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Shady Street Park & Trailhead
This will improve unused, City-owned land near the Alabama River into a path and “trailhead” with parking, a picnic shelter and landscaping.
Trail Head for River Walk/ Run Events
This new park and trailhead can serve as a kick-off spot for River Walks, runs, races, or casual strolls even before the Lafayette bike/ped path is completed.
Habitat Restoration: Birds and Pollinators
Shady St. Trailhead currently exists as a gravel parking lot amidst overgrown patches of formerly residential and currently industrial land. There is an opportunity to remove invasive exotics and enhance native plantings.
Picnic Shelter and Tables
As a trailhead for races or starting/ending point for a day’s adventure, Shady St. trail head will provide bike parking and picnic shelter.
Honoring Neighborhood History, Adding Additional Amenities Over Time
This trail can be enhanced through time with the addition of public art, exercise stations or interpretive signs that recall the working riverfront and African American neighborhood’s rich history along the way.
Community Partnerships
This project will require community partnerships not only for funding, but for eradicating the invasive plants, planting trees and pollinator friendly native plants and programming community events.
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