<div dir="ltr">Please cross post / disregard-delete if uninterested. Please forgive any missed duplicate postings! <div><br></div><div><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Rocky Creek Greenway is reopen! This is the fourth trail to be renovated and reopened as part of the City's trail repair project that focuses on fixing some of the oldest trails that are in the worst condition. </span><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)">Built in 1988 (it's possible some people on this email were born </span><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"><b><i>after</i></b></span><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"> this trail was built), the Rocky Creek Greenway is an approximately 0.75-mile trail and greenway corridor that parallels a Third Fork Creek Tributary and connects the American Tobacco Trail to the Pearsontown Trail and to NC 55 at Dakota Street. </span><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;margin:0px;color:black"><span style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">In addition to the connectivity with NC 55, Pearsontown Trail, and the ATT, the Rocky Creek Greenway provides a safe route to Fayetteville Elementary, James. E. Shepard Magnet Middle School, and Elmira Park. </span></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)">The Rocky Creek Greenway is a local neighborhood favorite that provides safe travel for travelers choosing to use the trail for their social, recreational, or employment-related needs. This trail travels through well-established neighborhood areas with many residents celebrating being the 2</span><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;margin:0px;color:black"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)">^nd</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"> and 3</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)">^rd</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"> generations to live there. </span></span><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)">In a few years, the northern end of the Rocky Creek Greenway will connect with the future R. Kelly Bryant Bridge Trail that is currently in design. </span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;margin:0px;color:black"><br></span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"></span></p></div></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt">DPR is pleased to have the Rocky Creek Greenway reopen and appreciates the support this project has received from all of you. We invite you to come visit the newly resurfaced trail, take a photo, post it to social media, and tag </span><span style="font-size:11pt"><b>@dprplaymore</b></span><span style="font-size:11pt"> to help us celebrate the reopening of the trail. We continue to update </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">DPR's Construction Project & Maintenance webpage </span><a href="https://www.dprplaymore.org/490/Construction-Projects-and-Maintenance" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt">https://www.dprplaymore.org/490/Construction-Projects-and-Maintenance</span></a> </div><div style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div><div id="gmail-m_-2866376139446064683Signature"><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">Lindsay R. Smart, AICP, CPTED-CPD</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="color:black">Sr. Park & Trail Planner</span></i><span style="color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="color:black">Parks and Recreation</span></i><span style="color:black">, City of Durham </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">400 Cleveland Street </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Durham, NC 27701 </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">P 919-560-4355, ext. 27220 </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Lindsay.Smart@DurhamNC.gov<span style="color:black">  </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://dprplaymore.org/" target="_blank">DPRPlayMore.org</a><span style="color:black"> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div>