Definition of greenway
: a corridor of undeveloped land preserved for recreational use or environmental protection
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The path would be more than a sidewalk or greenway, and would have some parks and plazas, as well as distinctive art.
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The greenway features 10 miles of trails through the farm, center and property owned by the Avalonia Land Conservation Inc.
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In conjunction with the erosion design project, a task force, which Marks launched and Riley chairs, seeks to build a greenway called the Six Bridge Trail that runs through East Towson, connecting neighborhood parks.
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The project includes grinding and repaving the road, adding a traffic light for merging onto the Hawthorne Bridge and constructing a separate bicycle greenway.
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Spaeth floated the idea of proposing conservation easements to the greenway property owners.
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In the town of Belle Chasse (not far from New Orleans,) there’s Woodlands Trail and Park, a recreational greenway of forested wetlands filled with palmetto and cypress — lovely, yes, but similar in many ways to other such woodlands in the state.
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In 2006, a group of citizens founded in Friends of Lafitte Greenway to ensure that the former Lafitte rail corridor was developed into a continuous open greenway/public space for bikers and pedestrians, as well as for other recreational activities.
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There will be 150 miles of greenways total, with the project adding 80 new acres to 70 existing acres.
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First Known Use of greenway
1965
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