Little Sugar Creek Greenway

Little Sugar Creek Greenway
Looking south at E 4th Street overpass
Map
TypeGreenway
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates35°12′27″N 80°50′11″W / 35.2075°N 80.8365°W / 35.2075; -80.8365
Operated byMecklenburg County Parks and Recreation
WebsiteLittle Sugar Creek Greenway

Little Sugar Creek Greenway is a linear park and stream restoration project in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.[1] When completed it will consist of twenty miles of trails and paved walkways running from Cordelia Park just north of uptown Charlotte, then south through midtown Charlotte, and continuing all the way to the South Carolina state line.[2] The Little Sugar Creek Greenway is a key part of the Cross Charlotte Trail (XCLT) and a segment in the Carolina Thread Trail, a regionwide network of trails that pass through 15 counties.[3]

Greenways are narrow strips of land, planted and managed to provide both human recreation and wildlife habitat. Greenways along streams, such as Little Sugar Creek, improve water quality and help control flooding. There are about 37 miles of developed greenways in Mecklenburg County, of which this is only one.[4]

The two urban sections of the Little Sugar Creek Greenway were championed by Central Piedmont Community College president Tony Zeiss and together provide five unbroken miles of paved walkway from East 7th Street southward to Brandywine Road.[5][6]

  1. ^ Little Sugar Creek Greenway connects urban spaces with nature, by Jennifer Ford, April 20, 2012
  2. ^ "Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation: Little Sugar Creek Greenway". Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  3. ^ "Carolina Thread Trail Fact Sheet" (PDF). Carolina Thread Trail. Carolina Thread Trail. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. ^ Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation: Greenways
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference artsy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Map of Little Sugar Creek Greenway from E 7th Street to E Morehead Street, PDF file