: a corridor of undeveloped land preserved for recreational use or environmental protection
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Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail One of Greenville’s most popular outdoor features, the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail is a scenic, 28-mile (and growing) multi-use greenway for walking and biking.
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2026
Equipped with firearms and wearing camouflage, Thompson then fatally shot four others -- including an off-duty city police officer -- in his neighborhood and along a greenway.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
Vantage has also agreed to invest $3 million in a restoration project for the Valley Creek Corridor, a greenway connecting neighborhoods to Port Washington’s lakefront, harbor, and downtown.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 18 Dec. 2025
The new city will be laid out on a compact grid, with interlocking streets, rapid-transit routes and greenways for pedestrians and cyclists.
—Chris Elmendorf, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2026
Equipped with firearms and wearing camouflage, Thompson then fatally shot four others -- including an off-duty city police officer -- in his neighborhood and along a greenway.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
Vantage has also agreed to invest $3 million in a restoration project for the Valley Creek Corridor, a greenway connecting neighborhoods to Port Washington’s lakefront, harbor, and downtown.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 18 Dec. 2025
The new city will be laid out on a compact grid, with interlocking streets, rapid-transit routes and greenways for pedestrians and cyclists.
—Chris Elmendorf, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Greenway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greenway. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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