Bird Watching 101 with Piedmont Bird Club Tuesday, October 6 from 5:30-6:30 pm Morehead Park- 475 Spring Garden Street Join members of the Piedmont Bird Club to learn some basics about birdwatching.  The PBC leaders, Stella Wear, Tom Wear, and Melanie Stadler will share their enthusiasm for birding and nature with this introduction to birding.  They will discuss and answer questions about the birds that can be expected in town and in your own backyards during this time of year. …

 Want to check out the Downtown Greenway on a virtual golf cart tour? Project Manager Dabney Sanders takes you on a golf cart tours of the Downtown Greenway of the open sections that you can explore now on foot or bike. Find out the history behind some of the pieces of public art, the innovative efforts to go green, and some of the economic growth that has developed along the Downtown Greenway. Click here to take the golf cart tour of…

  Click here to register for the virtual run. Get a sneak peek of the race route here. Check out the drone footage of the 4 mile loop here. Runners Hollis Oberlies and Brian Crean explain what a virtual challenge is-- watch here. Rosemary Plybon highlights Downtown Greenway construction and the Virtual Challenge-- click here to watch. The #Run4Greenway is an event to raise awareness about the Downtown Greenway and a fundraiser to help us complete the Downtown Greenway as a…

Creating Your Own Permaculture Garden Wednesday, October 21 from 6-7 pm Meeting Place- 801 West Smith Street Join Sara Stratton at the Public Edible Orchard at Meeting Place to learn what a permaculture garden is and how to create on in your own backyard with native plants.  Sara is an Environmental Education Teacher at the Greensboro Montessori School and is certified in permaculture design. Pop-Up classes are free; pre-registration required. Email llorenz@actiongreensboro.org to register. All classes will be limited to…

Want to check out the Downtown Greenway on a virtual golf cart tour? Project Manager Dabney Sanders takes you on a golf cart tour of the Downtown Greenway of the sections under construction and along the railtrail on the Downtown Greenway that will soon be under construction. And a SPECIAL sneak peek of artist Thomas Sayre’s fascinating work on the West Woods art project on Phase 4. Click here to take the golf cart tour of the sections under construction…

Join us for a virtual closing event for the 2020 Run 4 the Greenway Virtual Challenge!  Prizes for runner participants, live music and trivia.  Stayed tuned for more info!

Join us on Saturday, November 14 from 9-11am at Woven Works Park at the corner of Lindsay and Murrow to pull weeds and plant native plants in the Bird, Bee & Butterfly Pollinator Garden.  If you would like to volunteer, please email Laura Lorenz at llorenz@actiongreensboro.org.  Please bring a mask, wear gloves, long pants, and sturdy shoes.  We will practice social distancing as we work.

Join us for “Expresso Conversations” virtual style with local artist of Bridging the Gap project Darlene McClinton! Downtown Greenway Project Manager Dabney Sanders will chat with Darlene on site about the project to re-paint the Morehead Park bridge supports, her inspiration, challenges that led to the transformation of the colorless bridge supports on the Downtown Greenway. Hear from part of Darlene's team on their experience: Jennifer Meanley-UNCG Art Professor/MFA program, Neidy Perdomo- Local Graphic Designer, James Raleigh - Local Artist.…

Join Action Greensboro's live Facebook session on Wednesday, March 24 at noon for a  conversation with artist, Radcliffe Bailey about his proposal for the Freedom Cornerstone on the Downtown Greenway. Radcliffe will share his vision for the cornerstone, his inspiration, and his ideas around how he hopes the Greensboro community will interact and respond to this piece. Elaine Gustufson, the Curator of Collections at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery, will chat with Radcliffe about his piece that is on view at…