Mission: To connect people with trails and promote healthy lifestyles in a safe and natural environment.
Vision: Love your neighbor. Love your nature.
The Lindsay Pettus Greenway, Inc. organization holds itself to high standards of integrity in its financial reporting. We invite you to review the organization's IRS 501(c)3 Ruling Letter and our 990 Forms from 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015.
OUR HISTORY OF PRIVATE/PUBLIC COLLABORATION
2014 - 2017
- Assessed and cultivated initial community support for a trail along Gills Creek, in partnership with Katawba Valley Land Trust.
- Learned best practices for trail development by partnering with Carolina Thread Trail.
- Organized a volunteer steering committee and became an incorporated nonprofit to gain tax-exempt status, thanks to initial funding from Founders Federal Credit Union.
- Hosted public information meeting to gain resident input, gained more corporate donors, and sought grant funding.
- Launched capital campaign to generate financial support for the hard-surface trail with amenities to weave throughout the City of Lancaster.
- Gained permits, under the leadership of our Design-Build Team, including floodplain engineering and traffic intersection analysis for Phase 1 of the trail system (Barr Street to Gillsbrook Drive).
2018 - 2019
- Worked with Catawba Council of Governments and successfully advocated for enhanced crosswalks, bike lanes, and bike racks throughout downtown Lancaster.
- Developed a new website, e-newsletter, and a stronger social media presence to ensure our generous donors were informed and citizens engaged in the behind-the-scenes process.
- Successfully advocated for $2.5 million of County-wide recreation bond referendum to be allocated to the Lindsay Pettus Greenway to complete Phase 1 and partnered with a citizen committee to ask voters to 'Be In Favor' of the recreation bond on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 to increase Lancaster County's per capita spending on much-needed recreation upgrades.
- Held a groundbreaking event on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at the Barr Street Learning Center with over 150 people in attendance.
2019 - 2020
- Inaugurated Phase 1's trail construction with Duke Energy volunteers clearing and removing brush in June 2019. Remaining construction was led by Perception Builders.
- Engaged community partners from US Fish & Wildlife Service, Catawba Riverkeeper, Lancaster County Council of the Arts, USC Lancaster, Katawba Valley Land Trust, & Anne Springs Close Greenway to develop a programming plan, including environmental education and outdoor art.
- Successfully advocated for funding for the Greenway to be included in the Lancaster County's Capital Project Sales Tax renewal referendum.
- Officially signed an agreement with the City of Lancaster and Katawba Valley Land Trust on the mutual collaborative arrangement to maintain the trail.
2021 & 2022
- Completed all Phase 1 facilities, including the opening of the Founders Federal Credit Union Trail Access at Barr Street, Comporium Trail Access at Colonial Drive, and Oceana Gold Trail Access at Survey Street.
- Shifted our sights to plan and design future phases of the Greenway.
- Partnered with many community organizations to activate the trail with amenities, including Lancaster County Council of the Arts' Public Arts Plan.
- Installed a solar-powered pedestrian visitor counter with help from the Carolina Thread Trail.
- Delighted to witness community residents taking ownership in beautifying our shared natural space through pollinator gardens, school field trips, and geocaching!
2023 & BEYOND
- Built a traffic-free passageway under Main Street!
- Partnered with the Olde English District Tourism Commission to learn best practices in regional destination marketing for nature-based tourism.
- Supported the City of Lancaster's successful $1.19 million SC DOT Transportation Alternative Program grant for continued expansion funds for a 'trail spur' towards USC Lancaster's campus via Roddey Drive.
- Celebrated Susan Greene and the opening of the ADA accessible parking spaces at Forest Drive by installing a Bob Doster Leaf Series sculpture at the new neighborhood access point.
- Gained permits for design-build plans to create a trail access near MUSC Lancaster Medical Center at the intersection of Woodland Drive & Marion Sims Drive.
- Encouraged by the City of Lancaster's willingness to include Lindsay Pettus Greenway in the City budget for expenses that adhere to hospitality tax law requirements.
- Started construction on trail segment between Forest Drive to Woodland Drive at MUSC Lancaster Medical Center. Construction should be complete by Spring 2025.
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We're a 100% volunteer-led organization with unprecedented private/public collaboration. We focus our fundraising efforts to expand and enhance the Greenway. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed. Donate securely online through PayPal or mail checks to: Lindsay Pettus Greenway, PO Box 76, Lancaster SC, 29721.