of the Open Book, Phil Moore has owned and operated Phil's Self Storage on Lee Street since 1992.  His business has thrived in the unique location between Downtown Greensboro and the college…

After moving to Greensboro, Pacific Northwest native Brian Higgins wasted no time in utilizing his master’s degree in landscape design. He started Sustainable Greensboro, a clearinghouse for information and a catalyst for advancing sustainability in Greensboro.  Sustainable Greensboro's progress has also provided…

By profession, Connie McLendon works for a downtown law firm, but by hobby she really enjoys bicycling.  Connie is a resident of Fisher Park, and will soon be able to hop on the Downtown Greenway right from her backyard.  Connie looks forward…

When passing through downtown Greensboro, Will Soler always asks his dad, Joe Soler, about the Downtown Greenway's construction progress.  Will is a student at The Academy at Lincoln, and really enjoys walking outdoors and riding his bike.  In addition to using the…

"Greensboro is a very diverse city and I think the Greenway is doing a great job with connecting each area," says Angela Harris, a resident of the Warnersville neighborhood, which welcomed the first Phase of the Downtown Greenway. "Each area has its…

Valeria Pritchett, resident of the Warnersville community, mentioned on a June WFMY Morning Show piece, "I love this Greenway, and I'm glad it was initiated!"  In addition, Valeria mentioned that the Warnersville portion of the Downtown Greenway highlights its history as the…

Greensboro resident Ophelia Moore began running in July 2010 for relaxation, clarity, and a sense of accomplishment.  She now runs four days a week, two of which are with the Downtown Greenway Running Group.  Ophelia said, "My favorite place to run is…