The City of Greenville is finalizing its master plan for the Greenline-Spartanburg neighborhood. The area, located near downtown, is "facing enormous growth pressure," according to city leaders.

Among the plans are ways to use available properties to improve affordable housing, infrastructure + connectivity.

Affordable housing

Though the city created a master plan for this area in 2001, it cites “dwindling affordable housing stock” as a reason to revisit the needs of the neighborhood. The city plans to increase opportunities to preserve affordable housing + increase new housing production with a goal for ~63% of the housing to be “affordable” in Greenline-Spartanburg.

Infrastructure + connectivity

Like we’ve seen in other areas of Greenville, there are plans to calm traffic and increase pedestrian + cyclist safety by adding:

3.4 miles of new sidewalk with street lighting
A 1.5-mile neighborhood trail system
A connection to the Swamp Rabbit Trail Orange Line extension
“Gateway Park” at the corner of East North Street and East Stone Avenue
“Peak Community Park” on Austin Street
A boardwalk
A bridge overlook

The plan also calls for a new roadway called the Chestnut Street connector, which would cross Richland Creek to connect the neighborhood’s north and south sides.

What’s next?

Leaders presented these plans and collected feedback from residents earlier this month, and a draft of the master plan will be available for viewing in September.