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Parks and recreation: mountain bike trail signage, Greenway reopening and Catawba Meadows design progress

5888147 · October 6, 2025
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Parks and Recreation Director Brian Fish told council the city expects to open a mountain bike trail and large sections of the Greenway by late October or November, and outlined design and construction plans for Catawba Meadows, Bethel Park, and Shoey Park recovery work.

MORGANTON, N.C. — The Morganton City Council received a detailed parks and recreation update on Oct. 6 that outlined several near-term openings and larger reconstruction projects following storm damage.

Brian Fish, director of recreation, told the council that signage for the long-delayed mountain bike trail is in and that staff hope to install it “by the end of the month,” with a public opening possible in November. Fish said a segment of the Greenway behind Town Tavern that connects to the soccer complex will reopen immediately; the boardwalk to Catawba Meadows remains closed while design work continues.

Fish said staff expect to award design work for Catawba Meadows and the soccer…

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