Funding
The Downtown Greenway provides a variety of opportunities for individuals, businesses, foundations, and civic organizations to help complete this dynamic new Greensboro asset. Tax-deductible contributions may include cash, pledges over a two-year period, donations of securities, and bequests and other types of planned gifts.
You can be a part of the Final Mile Campaign to raise $1M to complete the private funding needs to complete this project.
Naming opportunities are available to recognize support. These opportunities range from $250 for a message in a bottle in the gabion basket wall at the Friendly Avenue overpass on the Western Branch section to $5,000 for Standard Benches to $150,000 for significant features on the Greenway. In addition, all donors contributing $2,500 or more will be recognized permanently and prominently on the Donor Spool Wall located at Woven Works Park in designated recognition categories.
Those contributing $1,000 to the Greenway Tree Fund will be featured on a Tree Plaque to be displayed on a special Greenway Milestone Kiosk along with periodic newspaper ads recognizing donors of $100 or more. Unless anonymity is requested, all contributors will be recognized on the website.
To donate or get more information, call Dabney Sanders at 336-387-8353.
Thanks to all of our donors — from the Major Gifts Campaign to the Final Mile Campaign and everything in between.
Funding to Date:
(as of November 8, 2022)
Front-Runners ($5 Million and Above)
- City of Greensboro
- NCDOT
- The U.S. DOT and the Federal Highway Administration through the Greensboro Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Groundbreakers ($1,500,000 to $4,999,999 Million)
- The Cemala Foundation
- Cone Health Foundation
- Phillips Foundation
- VF Corporation
Pathfinders ($500,000 to $1,499,999)
- Joseph M. Bryan Foundation
- Lincoln Financial Foundation
- Weaver Foundation
Pacesetters ($250,000 to $499,999)
- Brooks Family
- Federal Transportation Grant Through U.S. Senator Kay Hagan’s Office
- ITG Brands
Marathoners ($100,000 to $249,999)
- Anonymous
- Molly and Jeb Burns
- Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
- Bonnie Caviness Kuester and Frank Landis Kuester
- National Endowment for the Arts: Mayor’s Institute on City Design’s 25th Anniversary Initiative
- Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation
Explorers ($50,000 to $99,999)
- BB&T
- Bell Foundation
- Greensboro Bicentennial Commission
- Chandler Concrete Co. Inc.
- Barbara S. Cone and Herman Cone Jr. Family
- NC Health & Wellness Trust Fund-Fit Community
- Anne and Sam Hummel
- Kathryn and Bobby Long
- Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation
- Wells Fargo
Cyclists ($25,000 to $49,999)
- Anonymous
- Mary Katherine and Durant Bell
- Gail Boulton
- Nancy and Trip Brown
- Joseph M. Bryan, Jr.
- Marc and Janis Bush
- Dawn S. Chaney Foundation
- Lindsey & Frank Auman, Melissa & Seth Coker, Karen & Bob Isner, and Milton Kern
- Cone Mills Charitable Fund
- Duke Energy Foundation
- Ellison Foundation
- First Bank
- Greensboro Grasshoppers
- Guilford Merchants Association/FirstPoint Foundation Fund
- The Hagan Family
- Mike and Lynn Haley/The Michael W. Haley Foundation, Inc.
- Hillsdale Fund
- Leslie and & Robert Ketner
- Rene and Larry Lawrence
- Rotary Club of Greensboro Estb 1917
- Schell Bray PLLC
- Well Spring Retirement Community
Sprinters ($10,000 to $24,999)
- American Express
- ArtsGreensboro
- Bank of America
- Sylvia and Mike Berkelhammer
- Margaret and Bill Benjamin
- Liz and Bill* Blackwell
- Cooper Brantley
- Nancy and Frank Brenner
- Burlington Industries/Cone Denim
- Charles Aris, Inc
- Clem and Hayes Clement
- College Hill Sundries
- Nancy and Chuck Cornelio
- William H. and Joanne B. Craft Family
- Greener Grass LLC
- Greensboro Downtown Residents’ Association
- Holt Gwyn* and Beth Boulton
- The Hassenfelt Family
- Barbara Kretzer*
- Family of Catherine and Henry Levinson
- Jane and Richard Levy
- Barbara A. Lusk
- John and Barbara McLendon Family Foundation
- Kenneth D. Miller
- News & Record
- Donna and Bob Newton
- The North Carolina Arts Council
- Rails to Trails Conservancy
- The Scott & Dianne Roe Foundation
- Dabney and Walker Sanders
- Southeast Fuels, Inc.
- Pam and David Sprinkle
- William A. Stern Foundation
- Alvin and Fanny B. Thalheimer Foundation, Inc.
- UNCG Excellence Foundation
- United Guaranty
- Sarah and Jack* Warmath
- Jacalyn and Brantley White
- Judy and Len White
- Dorothy Wilson Chappell
- Susan and Eric Wiseman
- Rock 92/107.5KZL
Joggers ($2,500 to $9,999)
- Action Greensboro Advisory Group in honor of Cecelia Thompson & Chris Wilson
- Jamison M. Alston & the Alston Family
- American National Bank & Trust Company
- Bernard Robinson & Company, LLP
- Sandra and W.C. “Bud” Boren
- Mary Gay and Don* Brady
- Brady Trane Services
- Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey, & Leonard LLP
- Mary and Eric* Calhoun
- Linda and Jim Carlisle
- Marjorie T. Coleman and William R. Coleman
- Janet and David Craft
- Kathy and Daniel Craft
- Shannon and Stephen Dahlstedt
- Mary Carol and Pat Danahy
- Luck Davidson
- Trace and Randy Dipner
- Downtown Greensboro Inc.
- Pam and Alan Duncan
- Greensboro Garden Club
- Greensboro Jaycees
- Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
- Elaine and John Griffin
- Marty and Porter Halyburton
- Beth and Ed Harrington
- Berkeley and George* Harris
- Hawthorne Residential Partners
- Hayden-Harman Foundation
- Corinne and Kevin Jones
- Lorin and Mark Kaley
- Randall Kaplan and Kathy Manning
- Rosemary and Jay Kenerly
- Courtney and Rob Kidwell
- The Klee Family
- Carter and William Leinster
- Joseph E. Levinson
- Ginni and Al Lineberry
- Little Gate Garden Club
- Ellen and Lee Lloyd
- Misty McCall
- Machete
- Kim and John Martin
- Sandy and Frank* Mascia
- Todd, Tammy, and McKira*n McElroy
- Cheryl and Chuck McQueary
- Laura C. Meagher and Donald G. Wolcott
- Susan and Jim Melvin
- Jake* and Marge Michel/The Michel Family Foundation, Inc.
- Peg and Skip Moore
- NC Unit of the Herb Society of America
- William V. Nutt, Jr. Family
- Oral Surgery Institute of the Carolina Foundations
- Cissy and Bill Parham
- Barbara and Jeff Peck
- Mary and Bob Plybon
- Mary Norris Preyer Fund
- Probity Products/Larry and Rene Lawrence
- REI
- Nancy and Charles Reid
- Richardson Properties LLC
- Susan and Jerry Schwartz
- Serendipity Garden Club
- Pat and Bob Sevier
- Susan and Brad Shumaker
- Linda and Tom Sloan
- Carole and John Snider
- Flo Snider
- Snider Fleet Solutions, Inc.
- Julie and Tom Taylor
- Taylor & Associates Appraisers
- The Historic Magnolia House
- Martha and Harrison Turner
- Comer and Ralph Wear
- Westerwood Tavern
- Lauren and David Worth
- Ann and Benjamin Zuraw
Trekkers ($1,000 to $2,499)
- A-Z Development
- Linda Allgood
- Christopher’s
- Caroline and Jimmy Barber
- Jon Bell
- Lisa and Willie Bullock
- Myrna Carlock
- Debra Champagne
- Martha and John Chandler
- Alan and Sally Cone
- Crafted-The Art of Street Food
- Brian Crean
- Candace and Roger Cummings
- Fran and Bert Davis
- Betty and Larry* Day
- Dynamic Quest
- Egerton Family Foundation
- First Citizens Bank
- First Community Development
- Lou Anne Flanders-Stec and Robert Stec
- Peggy and Marion* Follin
- Sarah Gilley
- Greensboro Beautiful
- Ginger and Haynes Griffin
- William E. Hall, Jr.
- April and Jay Harris
- Deborah and Jim Hooper
- Morgan and Jack Horner
- Alicia and David Irvin
- Dina and Burney Jennings
- Emily and Ed Kitchen
- Joretta and Bob Klepfer
- Koury Corporation
- The Kretzer Parks Foundation
- Lazy Daisies Garden Club
- Molly Levinson and Josh Wachs, Henry, Louisa, and Olivia Wachs
- Laura Lorenz
- Chris Musselwhite
- NCA&T University Foundation
- Susan and Ted Oliver
- Jane and Lloyd* Peterson
- Libby and Rick Ramsey
- Carolynn and Tim Rice
- Maria and John Rich
- Ann and Russ Robinson
- Beverley and Bill Rogers
- Sarah, Matthew, Alexandra and George Rothman
- Mac Sims
- 1618 Downtown
- Angie Smits and Russ Clegg
- Joan and Doug Stone
- Susan and Tom Storrs
- Martha and Tom Stukes
- SunTrust Bank
- Ellen and Gary Taft
- Melissa and Adam Tarleton
- Priscilla P. Taylor
- Camille and Murphy Townsend
- Triad Business Bank
- Tom Tryforos
- Undercurrent
- Lauren and David Worth
Walkers ($500 to $999)
- Beth Boulton
- Suejette and David Brown
- Nancy and Jim Bryan
- Jennifer and John Cross
- Dogwood Garden Club
- Nancy Doll
- Euliss Propane Company
- Elizabeth B. Farmer
- Fleur De Lis Garden Club
- and Mrs. Erwin Fuller
- Hanes Lineberry
- Jeanne Hassell*
- Tobee and Leonard Kaplan*
- Jessica and Andrew Ketner
- Milly and Charles King
- Pam and Chuck Koob
- Liza and Jim Lee
- Marty and Dave Leeper
- Elizabeth Lusk
- Judy and Dan McGinn
- Natty Greene’s
- Shirley and Gary Nixon
- Sandy and Paul Reiser
- Senn Dunn Insurance
- Smith Street Diner
- Dallas and Chris Stanley
- James Properties, LLC
- Stubbs Mobile Physical Therapy
- Cecelia Thompson
- Susan and Mark Van Dorn
- Harvey and Bob Weinstein
- Jeff Yetter
Strollers ($100 to $499)
- Melanie Albright
- Debbie Allen and Tony Jarrett
- Louis Allen
- Marilyn Anderson
- Anonymous
- David Arneke
- Christine and Stephen Baker
- Luke Bierman
- Joanne* and Arthur* Bluethenthal
- Boulton Creative
- Joseph M. Brantley
- Nancy and David Bray
- Jane Allen Burnett
- Mary Jane and Harold Bynum
- Carolina Butterfly Society
- Molly and Henry* Carrison
- Helen Carson
- Joann and William Cassell
- Tracie Catlett
- Children’s Home Society
- Sue Cole
- Betty and Ben Cone, Jr
- Sally and Bob* Cone
- Jen and Chris Danford
- Linda and Steve Danford
- Carol and Ben Davis
- Stephan Diamond and Unice B. Lieberman
- Mary Kay Digby
- Joan Dressler
- Christopher Duffey
- Connie Dupree and Pam Frye
- Alice* and David Ellis
- Kim Ehrhart
- 42 West
- Mary Kate Brady and Danny Farley
- Phil Fleischmann
- Janet Frommann
- Sam Funchess
- Ghassan’s at LeBauer Park
- Patti and Douglass Gilbert
- Debby Goldberg
- Greensboro Radiology
- Grey’s Tavern
- Guilford Horticulture Society
- and Mrs. David Gutterman
- Michelle Haaf-Seifert
- Mary and David Hagan
- Jessica and John-Fletcher Halyburton
- Eloise and Robby Hassell
- Miriam and Tom Herin
- Katie C. Houston
- Martha James-Hughes & Bryan Hughes
- Judith Hyman
- Kathe and Robert Jervis
- Terri Jones
- Joymongers Brewing Company
- Junior Dogwood Garden Club
- Andrew Juska
- Margaret and Robert Kantlehner
- Doris and David Kaplan
- Ginger and Ken Karb
- Milton Kern
- Andrew F. Kim
- Jane and Jim Kirkpatrick
- LaRue Elm
- Dale and Malcolm Lanier
- The Gail and Gene LeBauer Family Fund
- David Leeper
- Carole and Seymour Levin
- and Mrs. F. B. Lineweaver
- Little Gate Garden Club
- Dawn and Paul Long
- Cathy and Bob Lovejoy
- Dan Lovell
- Barbara and Fred Lupton
- M’Coul’s Public House
- William Mangum
- Nancy R. May
- Erin McAlister
- Daniel McAlister
- Trude and Tom McCarty
- Thad McLaurin
- John McLendon
- Trey Miller
- Kelly Mullens and Tim Brown
- Maureen and Doug Murray
- New Garden Friends Meeting/Louetta Knight Gilbert Circle
- New Irving Park Garden Club
- North Carolina Native Plant Society
- Hollis and Nick Oberlies
- Mona O’Bryant
- Rachel Percival
- David H. Perrin and Provost’s Staff at UNCG
- Piedmont Bird Club
- Paula Pierce
- Dede Potter
- Eleanor Procton
- Marlene R. Pratto
- Jeffrey Randall
- Nancy Randall
- Shirley and Collin Randall
- Sue Ransohoff
- Bob Rapp
- Kim and Mike Richey
- Kari, David, Darren and Alexa Robbins
- Ila Rosenthal
- Joyce Ross
- Ruth G. Rothman
- Jodee Ruppell and Christian Wilson
- Bradford Sanders
- Katherine and Nicholas Scharlatt
- David Schoenberg
- Brian Schoonover
- Maury Schott
- Genie and Maurice Schwartz
- Scott-Wagner Group at Morgan Stanley
- Sara Serlen
- Barry, Ilene, and Jessica Silverman
- Betsy, Paul, PG, Jo, Curtis, and Tiernan Sittenfeld
- Elizabeth C. Sittenfeld and Matthew Carlson
- Al Skrepcinski
- Polly and Buzz Strasser
- Virginia Summerell
- Cynthia Swartz and Alan Abramson
- Table 16
- Ellen and Sigmund Tannenbaum
- Kate and Tim Tobey
- Rebecca Tolmach
- Ronald Tucceri
- Roxy Ulstem
- Teresa Vilmain
- Katrin Wachs
- Judith and Tom Wasow
- Wednesday Afternoon Book Club
- Wednesday Lecture Club
- Wednesday Morning Book Club
- Marianne and Phil Weihl
- Suzanne Wilcox
- Gail Williams
- Hugh Williams
- Barbara and Jim* Williams
- Lea Anne and Bob Williams
- Helen Wood
- Erica and David Worth
Connectors (Up to $99)
- Denise N. Baker
- Nancy Balderacchi
- Nan and John Bayersdorfer
- Gail and Steve Bernstein
- Blue Denim
- Randy and Peter Bloch
- Bonne Terre Garden Club
- Daisy Brownstein
- Café Europa
- Jane Grace and Robert Cannon
- Marilyn and Robert Chandler
- Sally, John, Katie, and Lilly Cohen
- Rod Cooper*
- Dixie Culver
- Jean and Horace Denny
- Larry Diana
- Susan L. Dowtin
- Laura & Bernd Druebbisch
- Jack Dubel
- Martha Dubose
- Tanya and Bret Evenson
- Joanne and Bill Evers
- Michael Fangman
- Emily Feingold
- Lisa and Buzzah Feingold
- Scott Feinstein
- Joyce Ferguson
- Janis and Andy Fields
- Beth Fischer
- Lea Frederick
- Marion Gamble
- Marianne Ganley
- Lisa Gilgeours
- Mary and John Gilman
- Darlyne and David Gilmartin
- Gramercy Park Women’s Club
- Green Thumb Garden Club
- Renee and Daniel Garfinkel
- Ann and Andrew Greenhill
- Nancy and Bernard Gutterman
- Edward Hannan
- Nancy Hoffmann
- Gayle and John Houk
- Anne Hurd
- and Mrs. Freddy Johnson
- Spoma Jovanovic & Lewis Pitts
- Lauren Joyner
- Irene and Edward Kaplan
- Kirkwood Garden Club
- Rebecca Klossner
- LBD Properties
- Merrianne and Alan Leff
- Alison Lehrer
- Liberty Oak
- Annabel Link
- Karen Lippy
- Kathleen and Dean Little
- Barbara Lupton
- Manny’s Universal Café
- Ann McIver
- Lindsay and Stuart McLean
- Ken McLeod
- Edward M. Miller
- Bunny and David Moff
- Kate Mooney
- Jan and Chuck Mortimore
- New Irving Park Garden Club
- Nancy and Buzzy Neusteter
- Debby and Murray Passo
- Dee and Seldon Patty
- Jackie and Edwin Pearce
- Pine Needles Garden Club
- Judy R. Piper
- Louise Monroe Pod
- and Mrs. Prevatt Jr.
- John Robinson
- Richard Rosen
- Barbara Ruby
- Jennifer Sadock and Steven Friedland
- Beatrice O. Schall
- Deborah Schandler
- Ann and Irving Schoenberg
- Cynthia P. Scott
- Scuppernong Books
- Senior Dogwood Garden Club
- Donna and Mark Shapiro
- Barby Sidon
- Traci and Mike Sidon
- Sharna and Andrew Sloan
- Janie Silvers
- Barbara and Arthur Sohn
- Tuisha Stack
- Myra and Dave Stang
- Jason Stone
- Veronica Sullivan
- The Table on Elm
- Tarheel Garden Club
- Barbara and Stuart Teichman
- Yvette and Randy Trachtenberg
- Tuesday Study Club
- David A. Vaughan
- Ashley Wall
- Scott Warwick
- Wedgewood Garden Club
- Wednesday Study Club
- Shelly and Frank Weiner
- Randall Weiss
- Karen and Tom White
- Stephen J. Whitfield
- Ann W. and Peter Williams
- Melissa and Ed Wolverton
- Richard Zweigenhaft
*deceased