Definition of greenbelt
: a belt of parkways, parks, or farmlands that encircles a community
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July 8 Kuna Artist and Crafter Show: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 8, greenbelt behind Kuna City Hall, 751 W. 4th St. Arts and crafts, food vendors, entertainment.
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July 8 Kuna Artist and Crafter Show: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 8, greenbelt behind Kuna City Hall, 751 W. 4th St. Arts and crafts, food vendors, entertainment.
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For the past 49 years, residents of Sunset Beach have streamed down to the greenbelt area along Pacific Ave. and the Community Center on 12th St. to check out the Sunset Beach Art Festival every Mothers Day weekend.
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Following an Amber Alert and an intensive search involving 23 rescue and law enforcement agencies, a child’s body was discovered Thursday afternoon in a greenbelt area about 1½ miles from where the girl disappeared.
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Urban parks and greenbelts, and the American and Sacramento rivers claimed the top two spots.
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Days before the scheduled sweep, several tents still lined the span of the greenbelt.
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A trail along White Rock Creek passes just outside the development and winds five miles through a lush greenbelt to White Rock Lake, which covers more than 1,000 acres.
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First Known Use of greenbelt
1949
Greenbelt
playDefinition of Greenbelt
planned city in central Maryland built to provide low-cost housing in the late 1930s population 23,068
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