White said the city was not only fulfilling a promise, but also making another promise for the future. "Folks, we've been waiting since 1939," Flemming said at the ceremony Thursday. "You're going to have to get over it, because the park is here." “We demand that these resources be made available for housing even though it’s a flood plain.”Ĭouncilmember Lillian Brock Flemming, who represents west Greenville, said city councilmembers have fielded many questions about spending for the park. “This park is an abomination and it adds insult to injury,” Nwangaza said.
And, “putting a handful of Black people, senior citizens in luxury condos, is not de-segregation.”
Nwaganza also said it’s understood that $1,100 a month for a one-bedroom apartment - the average asking price for an apartment in Greenville - is not affordable housing. The flyer distributed by protesters said the city’s claim of “meeting an 83-year-old promise to correct Black victimization and call for community healing has been reduced to more symbols without substance, personal aggrandizement and corporate advertising.” Nwangaza said the protest was because “to claim this is an 83-year answer to a promise to the Black community is a lie, and it’s blasphemous to use our words and our language to create a 60-acre, $66 million park while half the homeless people in this city are Black people.”ĭata: Homelessness impacts Black Greenville residents more, report shows They handed out flyers titled, “No GVL Homelessness ‘Unity Park In Our Name, Knox White.’” Nwangaza was joined by three members of Upstate Food Not Bombs – a collective that recovers discarded food that would otherwise have gone to waste, turns it into meals and shares it with the community. Human rights activist Efia Nwangaza and three protesters held a demonstration on the platform near the Auro pedestrian bridge. Not all who attended the park’s opening were there as supporters. The park "pays homage to the legacies of the neighborhoods surrounding it" and will include affordable housing opportunities. The new 60-acre park, nearly two years under construction, completes the "necklace of parks" surrounding downtown. See the city's parks and recreation regulations for more information.Unity Park held its grand opening on downtown Greenville's west side, Thursday morning, May 19, 2022.
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In that case, a temporary special event alcohol license may be required. Is alcohol allowed at Unity Park?Īlcoholic beverages are prohibited in the park, except when they are provided at a permitted special event at the Prisma Health Welcome Center. The city will begin accepting facility reservations and rental requests on July 5. The park can also be accessed via the Swamp Rabbit Trail, which runs through the park.
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The city has 362 free parking spots on site, according to the Unity Park website. The park's address is 320 S. Hudson St, Greenville, SC, 29601. Unity Park is located west of downtown Greenville in what now encompasses Mayberry Park and the former Meadowbrook Park. The welcome center will be closed on the following holidays: A map of Unity Park, which opens May 19, 2022.
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