Close-to-Home Recreation

The growing popularity of outdoor recreation activities, such as rollerblading and mountain biking, combined with the rapid loss of community open spaces has increased the need for quality recreational facilities such as greenways.

Greenways can not only serve as stand-alone facilities, complete with parking areas and amenities such as benches and informational signage, they can also enhance the existing recreational resources in an area by linking parks, schools and recreation centers.

And, in this age of shortened leisure time and busy families, people are unwilling to travel hours from home-they want good recreation opportunities, like greenways, within a few miles of where they live and work.