Special Collections Research Center: Greenways Archive

Processed by:

Susan J. Erickson, 2000

Copyright © 2000 North Carolina State University

Introduction

Collection Name

Greenways Advisory Panel Collection, 1991-1992

Collection Number

M. C. 284

Dates

January 1991-June 1992

Provenance

Gift of Smith Raynor on January 3, 2000.

Volume

0.5 linear feet

Citation

Greenways Advisory Panel Collection, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC.

Copyright

North Carolina State University does not own copyright to this collection. The Special Collections Research Center recognizes that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.

Historical Note

The Greenways Advisory Panel was commissioned by Secretary William W. Cobey, Jr., in January 1991 at the request of Governor James G. Martin in response to the resolution passed by the Third Annual Greenways Conference in 1990. The panel was charged with investigating ways to coordinate and promote greenway development throughout North Carolina. Secretary Cobey appointed a panel of individuals with wide-ranging experience in greenway development, as well as a team of technical advisors representing state agencies whose activities impact greenway development.

The panel began by establishing its list of goals. Following this, they organized four subcommittees to address legal, technical, research, and communication issues and the GAP goals affected by these issues. The goals established by the panel included defining "greenway" and incorporating the benefits of greenways into the final report for the Governor. The panel set out to develop guidelines for organizing communities, standards for the design of greenways, and strategies for funding and marketing greenway development. The panel also sought to encourage academic research pertaining to greenways and to locate potential incentives for such scholarship. The final goal of the panel was to complete its reports, including its report to the Governor, in time to coincide with the 5th Annual North Carolina Greenways Conference in 1992.

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of organizational records and reference material of the Greenways Advisory Panel (GAP). The bulk of the collection consists of GAP meeting minutes and agendas, drafts of surveys and recommendations, and legal documents. The only series of the collection, called Organizational Records, contains the reference material and working files listed above.

Series Description

Organizational Records

These include meeting minutes and drafts of documentation of the Greenways Advisory Panel from 1991 to 1992. This series also contains lists of the GAP and its Technical Advisors from 1991 until 1992, various legal documents, brochures pertaining to the North Carolina Greenways Conference, documents produced by other state greenways projects, letters and memoranda, magazine and journal articles about greenways throughout North Carolina and the United States, and a final copy of the 1994 North Carolina Greenway Advisory Board report received from the state printing office. The donor's chronological arrangment has been retained in this series with the addition of a few topical folders for additional items not originally in the chronological sequence.

Index Terms

LC Subject Terms

Open spaces--North Carolina--Planning
City Planning
Conservation of Natural Resources
Environmental Protection
Environmentalism--Environmentalists
Greenways--North Carolina--Planning
Greenways-United States
Land Use--Law and Legislation--Planning
Outdoor Recreation
Public Lands--Recreational Use--United States
Regional Planning--Citizen Participation--Law and Legislation
Urban Beautification--United States
Water quality--North Carolina
Wildlife Conservation
Land use--Environmental aspects--United States

Container List

Box            Contents
284.1          Organizational Records Greenways Advisory Panel
               and Technical Advisors, membership list, n.d.
               Preliminary Notes, n.d.
               Background Information, n.d.
               Recommendations, n.d. 1991
               North Carolina Greenways Conference
                  January 1991
                  February 1991
                  March 1991
                  April 1991
                  May 1991
                  June 1991
                  July 1991
                  August 1991
                  September 1991
                  October 1991
                  November 1991
                  January 1992
                  February 1992
                  March 1992
                  April 1992-June 1992
               Additional Information Report to the Governor, May 1994

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