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Supporters ask council to accept TAP grant and back West Greenville trail; residents also urge sustained Greenlink funding
Summary
Residents and neighborhood leaders urged council to approve local match for a federal TAP grant to build the Textile Crescent Trail connecting Judson Mill and Brandon Mill and separately urged continued funding for Greenlink transit service.
Residents, business leaders and nonprofit partners appealed to Greenville County Council to support a federal Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant and to sustain Greenlink bus service.
Trail grant: Multiple speakers urged council to approve a local match to secure about $1 million in TAP funds for the proposed Textile Crescent Trail that would connect Judson Mill and Brandon Mill and provide links to schools, businesses and existing greenways. Joshua Blankenship, president of the Brandon Mill Community Association, said the county’s parks-and-recreation match funds are already earmarked for trails and argued "For…
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