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The county is still on track to pave the section from Verdae to Millennium Boulevard. There is a delay with the contractor on the bridge over Laurel Creek, but it is not true that the county has abandoned that section. The City Council Priority Projects document posted earlier is from a few years ago. At that time the city had not yet agreed to build the bridges that are open now, so any speculation of the project being "abandoned" by the county was probably just part of that discussion.

Paving is underway on the paperclip section today. Via Bike Walk Greenville's Instagram

Here's the 2012 masterplan. There was also a 2015 version of the map that is much closer to the current Verdae layout.

This empty property at the corner of Woodruff and Rocky Slope has been available for a long time, but yesterday I noticed new survey flags, ribbons, and paint. Does anyone know what is going on here?

That makes sense. Thanks.

Hales Jewelers "will move from its current location on Haywood Road, where it’s been since 1982, to Verdae, a planned community in Greenville." https://www.nationaljeweler.com/independents/retail-profiles/9283-hale-s-jewelers-set-to-open-new-flagship The article doesn't mention the exact location. Is this next to the new Sumerel building?

Bella Grove is now included on the neighborhoods page of the Verdae website- http://www.verdae.com/bella-grove.php . They have a gallery of the home elevations and a pdf map of the lots for sale. http://www.verdae.com/bella-grove-home-plan-elevations.php

Sorry if my comment was confusing. Yes, Bella Grove is the new neighborhood off of Woodruff that was mentioned on the previous page. That is the one that will connect to Mangum with a 10' cart path. The Ryan Homes neighborhood that GvilleSC referred to as isolated is Bellhaven Village. That is the one that will be connected to Algonquin Trail when construction is complete, so it won't remain isolated from the rest of Hollingsworth Park.

The Ryan neighborhood won't stay isolated. The main road in the development, Algonquin, is planned to loop around and connect with the original Algonquin Trail, which is the dead end road on the north side of the park. Once that is complete it should tie in nicely. The one positive about the cart path connecting Bella Grove to Mangum is that will encourage non-automotive traffic within the neighborhood. I would prefer to see more pedestrians, cyclists, and even golf cart drivers, to additional cars on Rocky Slope.

A restaurant announcement for Legacy Square... finally! http://upstatebusinessjournal.com/news/stellas-expands-to-verdae-eye-on-february-opening/

Grading for the Bella Grove neighborhood is coming along. It looks like they will be ready to start paving soon.

Good news about the new fire station. They have also recently started to clear roads for the Bella Grove neighborhood (http://upstatebusinessjournal.com/news/verdae-plans-new-bella-grove-neighborhood/), so construction should be starting soon.

I have heard sometime in the Fall, but does anyone know an opening date for the new REI. I got a postcard in the mail last week that said they are now hiring, so it should be soon.

Today (Tuesday, March 22nd) is the last day to help Greenville County receive four separate grants for the Swamp Rabbit and other trails. You can read more about it here and view the four separate presentations here. Please take a minute to go through these and send a confirmation email to the address provided. The County needs strong public support to secure these grants, so let’s overwhelm them with emails on the final day.

We made it to the next round of the Pepsi Grant, so keep voting until December 31st! The two ways to vote are: On the web at http://pep.si/9mxLhq Texting the message “104074” to Pepsi (73774)

Cool shot RT! I am the one on the right in the teal shirt.

It sounds like paving will start the week of April 5th from just south of Furman to just north of TR. Great news because that section already gets a lot of use.

In the next couple weeks asphalt will go down in TR. Very exciting!

I could be mistaken, but I don't think the County section of trail will be paved with asphalt. Last I heard (months ago), they still planned to use the Roadzyme method that was posted about earlier. That means the trail will just have the appearance of hard packed dirt. Like I said though, I could be wrong as I have been out of the loop a bit lately. Has anyone heard otherwise?

Asphalt is a lot cheaper too, so we can get more miles of trail for the money. I would rather see a big network of asphalt trails than just a few short concrete ones.

A total of $4.5 Million dollars over the next 5 years for trails and greenways is in the Capital Improvment budget that the City Council will vote on tonight. Come out and show your support if you can. More here: http://bikegreenville.blogspot.com/2008/04...re-funding.html

Yep, this will be nice... and it should be open by this summer

I agree with you RT. The Roadzyme surface would not work for road bikes, skates, maybe even strollers. I think that the County realizes that it is not the best solution at this point. We need asphalt on the trail. Speaking of greenways, did everyone see the bridge that is going in on the Reedy River Greenway right now? http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs....NEWS01/80326020

Back to the subject of rail trails. see the attched message that Ty Houck just sent out about a possible trail grant. I encorage everyone to watch the movie and leave comments. _______________________________ GCRD is applying for a $100,000 trail grant for the Greenville Hospital System Swamp Rabbit Tram Trail. One of the requirements is a public meeting to show support and receive comments. It seemed contradictory to have everyone drive to a meeting that was to support a trail that promotes people not using their cars. So, everyone can attend the meeting by viewing the short slide show and following the directions at the end. Go to http://www.gcrd.org/swamprabbit/08gcrdapplication.mov And tell everyone you know to do the same. Thanks you for your support.

Thanks for the update Galley. I wasn't able to make it out there on Friday, but what you described is not what I was expecting either. I'll have to go check it out soon. How long a stretch of trail did they do for the demonstration?