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

Community Benefits
- 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