Draft Vision Statement

The committee to develop Sugar Creek Greenway proposes to establish a comprehensive greenway along Sugar Creek that connects people and neighborhoods in a cultural, historical, social, environmental, educational, and recreational manner.

Neighborhood Benefits

• Connect and link people to adjacent neighborhoods, landmarks and activities
• Pedestrian-oriented acessibility
• Increase in property values and residential safety

Recreational Benefits

• Provides for hiking, strolling, biking and other community-wide recreational activities
• Close-to-home and work access to greater proportions of the population
• Promote Charlotte Mecklenberg as an active health-conscious community

Active Transportation

• Non-motorized users
• Connect to important destinations

• Festivals
• Spaces available for special events

Educational Benefits

• Promote Greenway link to schools, cultural, civic and religious centers
• Environmental awareness education programs
• Create natural, interpretative trails, outdoor amphitheaters and open-air studios

Environmental Benefits

• Improve water quality by buffering streams and trapping pollutants
• Preserve wildlife habitat biodiversity 
• Reduce flood damage
• Reduce traffic congestions and promote clean air