Brandi and I are here on the corner of South Boundary Avenue and Laurens Street, stay with us to see the newest open greenspace just opened up here in Aiken, SC.
A major new green space called” Gateway to Hitchcock Woods” just opened to the public in December 2022.This new green space will increase visibility and accessibility to one of Aiken’s most significant natural assets – the Hitchcock Woods and solved an existing problem too.
Aiken Land Conversancy and the community were excited about this project since its not only new greenspace for the public to enjoy, but also the additional benefit of addressing the environmental issues from stormwater runoff. The project is the first of its kind in South Carolina and the black iron gateway gives way to more open space at the corner of Laurens and South Boundary. This was the solution to a long-term problem that actually went into the Hitchcock Woods and created a lot of problems for the woods. There are tanks that lie underneath the green space. It is all to control the stormwater and reduce erosion for one of Aiken’s major assets.
The price tag on this project totals out to be over $15 million
dollars. There were a lot of others who supported and gave input to this
project. The Aiken Land Conservancy and Streetscapes (a private foundation
devoted to protecting Aiken’s trees) have participated in the creation of the
landscape plan for this site and provided funding.
The cool feature
of this project…. there will be educational “way stations” along the walkways
at this site and are currently being developed. Funding from the Hitchcock
Woods Foundation facilitated the addition of this expertise to the project
team.
It is wonderful to see our city, private foundations and the community
pull together for a positive outcome to solve a problem together.
We see this as a team effort taking care of Aiken’s natural environment
while correcting problems that developed in time and growth of our community. Resulting
in establishing a new beautiful green space for the Aiken community that locals
and visitors can enjoy that increases visibility and accessibility to one of
Aiken’s most significant natural assets… Hitchcock Woods!
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