Category: Events

Lincoln Financial Employees Adopt Section of the Downtown Greenway

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Lincoln Financial employees adopted a section of the Downtown Greenway on Morehead Park, and came out this spring to maintain the section of the trail between Lee and Spring Garden Streets.  Volunteers picked up trash and pulled weeds in gardens and natural areas.  Thank you, Lincoln Financial, for your continued support of the Greenway and for keeping the trail clean and green! If your organization is interested in adopting a section of the 4-mile Greenway loop, please contact Dabney Sanders, Project Manager, at dsanders@actiongreensboro.org.

Bike to Work Week Challenge: Sunday, May 12 – Saturday, May 18

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To help promote Bike to Work Week and National Bike Month, the Trek Bicycle Store in Greensboro and The Sales Factory have issued a challenge to all Greensboro area businesses. Whose staff can log the most miles commuting to work by bicycle? Teams will be competing throughout the week in multiple categories.  The winning teams will be announced at the Bike Movie Night event at Geeksboro Coffeehouse Cinema on Thursday, May 22.  Details forthcoming! Bicycling in Greensboro Bike to Work Week Add this event to your Google calendar. Learn more at www.bikegso.com. Need some pointers?  Hit up at Matt Leighton, pictured in this photo by Alex Pegg Photography. (Check him out on Facebook, too.)  Matt is Team Manager at UNCG Cycling and bartender at Mellow Mushroom on Elm Street. Need to convince the boss?  Infographic round-up of the bottom-line bennies of biking to work on HuffingtonPost.com. Don't know what to wear?  Ivajean.com blogs about bike style, and sells skirts and shirts so you can traverse from the Greenway to the boardroom.  

Get Ready for Tuesdays at the Trailhead: FREE Fitness Classes Starting May 7!

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Cardio, Zumba, African Dance, and other FREE fitness classes will be offered every Tuesday from 6:00-7:00 pm at the Spring Garden Street trailhead parking area (500 Spring Garden Street) on the Downtown Greenway.  Classes will begin on May 7 and run through September 24. To see the complete schedule of classes at the Spring Garden Trailhead and also the Monday and Wednesday fitness classes at Center City Park, click here. Parking during the classes will be located across the street from the Greenway in the parking lots between Edgeworth Street and Blandwood Avenue on the north side of Spring Garden (436 Spring Garden Street).  Look for parking signs. Bring yourself, comfortable attire, and a water bottle.  No prior experience is needed for any free fitness class!  See you there!

Ribbon Cutting Celebration & Community Input on Design of Tradition Cornerstone & Phase 2

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Join us for a Ribbon Cutting Celebration of Phase 3B on Smith Street between Eugene and Spring Streets on Wednesday, April 10 from 3:15–4:00 pm, followed by a Community Input Meeting to share your thoughts on the proposed design for the Tradition Cornerstone by Harries & Heder and on the 50% design plan for Phase 2 (Murrow Boulevard and East Fisher Avenue) from 4:00–6:00 pm on April 10. If you are not able to join us on April 10 for the Ribbon Cutting and Community Input meeting, please join us for a second chance to share your comments of the proposed designs on Thursday, April 11 from 11:00 am–1:00 pm. The Ribbon Cutting and Community Input Meetings on April 10 and 11 will be held at the clubhouse at the Greenway at Fisher Park Apartments located at 404 West Smith Street. Click here for a public meeting flyer.  Questions?  Contact Action Greensboro at 379.0821.

Free Fitness on the Greenway – Get on out there!

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Despite the cold and wet weather, we've had great crowds at the FREE Fitness on the Greenway events!  Make sure to head down to Morehead Park for the last two events of the month! October 16 - Bootcamp with Sean Wells October 23 - Fit Club with Nicole Aspiazu of Nutrition Now Just bring yourself, comfortable clothes, and plenty of water!

Run 4 the Downtown Greenway Results & Photos Are In!

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Hundreds of Downtown Greenway supporters with strong arms, legs, hearts, and minds came out on Saturday, September 15, 2012, for the 3rd Annual Run 4 the Downtown Greenway! With the help of 130 volunteers, 150 fun runners, 400 8K runners, and 800 partiers - we raised $10,000 for the Downtown Greenway Maintenance Endowment! Check out all the 2012 Run 4 the Greenway photos on our Flickr page! Fun Run Photos ~~ 8K Race Photos ~~ Party Photos