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By Adrienne Joly, Director of Administrative Services for the City of New Albany
Blooming this Spring Rose Run Park opens to the public with spring around the corner
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ose Run Park opened at the end of last year with little fanfare – that will come later this spring – but lots to celebrate. As trees and plants begin to bloom and more residents head outdoors, what was once a stream hidden behind overgrown brush for years will soon claim its role as the physical, visual and emotional heart of New Albany. Multiple pathways, including brick crosswalks, the Raines Crossing bridge and promenade, as well as a leisure trail are complete. This has created new connections from the New Albany-Plain Local Schools learning campus to the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts, the soon-to-be-underconstruction Charles & Charleen Hinson
Amphitheater, the Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany, Columbus Metropolitan Library - New Albany Branch, and Market Square’s restaurants, retail shops and offices. Along Dublin-Granville Road, narrower traffic lanes reduce speeds, the brick crosswalk promotes safety and the first half-mile of New Albany’s protected bike lane (also known as the Velo Loop) connects to New Albany’s 45 miles of leisure trails. To the north, a terraced limestone and grass wall on the school campus adjoining a granite plaza provides ample space for events. South of the plaza, the Raines Crossing pedestrian bridge and promenade, with decorative brick and an iron railing, cast a captivating glow at dusk. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com
