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- Successfully advocated [1983-1994] for creation of local and special purpose units of government greenway programs to Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham City, Pittsboro, Wake Forest, Rolesville, Research Triangle Park, Garner
- Developed the vision [1984] of a "Circle the Triangle Trail" as a metaphor for promotion of a regional greenway network, and justification for complementary local greenway systems
- Partnered with Triangle Land Conservancy on a grant that allowed the TGC to:
- Prepare in collaboration with NCSU's Landscape Architecture Program [1985] the report "Future Of The Neuse River In Wake County," and construct and maintain [1986-1992] approximately 24 miles of public trail on the south shore of Falls Lake, now a segment of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail
- Partnered with the Triangle Land Conservancy and others to sponsor biannual canoe trips [1986-1991] on the Neuse River in Wake and Johnston Counties
- Partnered with other organizations (government agencies, businesses, and non profits to supply trail planning, construction supervision, volunteers, and tools for projects throughout the region Lobblolly Gwy in Raleigh, B.W. Wells at Falls Lake State Park, Sandy Creek Gwy in Durham, Blue Jay Point at Falls Lake, Leigh Farm Park in Durham, White Pines Reserve in Chatham, Umstead State Park, Eno River headwaters of Falls Lake, New Hope Creek in Durham, Swift Creek Preserve in Wake, NC Museum of Art Park and its Woodland Trail, Wake Enterprise's in Fuquay Varina
- Studied the trail potential [1988] of Shearon Harris Lake buffer lands as part of a regional trails network
- Cosponsored the 1st NC Greenways Conference in Raleigh in 1987, the 4th NC Greenways Conference in Durham in 1991, and the 1st National Greenways Conference in Raleigh in 1992.
- Printed a quarterly newsletter [1992-1999] to address information needs on all aspects of greenways, their multiple purposes, development, and use, as well as activities in the region.
- Used part of a State Adopt A Trail grant [1996] to prepare computer based data and map of the region showing existing trails, that later became an element of the region's Green Print.
- Partnered with Triangle Land Conservancy and the Umstead Coalition on a World Wildlife fund supported study [1997] to create a "Conservation Plan for the Richland Creek Corridor" in northwest Raleigh
- Sponsored the Trails in the Triangle Conference in Raleigh in 1997
- Began its Land Trust function [1997] to secure properties within proposed future greenway corridors, and leverage more funding and other resources for creation of local greenway systems, and regional greenway network
- Partnered with the Department of Landscape Architecture at NCSU [1998] to prepare the "Walnut Creek and Rocky Branch Greenway Loop" report
- Used a grant from the NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund, through the Conservation Trust for NC, to prepare a "Riparian Corridor Conservation Design for the Upper Neuse River Basin" [2000] in Johnston, Wake, Durham, Orange, and Person Counties
- Original partner with the City of Raleigh [2005] in its Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative to protect water quality in nine local government drinking water reservoirs through voluntary riparian corridor conservation acquisition
- Partnered with the Town of Clayton [2008] to assist with securing grant funds and assembling property for their Neuse River Greenway corridor, that is a section of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail
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