9 collections related to Greenways -- North Carolina -- Planning

The East Coast Greenway Alliance Records is comprised of papers relating to the ongoing development of the East Coast Greenway Alliance and trails along the eastern coast of the United States. The collection contains bylaws, annual reports, meeting agendas, membership lists, correspondence, trademark applications, newsletters, brochures, flyers, trail guides and maps, trail studies, project plans, and audiovisual materials. The collection includes materials from the offices of cofounder and executive director, Karen Votava, cofounder and chair, Patricia King, and board member, Elizabeth V. Brody. The materials are dated from 1983 to 2018. The East Coast Greenway Alliance is a non-profit organization founded in November 1991. It was formed by a group of eight cyclists and long-distance trail enthusiasts who met in New York City, New York, in 1991 to establish the East Coast Greenway Alliance after meeting previously at a bicycling conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since its conception, the East Coast Greenway Alliance has designed a route along the eastern coast of the United States, with the goal of establishing a 3,000-mile protected biking and walking route from Calais, Maine, to Key West, Florida. The East Coast Greenway Alliance has dedicated itself to forming extensive partnerships across organizations and states and spreading the word about its trails and events. Its organizational values include a commitment to public health, environmental sustainability, economic development, and civic engagement. Less

The Greenways Incorporated Records and Charles A. Flink Papers document the activities of this landscape design firm. The collection is divided into four series. Drawings contain site plans, planting plans, construction details, maps, and other plans for a variety of the firm’s projects. Project Files contain contracts, financial accounts, reports, and research files relating to Greenways Incorporated or Flink and Associates project. The Professional Papers and Publications series include newspaper clippings, documents pertaining to greenway publications, and photographs. Web content includes archived web content related to Greenways Incorporated Records and Charles A. Flink Papers. Greenways Incorporated is a North Carolina based landscape architectural firm that provides specialized planning and design services to clients in the public and private sector. Greenways Incorporated was established in August 1986, by founder and president Charles A. Flink. The firm has designed greenways, open spaces, and pedestrian trails. Projects from this firm have been implemented in more than 135 communities, in 35 states, and internationally in Argentina, Canada, Japan, and the U. S. Virgin Islands. The company has received an American Society of Landscape Architecture Chapter Award for Excellence for five separate projects in five different states. Less

Collection consists of organizational records and reference material of the North Carolina 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 North Carolina 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. Less

This collection consists of organizational records, reference material, and archived web content that North Carolina Rail-Trails (NCRT) both created and used to facilitate the operation of the organization. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, NCRT meeting minutes and agendas, brochures, flyers, several newsletters, including "Little Toot," newspaper and magazine articles, essays for "Little Toot" by Anthony Reevy, past historian and vice chair of NCRT, work plans, reports, studies, proposals, maps, essays on North Carolina rail-trails and railways, legal documents including financial statements and property deeds, organizational development and strategic planning records and copies of ratified senate and house bills. North Carolina Rail-Trails (NCRT), a volunteer organization supported by dues, gifts, and grants, began as a steering committee at the North Carolina Greenways Conference in Charlotte on June 3, 1988. North Carolina Rail-Trails, headquartered in Durham, became incorporated on March 12, 1990. NCRT is a charter member of the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits and the Environmental Federation of North Carolina, a Durham-based organization that endeavors to both protect and preserve the state's natural resources. Less

The North Carolina Trails Association Records consists of materials relating to the activities and functions of the North Carolina Trails Association. Dating from 1961 to 1986, the collection provides information on the creation and conservation of trails and trail facilities in North Carolina. The North Carolina Trails Association (NCTA) was formed in 1977, organized in 1981, and chartered in 1982. William Flournoy was the first acting president of the organization. The purpose of the organization was to "promote the establishment and conservation of a system of scenic, recreational, and historic trails and related facilities in the state of North Carolina" among other goals. NCTA is no longer in existence. Less

The Triangle Greenways Council Records consists of documents and other materials related to the operation of the organization. This collection contains meeting minutes and reports from the Triangle Greenways Council Board, bylaws of the organization, project proposals, information about properties held by the organization, Triangle Greenways Council newsletters, and documents on related organizations like the Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. Also included are documents and other materials on greenways in North Carolina and around the United States. Materials date from 1974 to 2023. The Triangle Greenways Council is a volunteer organization dedicated to expanding and promoting the use of greenways in the Triangle Region of North Carolina. Primarily, the Council acquires private and public land through donations and grant-funded purchases for new greenway spaces, to date acquiring and preserving over 750 acres of undeveloped land. Working closely with local municipalities and governments, the Council helps with the placement of new trails and greenway facilities. The Council also implements public service projects, and continues to educate communities through outreach programs like seminars and festivals. Less

This collection contains an oral history interview with William L. Flournoy, Jr. that was conducted by Gwynn Thayer in 2017. Included is a full transcription of the interview. William L. Flournoy Jr., Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, is one of the first individuals to propose a greenway system plan. Flournoy is a graduate of North Carolina State University (B.S., Recreation and Parks Administration, 1966-1969; Master of Landscape Architecture, 1969-1972) and worked for the Wake County Planning Department and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Flournoy has worked in public services for more than three decades, working to improve the park system, bicycle transportation, and environmental causes. Less