TIME Bicycles Establishing First South Carolina Operations in Spartanburg County
March 24th 2023
$6.5 million investment will create 105 new jobs and build the nation’s largest carbon fiber bicycle factory
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Groups work to bring 31-mile trail to Saluda Grade Railroad
March 17th 2023
Trail would connect Spartanburg County towns to Western North Carolina, expected to have big economic impact. (Taggart Houck, WYFF 4)
Here's how two new Spartanburg trails, extensions will transform city, county recreation
March 17th 2023
PAL (Play, Advocate, Live Well) Spartanburg has been spreading trails throughout Spartanburg, and they aren't slowing down. (By: Samantha Swann, Herald-Journal)
Podcast: Community planning process to create vision for Duncan Park improvements
March 17th 2023
Today on the podcast, we're talking with PAL Executive Director Laura Ringo about the Duncan Park planning process, and we get an update on the group's latest trails work in Spartanburg. Listen below for more. (City of Spartanburg)
Agreement Reached on Saluda Grade Rail Line
March 17th 2023
A coalition of nonprofits that is spearheading the Saluda Grade Trail has reached an agreement with Norfolk Southern to sell the 31-mile rail line for use as a recreational rail trail. The coalition has a signed agreement with the railroad establishing the price and other terms of a future purchase.
Norfolk Southern to sell Saluda Grade tracks for SC-to-NC rail trail
March 16th 2023
Norfolk Southern has agreed to sell 31 miles of its abandoned rail line connecting South Carolina and North Carolina communities to the Saluda Grade Trail Conservancy for development of a new rail trail. Three nonprofit groups including Conserving Carolina, Upstate Forever and “PAL: Play. Advocate. Live Well!” negotiated with Norfolk Southern to purchase the railroad property. “The Saluda Grade Trail Conservancy signed a written agreement with Norfolk Southern for the line and its full 31 miles,” Laura Ringo, PAL executive director, told The Post and Courier. (By Chris Lavender clavender@postandcourier.com)
City Council hears update on pilot program to allow non-motorized boating on Duncan Park Lake
March 1st 2023
Spartanburg City Council heard an update on the planning process for potential improvements to Duncan Park at their meeting on Monday. PAL: Play Advocate Live Well Executive Director Laura Ringo and City Parks and Recreation Director Kim Moultrie walked Council through a series of proposed improvements to the City's largest park, with plans including better connectivity to the Mary Black Foundation Rail Trail, upgraded and new trails throughout the park, new restrooms and improvements to the park's amphitheater area, a proposed traffic circle at South Converse St. and Duncan Park Dr., new activities areas and playgrounds, and numerous improvements designed to allow residents and visitors a to better enjoy Duncan Park Lake. (By: the City of Spartanburg)
Improvements could be coming to Duncan Park in Spartanburg
February 28th 2023
Duncan Park in Spartanburg could soon get a facelift. For the last eight months, work has been ongoing to try and reimagine the historic park. It’s a place Ron Livingston often enjoys taking his daily walk. “This is what’s so nice about living in Spartanburg,” he said. It’s the features scattered across more than 100 acres that make Duncan Park unique, from the historic baseball stadium to the lake. “I think the beauty of Duncan Park is the fact that it’s unifying if you look at the number of communities that surround it,” said City of Spartanburg Parks and Recreation Director Kim Moultrie. But with few people coming to the park consistently, the city and Play. Advocate. Live Well. have been working to reimagine the city’s largest recreational asset. “We’ve been working with a steering committee and lots of residents to really come up with a vision for what people want to see,” said PAL Executive Director Laura Ringo. (By: Fox Carolina)
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