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NEWSRelease
August 3, 2016
New LeBauer Park prepares to open with a full slate of events, media opportunities starting August 8
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro will gift the new Carolyn & Maurice
LeBauer Park to the City of Greensboro on Monday, August 8, followed by a week of additional public celebrations,
special programming, classes and more. Opening festivities will culminate on Sunday, August 14, with the official
lighting of the Janet Echelman sculpture Where We Met.
The park is the result of a powerful public-private partnership between The Community Foundation and the city,
working with local stakeholders and national experts in urban landscape design and park programming. OJB
Landscape Architecture, winner of several awards for its innovative open space projects, designed LeBauer Park in
close collaboration with Biederman Redevelopment Ventures, a leader in the creation, redevelopment and
programming of parks and public spaces.
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OPENING WEEK SIGNATURE PUBLIC EVENTS
Public Dedication/Ribbon-Cutting/Opening Ceremony (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
Monday, August 8 – 10:30 a.m.
LeBauer Park Great Lawn, in front of the Price/Bryan Performance Place (stage/great lawn)
 Media should be in position no later than 10:15 a.m. Plug-in audio will be made available via mult box.
 Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan is among those expected to speak
 Key representatives, including Denise Caruso, park executive director, will be available for one-on-one
interviews immediately following the program and ribbon-cutting
Talk by Janet Echelman (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – FREE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED, SEE NOTE)
Thursday, August 11 – 6 p.m.
Greensboro Historical Museum
 Echelman will discuss her career and her work with the sculpture for Greensboro, followed by a reception
upstairs and viewing of the current special exhibit about the park and sculpture, “Weaving Wonder with
Historical Threads”
 Space is limited and free reservations are required. Call Amy Plyler at The Community Foundation of
Greater Greensboro, 336.379.9100, extension 110.
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Opening Week Events sponsored by:
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Lincoln Financial
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VF Corporation
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107.5 WKZL
Inaugural Cinema Under the Stars – Zootopia (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
Friday, August 12 – 7 p.m. (movie begins at dusk)
LeBauer Park – Price/Bryan Performance Place (stage/great lawn)
 Sponsored by Downtown Greensboro, Inc.
 Free! Bring blankets and chairs
 No outside alcohol allowed in the park. Beer and wine are available from
Noma Food & Co. and Ghassan’s.
Opening Weekend Music Series
Saturday, August 13 – 4:30-10 p.m.
LeBauer Park – Price/Bryan Performance Place (stage/great lawn)
 Free! Bring blankets and chairs
 Funky Funky NC (deejays and break dancers), Gypsy Danger (cover band) and Marcus B. Smooth (deejay
and line dancing)
 No outside alcohol allowed in the park. Beer and wine are available from Noma Food & Co.and Ghassan’s.
Official Public Lighting of Where We Met – (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
Sunday, August 14 – 8 p.m.
LeBauer Park – Price/Bryan Performance Place, Great Lawn beneath the sculpture
 Following a brief program featuring comments by artist Janet Echelman and others, we will “flip the switch”
and light the park’s signature artwork for the first time.
 No outside alcohol allowed in the park, beer and wine is available from Noma Food & Co. and Ghassan’s.
Media contacts
Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc.
Denise Caruso
Executive Director
206.422.2020 (m)
DeniseC@greensborodowntownparks.org
The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
Lynn Wooten (PRIMARY MEDIA CONTACT)
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
336.790.7812
LWooten@cfgg.org
OJB Landscape Architecture
Adrianne Cruz
Marketing Coordinator
858.793.6970
Acruz@ojb.com
Frank L. Blum Construction
Mike Powers
Project Executive
336.907.8851
mpowers@FLBlum.com
Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates
Kenneth C. Mayer, Jr., FAIA
Principal
336.373.9800
Ken@MMPA.com
Studio Echelman
Melissa Henry
Studio Manager
617.566.0770
Melissa@echelman.com
Biederman Redevelopment Ventures
Daniel A. Biederman
President
212.390.1122
dbiederman@brvcorp.com
The Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation
Mindy Oakley
Executive Director
336.339.5542 (m)
Mindy.Oakley@armfieldfdn.org
City of Greensboro/Parks & Recreation
Amanda Lehmert
Communications Specialist
336.373.7786
Amanda.Lehmert@greensboro-nc.gov
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Background
How did the park become a reality?
Carolyn Weill LeBauer of Greensboro, who passed away in March 2012, made a bequest to The Community
Foundation of Greater Greensboro with instructions that the money be used build a spectacular park for the people
of Greensboro.
The Community Foundation brought in the country’s top experts on park and urban landscape design to plan a fully
programmed downtown destination offering events and activities for residents, families and visitors. Working closely
with City of Greensboro staff and community volunteers, the team received community input on suggested features
for the park and crafted a design that will become the hub of a new cultural district in the heart of downtown.
Who were Carolyn and Maurice LeBauer? (Source: LeBauer Family submission)
According to her family, Carolyn Weill LeBauer was very proud to be native of Greensboro and felt rooted in her
beloved city and state. She was a dynamic and active woman of her time. In her charming Southern style, she was
gracious, hospitable, entertaining and highly opinionated. She was a very bright and curious woman who had many
arenas of achievement in the appropriate domestic skills valued to women of the day. Born in 1915, she was 8 years
younger than her charming and dedicated husband, but in partnership they certainly were on equal footing.
She golfed and fished with “Maury,” travelled and volunteered with him, and both of them went to Afghanistan in the
late 1970s to see how his surgical skills could improve the lot of the
very primitive medical culture there, in terms of our skills available for
surgical intervention. While Doctors Without Borders is more common
today, in those times it didn’t exist, nor did anesthetic nor intravenous
techniques. Our children loved to be regaled with the improvisations
required by both of them to meet needs of the people existing in such
dire poverty.
Carolyn’s skills and resourcefulness developed young; she was a
chef extraordinaire and all who had dined at her always beautifully
set table were introduced to quail and its fixings – as only she could
do.
She truly had a “green thumb.” Her camellias were the envy of
anyone who admired these exquisite flowers and her gardens a
plethora of color and variations of green spaces. One immediately felt
the calmness walking through her various paths that twisted to
different parts of the garden, and the birds adored her always-filled
feeders, which one could see outside the windows of her home that
all looked open to the gardens in the backyard.
Carolyn was generous of spirit. She was very involved in the
volunteer aspects of assisting in the war effort. Maury served in the North African Theatre in Tripoli, while Carolyn
and many other women rolled bandages, knitted blankets, gathered needed accessories to send to the many men
overseas nobly serving our country, included her beloved Maury. Maury often stated that he felt that being able to
serve his country during World War II was the outstanding contribution of his entire life. Carolyn didn’t agree with
this, but Maury was proud of this “accomplishment’ to the end.
Carolyn was gregarious and outgoing and love giving and going to parties. She was very quick-witted and bright and
well-informed, so to have conversations with her was always a complete enjoyment. She was an avid book reader
and belonged to book and discussion clubs and always had much to contribute.
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“Dr. Maurice,” as he was known to many was a gentleman. He had been Chief of Surgery at Cone Hospital, and he
and his brother Dr. Sidney had a remarkably deep and respectful relationship and practiced in the same office their
entire lives. The nuns at St. Leo loved him and wrote to him always throughout his military service in North Africa.
He and Dr. Sidney cared for all in their office – at a time when segregation was in full swing, their waiting room was
always integrated and their philosophy was that everyone must be taken care for.
That Carolyn would leave her estate to her beloved city is no surprise. That there will now be a park bearing their
names is the most wonderful and appropriate way to have summed the meaning of their lives. A place to gather all
people, to serve Greensboro, to facilitate the enjoyment and joy of others, and to be a meeting place for the fourlegged, old, young, those in need of solace, those in need of vitality and growth – what a truly remarkable legacy.
This wonderful park is better than any eulogy, obituary or biography. It is a living expression of the souls of two
people whose lives intertwined yet maintained their striking individuality. What an honor this is to the meaning of “life
well lived.”
Quick Facts
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Costs
 $10-million bequest from Carolyn Weill LeBauer for the construction of LeBauer Park
 Where We Met, the sculpture by Janet Echelman, was supported by a $1-million grant from The Edward M.
Armfield, Sr. Foundation in honor of the textile industry, its workers and their families
 Alterations and improvements to the surrounding streetscape cost approximately $1.8 million, covered by
the City of Greensboro.
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Timeline
 Groundbreaking: November 19, 2014
 Dedication/Ribbon-Cutting/Grand Opening Celebration: August 8, 2016 (10:30 a.m. – open to the public)
 Official lighting of the sculpture Where We Met: August 14, 2016 (8 p.m. – open to the public)
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Size
 The core park area will be nearly 180,000 square feet, or approximately 4.12 acres.
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Key areas in the park
 Market Square
 Price/Bryan Performance Place
 VF Seasonal Plaza
 Putting Green
 Children’s Park
 Downtown Greensboro Animal Hospital Dog Park
 Carolyn LeBauer’s Gardens
 Junior League of Greensboro Reading Room
 Over 1 acre of ornamental gardens
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Price/Bryan Performance Place includes a 17,000-square foot event lawn that is anticipated to accommodate
up to 3,000-4,000 people. Garden courts surrounding the event lawn increase the event capacity by 2,500.
The 1,500-square foot performance pavilion will be a comfortable garden pavilion for day-to-day use that will
include the infrastructure to support a wide range of musical events as well as events telecast from the
upcoming Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts.
The Downtown Greensboro Animal Hospital Dog Park will include pet enrichment activities and is
anticipated to accommodate 30 small- to medium-sized dogs and their owners.
The Children’s Park, with its slides, climbing wall, hills, sandbox and more, will accommodate approximately
100 children of all ages and abilities and include several family restrooms and event space for a wide range of
group activity.
Peacehaven Community Farm Sensory Space located in The Children’s Park, is created by artists Cynthia
Frank and Carrie Gault, is an interactive sculpture and collaboration between artists, sensory experts and
children with disabilities and their families. Various areas of the park will include educational activities related to
the arts, culture and natural beauty of North Carolina.
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Market Square will include two food and beverage cafes, each approximately 680 square feet. These will be
occupied by Noma Food & Co. and Ghassan’s, offering light food and beverages daily (11 a.m.-9 p.m.
Monday-Saturday, Noon-9 p.m. on Sunday and expanded hours for special events). The cafes will sell beer and
wine, which can be enjoyed within the park.
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Plant Material
Trees
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ACER BUERGERIANUM `AERYN` / TRIDENT MAPLE
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ACER SACCHARUM ‘LEGACY’ / LEGACY SUGAR MAPLE
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LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA / ARNOLD TULIP POPLAR
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LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA `SLENDER SILHOUETTE` / SWEET GUM
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MAGNOLIA VIRGINIANA `GREEN SHADOW` / SWEET BAY MAGNOLIA
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NYSSA SYLVATICA `WILDFIRE` / BLACK GUM
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QUERCUS VIRGINIANA `CATHEDRAL` / CATHEDRAL LIVE OAK
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QUERCUS PHELLOS / WILLOW OAK
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ULMUS PARVIFOLIA ‘BOSQUE’ / BOSQUE LACEBARK ELM
Shrubs/Understory Material
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AMSONIA HUBRICHTII / ARKANSAS BLUE-STAR
ANEMONE X HYBRIDA `HONORINE JOBERT` / HONORINE JOBERT
JAPANESE ANEMONE
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ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA / BUTTERFLY MILKWEED
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BAPTISIA MINOR / DWARF FALSE INDIGO
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CAMELLIA SASANQUA `WHITE DOVES` / CAMELLIA
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CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLIA `BLUE` / PEACHLEAF BELLFLOWER
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CEPHALOTAXUS HARRINGTONIA PROSTRATA / PROSTRATE PLUM YEW
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CLETHRA ALNIFOLIA 'HUMMINGBIRD' / SUMMERSWEET
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CORNUS HESSEI `GARDEN GLOW` / SHRUBBY DOGWOOD
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DISTYLIUM 'PIIDIST-II' / BLUE CASCADE DISTYLIUM
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DRYOPTERIS ERYTHROSORA `BRILLIANCE` / AUTUMN FERN
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GARDENIA JASMINOIDES `FROSTPROOF` / FROSTPROOF GARDENIA
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HYACINTHUS ORIENTALIS `CARNEGIE` / CARNEGIE HYACINTH
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HYDRANGEA QUERCIFOLIA 'PEE WEE' / OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA
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ILEX GLABRA `IVORY QUEEN` / GALLBERRY
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ILEX GLABRA `SHAMROCK` / INKBERRY
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ILEX VERTICILLATA `JIM DANDY` / JIM DANDY WINTERBERRY
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ILEX VERTICILLATA `RED SPRITE` / RED SPRITE WINTERBERRY
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ITEA VIRGINICA `HENRY`S GARNET` / HENRY`S GARNET SWEETSPIRE
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LAVANDULA X INTERMEDIA `DUTCH` / DUTCH LAVENDIN
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LEUCOTHOE AXILLARIS / COASTAL LEUCOTHOE
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MONARDA FISTULOSA `JACOB CLINE` / BERGAMOT
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NEPETA X FAASSENII `SIX HILLS GIANT` / GIANT CATMINT
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OSMUNDA CINNAMOMEA / CINNAMON FERN
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PEROVSKIA ATRIPLICIFOLIA / RUSSIAN SAGE
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PHLOX PANICULATA `DAVID` / WHITE SUMMER PHLOX
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PHLOX PANICULATA `DAVID`S LAVENDER` / GARDEN PHLOX
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RHUS AROMATICA `GRO-LOW` / GRO-LOW FRAGRANT SUMAC
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RHUS GLABRA / SMOOTH SUMAC
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ROSA ACICULARIS `POPCORN` / GARDEN ROSE
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ROSA RADWHITE / WHITEOUT ROSE
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ROSA X `RADTKOPINK` / PINK DOUBLE KNOCK OUT ROSE
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PRUNUS CAROLINIANA `BRIGHT `N TIGHT` / CAROLINA LAUREL
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SALVIA X SYLVESTRIS `MAINACHT` / SAGE
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SOLIDAGO RUGOSA `FIREWORKS` / WRINKLELEAF GOLDENROD
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YUCCA FILAMENTOSA / ADAM`S NEEDLE
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BAPTISIA ALBA / WILD INDIGO
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BOUTELOUA GRACILIS 'BLONDE AMBITION' / BLUE GRAMA
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CHASMANTHIUM LATIFOLIUM / INLAND SEA OATS
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DENNSTAEDTIA PUNCTILOBULA / HAY-SCENTED FERN
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DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA / TUFTED HAIR GRASS
ECHINACEA PURPUREA `SOMBRERO SANDY YELLOW` / YELLOW
CONEFLOWER
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HOSTA X `ROYAL STANDARD` / PLANTAIN LILY
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JUNCUS EFFUSUS `BLUE ARROW / BLUE ARROW RUSH
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LIATRIS SPICATA / SPIKE GAYFEATHER
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LOBELIA CARDINALIS / CARDINAL FLOWER
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MONARDA FISTULOSA 'PETER'S PURPLE' / PETERS PURPLE BEE BALM
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MUHLENBERGIA CAPILLARIS / GULF MUHLY GRASS
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PANICUM VIRGATUM `SQUAW` / SWITCH GRASS `SQUAW`
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PENSTEMON DIGITALIS 'HUSKER RED' / BEARDTONGUE
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RUDBECKIA FULGIDA 'GOLDSTRUM' / CONEFLOWER
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SALVIA COCCINEA `SNOW NYMPH` / SCARLET SAGE
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SALVIA FARINACEA / MEALY BLUE SAGE
SCHIZACYRIUM SCOPARIUM `THE BLUES` / THE BLUES LITTLE BLUESTEM
`THE BLUES`
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SPOROBOLUS HETEROLEPIS / PRAIRIE DROPSEED
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SPOROBOLUS HETEROLEPIS `TARA` / PRAIRIE DROPSEED
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STACHYS BYZANTINA / LAMB`S EAR
TRACHELOSPERMUM JASMINOIDES `MADISON` / MADISON
CONFEDERATE JASMINE
 Chain of ownership, future operations and funding
Carolyn Weill LeBauer made a bequest to The Community Foundation of The City of Greensboro for the specific
purpose of building a park and giving it the city. Consulting closely with national and local experts on parks and
urban landscape design, as well as with the City of Greensboro staff, The Community Foundation designed and
constructed the park and conveyed the completed facility to the City of Greensboro.
The City of Greensboro will own LeBauer Park and all of its assets.
The new nonprofit entity Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc., (GDPI) is a public-private partnership between the City
of Greensboro, Center City Park and LeBauer Park and was created to manage both LeBauer Park and Center City
Park across the street. The City of Greensboro has committed to maintaining operational support of GDPI with a
contribution of $350,000 annually, plus in-kind support from the Parks & Recreation Department. Additional
revenues to support GDPI’s $1-million annual operating will be generated from food and beverage leaseholders,
corporate and community partners, park rentals, endowment payout and private donations.
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Executive Director of Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc.: Denise Caruso
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Website and social media
 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/greensborodowntownparks/
 Twitter: @gsodowntownpark
 Instagram: @greensborodowntownparks
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Event Sponsors
Downtown Greensboro Inc. Cinema Under the Stars - The series will host
eight free movie nights throughout the summer and fall for visitors and
residents to enjoy outdoor cinema.
Community Partners:
Greensboro Library Foundation
Nationwide Insurance
Downtown Residents Association
Friendly Dentistry
Fitness in the Park - will be offered three times per week from July through
October. A range of classes will be offered including bootcamps, yoga, dance
classes, lawn games and more.
Community Partners:
LeBauer HealthCare
Yappy Hour – a weekly doggy happy hour events will be the talk of the dog
community. Downtown dogs and young professionals won’t miss these fun
events taking place in the Dog Park and dog observation areas.
Community Partners:
The Natural Dog
Berkshire Hathaway, Yost & Little Sunday Jazz Picnic - live music and lawn
games will be the perfect time for families, young professionals and visitors to
relax and enjoy the Parks.
Community Partners:
Well Spring Retirement Community
Children's Programming - Art classes, young yogi fitness classes, playtime,
Storytime and weekly Saturday kid events will be curated to engage children
in LeBauer Park and Center City Park.
Community Partners:
Senn Dunn Insurance
Kindermusik
The Senn Dunn Insurance Lowering and Raising of Where We Met by Janet
Echelman - Each Spring and Fall the Echelman Sculpture will be raised and
lowered for spectators to watch!
Wrangler Tunes at Noon Concert Series - Every Wednesday downtown
workers and visitors can enjoy live music at lunchtime and great food in
Market Square
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Naming Rights
VF Seasonal Plaza - Anchored by a water feature, this will be a destination for
kids and families. Water will blast out in jets, dynamic blasts and fun fog! In
the winter, the area will host an ice rink.
The Decal Source Game Tables - Ping Pong, Cornhole, and Foosball tables will
provide visitors the ability to test their skills with free access to paddles and
balls.
The Junior League of Greensboro’s Reading Room - The 2,050 square foot
reading room, filled with Maple Trees, is intended to extend library events
out into park. The flexible layout features movable tables and chairs,
decorative planters with seasonal planting and power access for quiet study
and work areas.
Downtown Greensboro Animal Hospital Dog Park – The 3,500 Square foot
play area designed for all day use. The canine play area is organized around a
three foot high “King of the Hill” mound of artificial turf for dogs to play on.
An “observation deck” area along the public promenade looks over for all
visitors to watch the fun!
Deuterman Law Group WIFI - LeBauer Park and Center City Park will offer
free high speed internet to visitors using laptops and handheld devices.
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Eat Well. Live Well.
Twitter - @Ghassans
Instagram - @ghassansrestaurant
Facebook - www.facebook.com/ghassansrestaurant)
Webpage: www.ghassans.com
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Fresh. Asian. Fast
Twitter - @nOmafood
Instagram - @nomafoodco
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nOmafoodandco/
Webpage: www.nomafood.com/
Park Programming
LeBauer Park will feature an array of amenities, including a Reading Room with free books, magazines, and
newspapers to be used on loan in the park, a board game cart with board games for park patrons to use, ping pong
tables, foosball tables, and movable chairs and tables throughout the park.
In addition to the park amenities, LeBauer Park will feature a dense schedule of daily programs that are free and
open to the public. Programs will include live music performances, movie screenings, fitness classes, wellness
classes, art classes, literary programs, dance classes, various kids and family programs, and much more!
All of these programs and amenities will contribute to making LeBauer Park an active and vibrant space for the
community of Greensboro.
We will achieve this dense schedule of programs through programming partnerships with local business,
organizations, and community groups. Here are some of our partners that you will see in the park:
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Arts Alliance
CarrFitt
Center for Visual Artists
City Arts
Dancing Dogs Yoga
EM Creative Fitness
Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to
Piedmont
Golden Flower Tai Chi
Green Hill Center for North
Carolina Art
Greensboro Chess Club
Greensboro Children's
Museum
Greensboro Downtown Fitness
Greensboro Downtown Yoga
Greensboro Public Library
Greensboro YMCA
Ivy League Fitness
Little Birds Music Studio
Little Blank Canvas
Nia Dance
Progress Fitness
RAM Fitness
Scuppernong Books
SoCaGroove with Jenna
McMillan
The Club of Greensboro
The Dance Project
Think, Eat, Grow
Triad Storytelling Exchange
Wren's Nest Yoga
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Opening Week Events – Full Calendar
Opening Week Sponsors
 Lincoln Financial
 VF Corp
 107.5 WKZL
MONDAY, AUGUST 8
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10:30-11:30AM – Opening Ceremony/Ribbon Cutting Public Ceremony
o Programing Type: Opening Week
o Location: Price /Bryan Stage
o Description: Join us to open the new LeBauer Park.
o Sponsors/Partners:
 Biscuits by Biscuitville (provided earlier)
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11:00AM-12:00PM – On Your Mark, Get Set, READ
o Location: Junior League of Greensboro Reading Room
o Description: Kids and families, Greensboro Public Library will be in the park offering interactive
stories and sneaker scratch-art, plus fun with juggling and hula hooping!
o Partners: Greensboro Public Library
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11:00AM-12:00PM – YMCA Fitness Class
o Programing Type: Fitness
o Location: South Lawn
o Description: Ditch the workout. Join the party. Zumba started the dance-fitness revolution and
brings people together to move to the music of Latin and World rhythms. Its exercise in disguise
since you'll burn calories without realizing it when you join Zumba instructor Pam Wheeler as she
leads you in this fun dance fitness party.
o Sponsors: LeBauer Healthcare
o Partners: YMCA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9
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10:30AM-11:15AM – Intergenerational Creative Dance
o Programing Type: Arts & Culture
o Location: Price/Bryan Stage Performance area
o Description: This innovative class invites people of all ages to learn how to express themselves
through movement– no dance experience required! Intergenerational Creative Movement is an
activity for the whole family to enjoy while unleashing each person’s creative potential. It’s a fun and
stimulating way to get moving, relieve stress, and connect with yourself and others while trying
something new!
o Partners: The Dance Project
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12:00PM-12:45PM – Bootcamp with Beth Hanson
o Description: Adult recess is all the best games and activities from the playground with a fitness
twist! Come discover how playing with a purpose can provide a challenge for any fitness level.
o Sponsor: LeBauer Healthcare
o Partners: Greensboro Downtown Fitness
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5:45PM- 6:30PM – Yoga
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Location: South Lawn
Description: Join Dancing Dogs Yoga Greensboro, our city's only power yoga studio, for a 45minute yoga practice. Baptiste Power Yoga is for all levels – the class is designed to be challenging
and beneficial for beginners to advanced yogis. An experienced and certified yoga teacher will lead
the class through a series of postures designed to be a journey to a powerful, strong, and open body
and life! For more information, visit www.dancingdogsyoga.com.
Sponsor: LeBauer Healthcare
Partners: Dancing Dogs Yoga
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6:00PM-7:00PM – Girl Scouts Activity
o Programing Type: Children’s
o Location: Carolyn’s Garden
o Description: Girl Scouts will provide exciting programs monthly for girls K through 5th grade. From
making small crafts to making new friends, girls will participate in different activities to build their
courage, confidence and character.
o Sponsors: Senn Dunn Insurance
o Partners: Girl Scouts of America
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7:00PM- 8:00PM- Alloy Afterburn Team Training
o Location: The Great Lawn/ Price Bryan Stage
o Description: Many people train with weights while others do cardio or aerobics- somewhere in
between is Afterburn, the ultimate fat loss workout! Some of the tools and techniques may seem new
to you, but many have been around for over 100 years! Not only will you burn up to 1,000 calories an
hour, but you will continue to burn fat and calories up to 48 hours after your workout is complete.
Fun Functional Metabolic Training.....
o Partners: The Club of Greensboro
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10
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10:30AM-11:15AM – Wednesday Morning Storytime: Bubbles!
o Description: Children from age’s birth to 5, along with their parents or care givers, are invited for
simple books, songs, hand rhymes, felt-board stories and fun-filled learning.
o Sponsor: Senn Dunn Insurance
o Partners: The Greensboro Public Library
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12:00PM – Tunes @ Noon
o Location: Market Square
o Description: Food Trucks, Music, and all sorts of lunch time fun!
o Sponsor: Wrangler
o Partners: Music Academy Of North Carolina
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4:00-6:00PM – CVA Plein Air Studio
o Description: Open Air Studio is an outdoor painting group designed to be accessible for all ages
and levels of experience. This community group will meet weekly on Wednesdays from 4pm-6pm.
Group leaders will aid participants in weekly painting activities within the park focusing on Plein Air
Painting (i.e. painting what you see outdoors). Some materials will be provided and impromptu
participation will be encouraged, however, we will also encourage participants to return each week
with their own supplies that they might like to use.
o Partners: Center for Visual Artists
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6:00PM-7:00PM – SoCa Groove with Jenna McMillan
o Description: Come groove to the sounds of reggae, SoCa and dancehall music. Get a fun, highenergy cardio workout while jamming carnival style in the park. All levels are welcome.
o Partners: SoCa Groove with Jenna McMillan
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11
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10:00AM-11:00AM– Art Class
o Description: An Award Winning Art Studio offering an educational and interactive art and
digital curriculum with creative and fun lessons. Each lesson is designed to inspire creativity and
self-expression, creating a safe and engaging space for students to thrive! The Studio also offers
summer/winter/spring camps, toddler’s art & music classes, workshops, birthday parties, kid’s night
out, and a unique Digital and Gaming Program with semi-professional computer graphics courses.
o Partners: Little Blank Canvas
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5:30PM-6:15PM – Yoga
o Description: Join us Thursdays 5:30-6:30pm at LeBauer Park for Mindful Flow Yoga taught by
rotating teachers from Greensboro Downtown Yoga. All levels are welcome, even if you have never
done yoga before! These yoga classes can help you build strength and flexibility and reduce
stress. Greensboro Downtown Yoga is the only Vinyasa yoga studio in Downtown Greensboro.
Located at 219 Summit Ave. http://www.greensborodowntownyoga.com/
o Partners: Greensboro Downtown Yoga
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5:00PM-8:00PM – Throwback Thursday
o Programming Type: Fun & Games
o Location: Market Square
o Description: Retro games, food trucks, and Throwback Thursday tunes offered weekly.
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6:00PM – Talk by artist Janet Echelman (FREE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED)
o Location: Greensboro Historical Museum
o Description: Echelman will discuss her career and her work with the sculpture for Greensboro,
followed by a reception upstairs and viewing of the current special exhibit about the park and
sculpture, “Weaving Wonder with Historical Threads”
o RSVP: Space is limited and free reservations are required. Call Amy Plyler at The Community
Foundation of Greater Greensboro, 336.379.9100, extension 110.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12
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9:30AM-10:30 AM- StrollerFit by CarrFit
o Description: This is a one of a kind fitness experience that allows you to get in an hour long workout
with your kiddos in tow! While at first glance it may appear as your typical "walking group," StrollerFit
combines cardio with circuit training to give you a full body workout that changes entirely on a daily
basis. What better to influence your children and your family's lives to make better, healthier
decisions then by showing them that you are taking the first step! Join us!
o Partners: CarrFit
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11:00AM-12:00PM- Parisi Speed School Youth Total Conditioning
o Description: The Youth Total Conditioning program is designed to get youth off the sofa, off the
electronics and into having physical fun and getting fit. Youth Total Conditioning uses fun and
exciting modalities like medicine balls, resistance bands, partner body weight exercises, ladders,
plyometrics, and yoga. We also incorporate Parisi's speed training methods and the latest in
performance and strength training to make this program come alive and produce quick
results, keeping youth returning for more.
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11:30AM-1:00PM – VF Seasonal Plaza Dedication
o Location: VF Seasonal Plaza
o Description:
o Sponsor: VF Corp.
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5:00PM-6:00PM - The Club Fitness Sweat
o Description: Interval based cardio and strength class. The class utilizes body weight and resistance
tubing. Be prepared to SWEAT!
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7:00PM/Dusk – Downtown Greensboro, Inc.’s Cinema Under The Stars
o Programing Type: Movie Night
o Description: LeBauer Park will host eight free movie nights throughout the summer and fall for
visitors and residents to enjoy outdoor cinema under the stars! Join us for the first movie Zootopia.
o Sponsors/Partners:
 Presenting Sponsor: Downtown Greensboro, Inc.
 Community Sponsors:
o Downtown Residents Association
o Nationwide Insurance/Glick and Jones Insurance Agency
o Greensboro Library Association
 Raffle prizes provided by:
o ArcBarks
o Greensboro Coliseum
o Greensboro Parks & Recreation Dept.
o The Greensboro Children’s Museum
o Acme Comics
o Wet ‘n Wild
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13
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9:00AM–9:45AM – Bootcamp
o Description: Join Rae Anne Mullins from RAM Fitness for Women for a total body metabolic
boosting workout! During this 45 minute class you will be using your own bodyweight to burn fat and
tone up. Leave refreshed and ready to burn fat for up to 5 hours AFTER your workout! Men and
Women of all fitness levels are welcome and encouraged to attend!
o Partners: RAM Fitness
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9:45AM-10:30AM – Yoga
o Description: Join Dancing Dogs Yoga Greensboro, our city's only power yoga studio, for a 45
minute yoga practice. Baptiste Power Yoga is for all levels – the class is designed to be challenging
and beneficial for beginners to advanced yogis. An experienced and certified yoga teacher will lead
the class through a series of postures designed to be a journey to a powerful, strong, and open body
and life! For more information visit www.dancingdogsyoga.com.
o Partners: Dancing Dogs Yoga
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10:00AM-10:30AM – Little Birds Music Studio
o Description: Come sing, dance, play, and move! You and your child will have an opportunity to
experience the pure joy of making music together while also exploring the many other
developmental benefits that music has to offer
o Partners: Little Birds Music Studio
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10:00AM-10:30AM – Little Kids’ Interactive Story Time
o Description: Children from age’s birth to 5, along with their parents or care givers, are invited for
o Sponsors: Senn Dunn
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10:30AM-11:15AM – Sports Performance Training
o Description: For athletes ages 10 and up.
o This program is geared towards any athlete that wants to improve performance. We will include
speed, agility, strength, conditioning and reaction. The purpose is helping athletes reach new heights
in their sports careers.
o Partners: Ivy League Fitness
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11:00AM-12:00PM – Think Eat Grow
o Description: Healthy Eating for Families! Join Terri Maults by of Think Eat Grow for a demonstration
of Traffic Light Eating for Kids and Families. Hands-on learning for all ages.
o Partners: Think Eat Grow
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11:00AM-2:00PM – Face Painting
o Description: The country’s oldest youth council, The Greensboro Youth Council, will be out
painting children’s faces free of charge!
o Sponsor: Senn Dunn Insurance
o Partners: The Greensboro Youth Council
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11:00AM-11:45AM – Little Kids’ Interactive Story Time
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Location: Junior League of Greensboro Reading Room
Description: Children from age’s birth to 5, along with their parents or care givers, are invited for
Sponsor: Senn Dunn Insurance
Partners: Greensboro Public Library
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11:00AM – 2:00PM – Seed Starter Workshop
o Partners: Greensboro Parks & Recreation Department, Guilford County Cooperative Extension
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11:15AM – 12:00PM – SoCa Groove with Jenna McMillan
o Description: Come groove to the sounds of reggae, SoCa and dancehall music. Get a fun, highenergy cardio workout while jamming carnival style in the park. All levels are welcome.
o Partners: SoCa Groove with Jenna McMillan
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12:00PM-12:45PM – Kid’s Yoga
o Description: Join Katie Page, Owner of Wren's Nest, for Little Yogis! This 45-minute class is
designed to provide kids with a place to have FUN and gain an introduction to the fundamentals of
yoga through playful breathing exercises, poses and games. Little Yogis aims to provide a
supportive, non-competitive environment for nurturing and developing important skills such as:
strength, flexibility, creativity, self-acceptance, self-confidence, cooperation, teamwork, compassion,
generosity, and respect for self and others.
o Partners: Wren’s Nest Yoga
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12:00PM-12:45- Afro-Contemporary Class
o Description: Afro-Contemporary Dance class is a fun and unique mix that explores traditional West
African dance steps, current West and South African street dance, American hip hop and elements
of contemporary dance. You’ll sweat and groove to tracks from all over the African diaspora.
o Partners: The Dance Project
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12:45PM-1:30PM – Zumba
o Description: Ditch the workout. Join the party. Zumba started the dance-fitness revolution and
brings people together to move to the music of Latin and World rhythms. Its exercise in disguise
since you'll burn calories without realizing it when you join Zumba instructor Pam Wheeler as she
leads you in this fun dance fitness party.
o Partners: YMCA
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2:00PM-3:30PM - Chess In The Park
o Programing Type: Fun & Games
o Description: Can you beat the Experts? Here is your chance! Join the Greensboro Chess Club for
a simultaneous chess exhibition on August 13th, at 2 PM at the Grand Opening of LeBauer Park. A
local chess expert will play up to 20 players simultaneously. Do you have what it takes to win?
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Partners: Greensboro Chess Club
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2PM-4:00PM – Bookmaking
o Description: Kids of all ages, get creative! Choose a cover, and then you decide what to make:
storybook, journal, drawing book, poetry volume, comic book, or whatever you choose.
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2:30PM-3:00PM – KnockerBall
o Description: KnockerBall is the newest and definitely the funniest sports game in the U.S. With its
unique twist on soccer, the game provides a great physical workout while having lots of fun and
laughs. GET IN THE BALL and GET MOVING!!
o Partners: Greensboro Progress Fitness
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2:30PM-4:00PM – River Otters
o Location: Price/Bryan Performance Place
o Description: Band
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3:00PM-4:00PM – Art Class
o Description: An Award Winning Art Studio offering an educational and interactive art and
digital curriculum with creative and fun lessons. Each lesson is designed to inspire creativity and
self-expression, creating a safe and engaging space for students to thrive! The Studio also offers
summer/winter/spring camps, toddler’s art & music classes, workshops, birthday parties, kid’s night
out, and a unique Digital and Gaming Program with semi-professional computer graphics courses.
o Partners: Little Blank Canvas
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4:00PM- 5:00PM- Teen Juggling and Hooping Club
o Description: Teens, beginners to experts are welcome, so come out to learn and practice a variety
of tricks. Bring your own equipment or borrow some of ours. Meet at “Library Porch.”
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4:30PM-6:00PM – Funky Funky NC
o Location: Price/Bryan Performance Place
o Description: DJ’s and Break Dancers
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5:00PM- 6:00PM- Community Canvas
o Program Type: Arts and Culture
o Description: Art Alliance's Artist-In-Residence, Roshawn Hill will lead in the creation of a community
canvas encouraging participants to paint an icon of their impression of LeBauer Park.
o Partners: Art Alliance
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6:30PM-8:00PM – Gypsy Danger
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Description: Cover Band
8:30PM-10:00PM – Marcus B Smooth
o Location: Price Bryan Stage
o Description: DJ and Line Dancing
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14
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2:00PM–4:00PM - Chess In The Park
o Programing Type: Fun & Games
o Description: Join the Greensboro Chess Club for "Chess in the Park" every Sunday afternoon
(weather permitting) from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM at LeBauer Park. The Greensboro Chess Club
hosts regular meetings for casual chess, lessons, tournaments, and more!! For more information,
please visit www.greensborochess.org.
o Partners: Greensboro Chess Club
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3:00-5:00PM – Yappy Hour
o Location: Downtown Greensboro Animal Hospital Dog Park/Carolyn’s Garden
o Description: For the inaugural event at the Downtown Greensboro Animal Hospital Dog Park we
will be providing free dog caricature, canine ice cream by The Ice Queen, treats from ArcBarks, and
advice from The Natural Dog. Human food and drink (including Beer & Wine) will be provided by
Ghassan’s and Noma in LeBauer’s Market Square.
o Sponsors:
 Community Sponsor: The Natural Dog
o Partners: ArcBarks
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4:00-5:30PM – KnockerBall
o Description: KnockerBall is the newest and definitely the funniest sports game in the U.S. With its
unique twist on soccer, the game provides a great physical workout while having lots of fun and
laughs. GET IN THE BALL and GET MOVING!!
o Partners: Greensboro Progress Fitness
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8:00PM-9:00PM – Official Lighting of the Janet Echelman sculpture Where We Met
o Location: Great Lawn
o Description: This will be the first lighting of the Janet Echelman sculpture Where We Met over The
Great Lawn at LeBauer Park!
o Sponsor: Senn Dunn Insurance, Zeto Wines
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About the Sculpture Where We Met by Janet Echelman
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Where We Met is the first permanent, commissioned artwork by The Public Art Endowment, an initiative of
Support for the sculpture came from a generous $1-million grant from The Edward M. Armfield, Sr.
Foundation
The sculpture honors the textile industry, textile workers and their families
The Public Art Endowment managed the process through which Janet Echelman ultimately was chosen, as
well as the project overall, from design to fabrication to installation.
 Janet Echelman is an internationally
acclaimed artist who lives outside Boston, Mass.
She has been recognized by Smithsonian
magazine with its American Ingenuity Award in
Visual Arts, Architectural Digest as an AD
Innovator, Public Art Network in its Year In
Review, the Knight Foundation, the John Simon
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and others,
and her artwork is listed among Oprah Winfrey’s
“50 Things That Make You Say Wow!”
 Works by Echelman have been installed
(permanently or temporarily) in such diverse
locales as Amsterdam; Sydney, Australia;
Vancouver; the headquarters of the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle; Porto, Portugal; Phoenix, Ariz.; Madrid; and Houston, Texas.
The Greensboro sculpture is an enormous, multi-colored net that is hung from 4 massive pylons around the
perimeter of LeBauer Park’s Great Lawn
The form from which the is suspended in the center is in the shape of mapped 1896 railway lines throughout
North Carolina, connecting Greensboro with many of the state’s textile hubs at the time (image this page)
The resulting sculpture is a leaf-like image that will float and billow over the Great Lawn and be dramatically
lighted at night
In the winter, the net will be lowered and stored to avoid any problems from ice formation, both to the public
below and the material itself. The sculpture will be lifted back into place each spring
The colored portions of the sculpture are designed to gently billow in the wind, while the top structural
net above holds firm to the exterior supports.
More information about Echelman and her work can be found at echelman.com
Structural Net
 2,800 feet of rope = 0.53 mile
 81 hand-spliced rope connections
 Made of a double-braid rope with an ultra-high molecular weight polyethelene (UHMWPE - Spectra) and a
polyester cover braid. The fibers are more than 15 times stronger than steel by weight
 Plan area of the structural net is 3,500 square feet
Sculptural Net
 Spans 200 feet x 130 feet
 185,291 feet of twine = over 35 miles of twine (35.09)
 3,000 square feet of twine
 242,800 knots
Total Sculpture
 188,091 feet of twine = over 35.62 miles of twine
 Pylons are 30 inches in diameter and up to 60 feet tall
 There are hoists built into each pylon that allow the net to raise and lower and are accessed via a porthole
on the side of the pylons.
 There is a swiveling block (pulley) on top of the pylons that lets the angle of the cable change when the net
moves in the wind.
 Sculpture exerts 12,000 lbs. (6 tons) of force at the top of each pylon under design wind loading.
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Leadership
LeBauer Park Steering Committee
(*) = LeBauer Park Leadership Team. Professional positions listed as they were at start of committee service.
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*Reid Phillips (Chair) Partner, Brooks Pierce, and chair, The Community Foundation
Adair Armfield, Chair, The Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation
Alexa Aycock, Volunteer, Co-chair of Center City Park
Margaret Benjamin, Former President, Board of Trustees, Greensboro Historical Museum
Dan Biederman, President, Biederman Redevelopment Ventures
Larry Burnett, Executive Director, Hayes-Taylor Memorial YMCA
*Eric R. Calhoun, President, Richardson Corp.
Jason Cannon, Former President and CEO, Downtown Greensboro
Vanessa Carroll, Volunteer
Stephanie Clifford, Chair, Friends of Center City Park Steering Committee
Philip Craft, Director of Communications, Elon University School of Law
Joel Cranford, Captain, Greensboro Police Department
Nora Dial-Stanley, IT project manager, UNCG
Lowell Easter, Owner, Deep River Partners, and member of The Community Foundation Board of Directors
Adam Fischer, Transportation Director, City of Greensboro
Jim Gallucci, Artist
Perry Howard, Landscape Architecture Program coordinator, Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Design
Ed Kitchen, Vice President and COO, Joseph M. Bryan Foundation of Greater Greensboro
Gail LeBauer, LeBauer family member and Volunteer
Gene LeBauer, LeBauer family member and Volunteer
Justin Leonard, Garden Manager, Greensboro Children’s Museum
Cathy Levinson, Project Manager, Achieve Guilford
Jane Loewenstein Levy, Volunteer
Byron Loflin, President & CEO, The Center for Board Excellence
*Nasha McCray, Deputy Director, Parks & Recreation
Donovan McKnight, Program Officer, North Carolina Humanities Council
Logie Meachum, Artist in Residence, UNCG
Mindy Oakley, Executive Director, Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation
*Tom Philion, President/CEO, Arts Greensboro
Bob Powell, Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering,
N.C. A&T State University
Dennis Quaintance, President, Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels
Tom Reidy, Biederman Redevelopment Ventures
*Walker Sanders, President, The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
George Scheer, Executive Director, Elsewhere Artist Collaborative
Mable Springfield Scott, Public Information Officer, Rockingham County Government, and member of The
Community Foundation Board of Directors
Wayne Scott, Chief, Greensboro Police Department
Chris Spencer, City Transportation, City of Greensboro
Cheryl Stewart, Public Art Consultant, The Public Art Endowment
*Cecelia Thompson, Executive Director, Action Greensboro
Tim Tsujii, Former Deputy Director, Guilford County Board of Elections, and member, board of The Community
Foundation
*Effie Varitimidis, Project Coordinator, The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
*Wade Walcutt, Director, Parks and Recreation, City of Greensboro,
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Jim Westmoreland, Greensboro City Manager
*Chris Wilson, Assistant City Manager, City of Greensboro
Board of Directors, Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc. (GDPI)
 Cecelia Thompson, Executive Director, Action Greensboro
Chairperson
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Wade Walcutt, Director, Greensboro Parks and Recreation
Vice Chairperson
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Larry Burnett, Executive Director, Hayes-Taylor Memorial YMCA
Treasurer
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Byron Loflin, President & CEO, The Center for Board Excellence
Secretary
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Alexa Aycock, Executive Director, Marion Stedman Covington Foundation
Margaret Benjamin, Community Volunteer
Carl Brower Jr., Chairman, Greensboro Parks and Recreation Commission
Stacy Calfo, Communications and Marketing Consultant
Rosemary Kenerly, professional writer, producer, on-air talent, Greensboro Television Network
Rob Koch, Senior Director, Corporate Real Estate, VF Corporation
Gene LeBauer, Retired Physician
Zack Matheny, President, Downtown Greensboro Inc.
Mindy Oakley, Executive Director, The Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation
Justin Outling, Greensboro City Council Representative, District 3
Robert Powell, Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering, NC A&T State University
Walker Sanders, President, The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
Nancy Vaughan, Mayor, City of Greensboro
Justin Washington, Vice Chairman, Greensboro Parks and Recreation Commission
Ashley Wigglesworth, Tax Accountant, DMJ & Co., PLLC
Chris Wilson, Assistant City Manager, City of Greensboro
Nick Wilson, Operations Director and Proprietor, 1618 Concepts
Project Team
 Project Management: Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates, Greensboro, N.C.
Kenneth C. Mayer, Jr., FAIA, Principal, Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates, PA and Project Manager
 Prime Consultant and Lead Designer: OJB Landscape Architecture, Solana Beach, Calif.
 Nathan Elliott, Principal, OJB Landscape Architecture
 Andrew Miller, OJB Landscape Architecture
 Construction Manager at Risk: Frank L. Blum Construction, Winston-Salem, N.C.
 Mike Lancaster, President
 Mike Powers, Project Executive
 Eddie Marcellino, Project Manager
 Josh Cook, Project Superintendent
 Architect: Frank Harmon Architect PA, Raleigh, N.C.
 Frank Harmon
 Jacob Burke
 Suzy Cash, designer
 Water Feature Designer: Fountain Source, Sierra Madre, Calif.
 Daniel Netz
 Carlos Mendez
 Park Lighting Designer: Focus Lighting, New York, N.Y.
 Joshua Spitzig
 Edwin Allen
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Civil Engineer: Westcott Small and Associates, Greensboro, N.C.
 Michael Westcott, Principal
 Tori Small, Principal
MEP Engineer: Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates, Greensboro, N.C.
Structural Engineer: Engineered Concepts, Greensboro, N.C.
 Robert G. Kennerly, Jr., President
Irrigation Designer: Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates, Greensboro, N.C.
Horticulturist: Chip Callaway and Associates, Greensboro, N.C.
 Chip Callaway
 Tim Daniel
Audiovisual and Acoustics Consultant: Arup, New York, N.Y.
Environmental Graphic Designer: RSM Design, San Clemente, Calif.
Brand Consultant: Boulton Creative, Greensboro, N.C.
Soil Consultant: Pine and Swallow, Groton, Mass.
 Barrett Kays, Raleigh, N.C.
Programming: Biederman Redevelopment Ventures, New York, N.Y.
 Daniel A. Biederman, President
 Clare McReynolds, Project Analyst
 George Roberts, Project Manager
 Tom Reidy, Project Analyst
City of Greensboro Staff
 Jim Westmoreland, Greensboro City Manager
 David Parrish, Assistant City Manager, City of Greensboro
 Chris Wilson, Assistant City Manager, City of Greensboro
 Wade Walcutt, Director, Parks and Recreation, City of Greensboro
 Nasha McCray, Deputy Director, Parks and Recreation
 Adam Fischer, Director of Transportation, City of Greensboro
 Chris Spencer, Transportation Engineering Manager, City of Greensboro
 Effie Varitimidis, Project Coordinator
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Partners
About Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc. / Greensborodowntownparks.org
Greensboro Downtown Parks Inc. is a public-private partnership between the City of Greensboro, Center City Park
and LeBauer Park. The mission of GDPI is to serve as the executive management of Greensboro’s downtown
parks, focusing public activation, maintenance, financial well-being and overall vitality.
Center City Park and LeBauer Park are a combined 5-acre urban green space that serves as the central gathering
place for Greensboro’s residents and visitors in a setting that is both relaxed and lively. Parks feature outstanding
public art, recreational equipment and facilities for children, athletic spaces for people of all ages, educational and
learning environments, café dining and artistic performance spaces.
To better fulfill the potential for Center City Park and LeBauer Parks, The Community Foundation of Greater
Greensboro commissioned Dan Biederman, president of Biederman Redevelopment Ventures, to build a strategy
for management of Greensboro’s downtown parks. Biederman led the effort to transform Bryant Park in midtown
Manhattan in the early 1990s, making it a model for private management of public parks. A number of Biederman’s
principles of successful activation and measurement for success are being applied to Greensboro Downtown Parks
Inc.
About The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro / CFGG.org
The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro is a charitable organization dedicated to strengthening the
community for present and future generations. The Community Foundation promotes philanthropy, builds and
maintains a permanent collection of endowment funds and serves as a trustworthy partner and leader in shaping
effective responses to community issues and opportunities.
About The Public Art Endowment / CFGG.org
The mission of The Public Art Endowment is to preserve and extend our sense of community through
commissioning installations of aesthetically and culturally significant works of public art. The endowment is a
permanent fund supported solely by private support and is the only fund of its kind in the area. Stewardship for The
Public Art Endowment is provided by Trustees who are passionate enthusiasts for the arts and for Greensboro.
About The Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation
The Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation was established in 1999 to make grants in Surry, Randolph and Guilford
counties. While education in Surry County is the primary focus of the Armfield Foundation, additional areas of
interest include efforts to enhance parks, recreation and quality of life.
About Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department / Greensboro-nc.gov/PARKS
The Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department exists to provide professional and diverse leisure opportunities
through inclusive programs, facilities, parks and open space, ensuring that Greensboro is a desirable place to work, live
and play. They are leaders in building better lives, to build a better community who focus on enhancing quality of life,
improving health and wellness, conserving natural resources and creating economic impacts.
About OJB Landscape Architecture / OJB.com
OJB Landscape Architecture was founded in 1989 in Houston, Texas, with the primary focus of creating landscapes
that transform perspective and evoke emotional responses, creating unique and unforgettable sensory experiences
in the garden. OJB’s work is a testament to compositions that reflect a seamless, unified relationship between
landscape and architecture. A second office was opened in San Diego, California in 2003. In 2013, OJB opened its
Boston, Mass., office.
OJB follows a proven design and planning process in which the client is an integral part. OJB stays connected,
listens and responds to its clients’ needs. Through every phase of the design process OJB stays focused on the site
users and their needs. From concept design to construction administration, OJB knows how to work with owners,
project managers, architects, contractors and other consultants.
Landscape design is OJB’s passion – “it is who we are, not just what we do - and that passion is reflected in the
spaces we create.” OJB considers all facets of our clients’ projects, beginning with the first impression and
concluding with the finest detail.
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About Studio Echelman / Echelman.com
Studio Echelman explores the cutting edge of sculpture, public art, and urban transformation. Assembled and led by
internationally recognized sculptor Janet Echelman, the design team focuses on the development and creation of
large-scale artworks.
The permanent and temporary projects draw inspiration from ancient craft and modern technology. Using materials
from woven fiber to atomized mist, the studio creates living, breathing pieces that respond to the forces of nature —
wind, water and light.
By combining meaning with physical form, it strives to create a visceral experience in diverse city environments,
accessible to all. These sculpture environments embody local identity and invite residents to form a personal and
dynamic relationship with the art and place. Each project becomes intimately tied to its environment through the use
of local materials and working methods, thus strengthening neighborhood connections and promoting a distinctive
civic character.
The design team spans the globe. Studio Echelman is privileged to collaborate with brilliant aeronautical and
mechanical engineers, architects, lighting designers, landscape architects, and fabricators.
About Biederman Redevelopment Ventures / BRVcorp.com
Biederman Redevelopment Ventures (BRV) specializes in creating, redeveloping, and operating parks and public
spaces. BRV works for real estate developers, government agencies, and non-profit organizations (and often a
combination of the three) on creating clean, safe, and active spaces that create value and stimulate economic
development. All of the public spaces BRV operates are financially self-sustaining and don’t rely on government
funds for operations.
BRV emerged from the work of Dan Biederman at Bryant Park in Manhattan. In the 1970’s and 1980’s, Bryant Park
was New York’s most dangerous park - it was often referred to as “Needle Park” and was the site of many muggings
and murders. Dan formed a non-profit corporation dedicated to turning the park around and signed an agreement
with the City of New York to take over the security, sanitation, maintenance, and programming of the space. Since
reopening in 1992, Bryant Park has become an international model of urban vibrancy. Bryant Park caters to visitors
12 months a year and is among the most actively used parks in the world. It has created hundreds of millions of
dollars in value for the real estate surrounding the park and operates without a dollar in public sector funds. Dan is
still the president of the Bryant Park Corporation and oversees the daily operations of the park.
Dan is also the founder of three non-profit business improvement districts/neighborhood improvement corporations:
Grand Central Partnership, 34th Street Partnership, and Chelsea Improvement Company. Dan continues to serve as
the president of 34th Street Partnership.
BRV brings the “Bryant Park model” to cities around the country. On behalf of our clients BRV:
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Forms organizations dedicated to creating, turning around, and operating public spaces.
Negotiates management agreements and leases with city and state governments.
Creates operating plans with self-sustaining revenue and expense budgets.
Develops slates of programming, events, and activities to keep the space busy throughout the year.
Steers design and renovation plans for new and historic public spaces.
Leads the pre-development and construction process.
Implements operating and programming plans (hiring and training staff, executing programming plans,
generating sponsorships and other revenue sources, etc.).
Operates parks and public spaces on a short or long-term basis.
BRV is currently working on public space redevelopment projects in Boston, MA; Buffalo, NY; Newark, NJ; Jersey
City, NJ; New York, NY; Westchester County, NY; Greensboro, NC; Honolulu, HI; Houston, TX; Atlanta, GA; and
Oakland, CA.
About Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates / MMPA.com
Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates, PA was established in 1986 in Greensboro, N.C., and offers a complete range of
design services. MMPA is proud to have a skilled team of over 20 architects, engineers, and designers, all of whom
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combine a vast array of experience to form well-rounded, diverse, and holistic design creations. Having so many
disciplines under one roof allows MMPA to handle a project from the ground up – from engineering to interiors, as
well as site design and master planning. MMPA’s LEED accredited professionals are also well-equipped to meet
sustainable/green building guidelines in any space. It’s truly a “one stop shop!”
Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates takes great pride in quality design. Researching the newest design techniques
and sustainability methods allows MMPA to stay at the forefront of the latest technology, creating up-to-date spaces
that will last the test of time and trends. Many clients also find budget and time constraints to be an important
component of their projects, and MMPA has an outstanding reputation for completing projects on time and within
budget.
About Frank L. Blum Construction / FLBlum.com
Frank L. Blum Construction Company, founded in 1923, holds the lowest actively used general contractor’s license
in North Carolina - #18. The company’s long history includes some of the Triad’s most iconic and complex projects
for customers such as higher education and private education entities, healthcare facilities, historic renovations,
manufacturing and industrial companies, and senior living communities, as well as data centers, religious
organizations, athletic facilities, and not-for-profit agencies.
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