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Still Standing: Southernside neighborhood looks back on troubled history, ahead to Unity Park

“Growing up in this area, we were all family. Neighbors looked out for one another. Children knew they had to be respectful, and we had to go to church and schools,” Mary Duckett said.

Private fundraising commitments at $6 million for Unity Park

An additional $4 million in promised cash and other contributions have also been raised.

Duke Energy works to create outdoor classroom as part of Unity Park

The park will provide school children and other park visitors the opportunity to learn about the native species and wildlife living in this unique and critical ecosystem.

Greenville Drive’s Unity Park contribution to restore Mayberry Park

Greenville Drive owner Craig Brown and wife, Vicki, recently announced a contribution to Greenville's Unity Park. The gift will help restore and preserve the Mayberry Park, which was built in 1927 for the African-American residents of the Southernside neighborhood.

First look: New Unity Park tower renderings

Michelin donates $1 million for Unity Park’s Reedy restoration

Greenville’s new Unity Park recently received $1 million from The Michelin Corporate Foundation to aid in protecting and restoring part of the Reedy River.

Watch: Community gathers for Unity Park demo day

The demolition of the former Public Works location on Thursday officially started the construction of 60-acre Unity Park. What’s involved in the project? The Unity Park project includes the rehabilitation…

Big chunk of Greenville’s proposed capital improvement plan budget earmarked for Unity Park

More than one out of every five dollars in Greenville’s proposed $31.7 million capital improvement plan for next year would go to Unity Park. The Greenville City Council is expected…

Auro Hotels makes largest donation to Unity Park to date

Auro Hotels announces largest private contribution to Unity Park to date — $500,000 for the park's pedestrian bridge over the Reedy River.

TD grant will help formulate affordable-housing plan in Unity Park area

As the city inches closer to beginning site work for its planned Unity Park, a planning grant from the TD Charitable Foundation will formulate a plan for affordable housing in the Southernside neighborhood which borders the park.

Private entities have committed nearly $3.5 million for Unity Park

Private funding for Unity Park is coming in - nearly $3.5 million so far and counting.

Affordable housing incentives, possibilities for ‘missing-middle housing’ part of proposal for Unity Park area

Developers will have added incentive to build affordable and workforce housing in the area near Greenville's new Unity Park under a proposed community character plan and form-based zoning plan.

Who is Lila Mae Brock and why is the city commissioning a statue of her?

Lila Mae Brock wanted to be a foreign missionary but she found the need just as great in Southernside, just a few blocks from Greenville’s Main Street. The community was…

Year in Review: The Top 5 City Stories from 2018

Unity Park is getting closer to construction. The city is getting more affordable housing. Parking and public transportation is still generating headlines. In the city of Greenville, growth and the issues surrounding it dominated the top news stories of 2018.

City could find out by year’s end which roads the state would turn over to it under pilot program

Greenville officials should find out by the end of the year which roads the state will turn over to the city through a new road takeover program.

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