Hendersonville Tomorrow Committee
The Hendersonville Greenways Committee was established in November 2005 by the Board of Aldermen and Mayor (BOMA) as a sub-committee of the Hendersonville Tomorrow Committee (HTC) to develop a long range vision of the Biking and Pedestrian needs of the community.
On March 31, 2006 we delivered a 24 page Report that appears on the City's Web Site. (Due the pagination problems with the City's version, review the version on our site.)
We recommended that for the City to maintain an active Greenway program and to participate in the many state and federal grants, they should
1) Establish a Greenway's Focus on City Staff; similar to what the State, the County, and neighboring cities
already have. So we can give priority to projects already on the books.
2) Work with outside expertise to bring financial support for Greenway Projects to Hendersonville.
3) Implement and maintain the Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan (and our Report to the HTC), including the
4) Continue to advocate Biking and Walking activities in Hendersonville. See what's happening in Nashville.
BOMA has not acted on any of these recommendations and for the most part the Hendersonville Tomorrow Committee has disbanded.
REFERENCE to Sub-Committee Acitivities
- Report to Hendersonville Tomorrow (Submitted 3/31/06)
The Hendersonville Greenway Committee (HGC) continues primarily in name only a group of citizens interested in promoting the Greenway concept of multiple-use trails for walking, biking, skating, etc and for the development of safe bicycle facilities in the City of Hendersonville and surrounding communities.
The Bike/Pedestrian Rewiew Committee (BPRC) was established by ordinance 2003-02 by the Hendersonville Board of Mayor and Aldermen to review and update the Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan. The committee worked on updates to the plan and presented its recommendations to BOMA in the summer of 2005. In September 2005, Bruce Day, acting Chairman of the BPRC announced the resignation of the members of the committee and support of that committee for the newly formed Bike/ Pedestrian Sub-Committee of the Hendersonville Tomorrow Committee, which unofficially continues the work of the BPRC.
Since the City of Hendersonville has been active and done a good job in the construction of pedestrian walk-ways, the HTC sub-committee has turned its attention on reviewing new housing & commercial developments with the focus of making the streets safe for bike and pedestrian traffic and on the creation of Greenways for the enjoyment of all citizens. Its recent activities are as follows:
- Bike Path Design (from the Bike & Pedestrian Master Plan)
- Presentation to Planning Commission (2/21/06) (Bruce Day & David Hardin)
- Saundersville Station Review (3/10/06) (Frank Bowyer)
- Willowbrooke Review (4/1/06) ( Bruce Day & Frank Bowyer)
- Proposal for Road Shoulders (7/13/06) (Frank Bowyer & David Hardin)
- Road Rage Incident with Biker on Long Hollow Pike (by Bruce Day)
The BPRC states that its greatest disappointment was the 2004-2005 construction of the Indian Lake Blvd without facilities for bike traffic. Even though that need was clearly detailed on the Master Plan, it was ignored even after deficiency was brought to the attention of the engineers. That area of the city is quickly becomming the center of activity with the boulevard (and New Shackle Island) being the primary north-south routes through the community. The failure emphasizes the need for the committee to remain vigilant of all developments.
