Greenways Council
Making Rhode Island's Greenways Map -- Powerpoint presentation
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Greenways
Map
on-line version only
(No printed copies available)
(A Greener Path, Greenspace and Greenways for Rhode Island's Future," State Guide Plan Element 155)
"Fostering
the creation, care and protection of a statewide
system of greenways through education, comprehensive planning, and
innovative implementation strategies."
The Rhode Island Greenways Council was established by the Rhode Island Greenways Act of 1995 (RIGL 42-125) to coordinate state agency greenway efforts, assist local governments and private groups in greenway creation, and provide information to the public on the availability and usage of greenways in Rhode Island. Its seven members represent four state agencies, the state's cities and towns, and the public interested in greenways such as bikeways, trails, river walkways and natural corridors. The Council holds monthly meetings and works through its member agencies to implement the state’s Greenspace & Greenways Plan.
Vision
"Imagine.... a Rhode Island in 2020: vibrant, confident, and green. A state focused on its traditional strengths, while vigorously embracing the future. It has protected its strategic natural resources, and preserved key links to its past. Places and landscapes, special to generations of Rhode Islanders, have been secured. Common greenspace-park, promenade, riverway or garden-forms the core of revitalized urban neighborhoods. Suburban village centers are connected to the urban mosaic by greenway trails and bikeways. Greenways have become new avenues of social, cultural and economic intercourse, bringing people of all backgrounds together in common purpose. In coming to peace with their landscape, Rhode Islanders have shown it possible to move ahead economically, while healing and nurturing the land; to build connections among people by linking them to common ground; and to embrace the future without losing the past."