An updated master plan for the city's Greenbelt was adopted by the Green River City Council Tuesday night, giving both the city and the Greenbelt Taskforce a roadmap to dictate the future growth of the pathway system.
According to the city's Parks and Recreation director Brad Raney, the plan is already being used to bring grant funds to the city for improvements along the Greenbelt.
The original plan was drafted more than 30 years ago, before the volunteer group and city were able to build the riverside system. The new master plan comes two years after the start of a large-scale push to gather input from residents about their support for the Greenbelt and what should be done with the pathway system in the future. The process included the creation of a survey that had 760 responses, as well as multiple committees and events created to generate public discussion about the Greenbelt.
The city and taskforce received help in drafting the new master plan through technical assistance provided to the groups from the National Parks, River and Trails Conservation Assistance Program.
"Based on the cost of other master plans with this amount of time commitment required, I value that at about $75,000 to $100,000 in services we were able to get," Raney told the Council.
Raney said the planning process is just as valuable as the master plan itself. He said the taskforce is undertaking a lot of work obtaining additional grants and donations to the Greenbelt, some of which have already been received.
"They're up around $1 million that will be invested into the city of Green River for a better quality of life," he said. "It's already created a lot of momentum."
According to Council documents, the master plan is vital for the future of the Greenbelt and compliments other city planning documents adopted by the Council.
Council approves first responders aid grant
Green River's first responders will get a helping hand through grant funding approved by the Council.
The Council unanimously approved the reception of a $32,575 grant originally set up by the Wyoming Legislature last year using federal American Rescue Plan dollars.
"This is 100 percent federal funds," Ryan Rust, the city's public affairs and grant manager said.
The money will be used to provide first responders with support ranging from wellness checks to peer support training. The city applied for the grant late last year.
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