![]() ![]() The Duke Energy Foundation is solely funded by Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) shareholder dollars. More information about the Duke Energy Foundation and its Powerful Communities program can be found at /foundation. The Foundation contributes more than $30 million annually in charitable gifts. The Duke Energy Foundation provides philanthropic support to address the needs of communities where Duke Energy customers live and work. The Duke Energy Foundation annually funds more than $2 million to nonprofit organizations in South Carolina. More than $6 million in private money has been raised for construction of the $41 million first phase of the park, scheduled to open in 2022. Improving the wetland areas in Unity Park is intended to create a healthier river system, improve habitat, mitigate flood risk and create a greater scenic and educational amenity for the community.ĭuke Energy Foundation joins Michelin Corporate Foundation, Auro Hotels, Craig and Vicki Brown, SYNNEX Corporation and SC Telco that have publicly announced their partnerships in Unity Park. The wetlands work aligns with one of the park’s nine guiding principles that emerged during more than a decade of meetings with neighborhood residents and the community to discuss their priorities for Unity Park. The wetlands area of Unity Park along the northern perimeter of the 60-acre park marks the original path of the Reedy River before it was diverted in a 1933 Depression-era project by city engineers and the federal Works Progress Administration.ĭespite close proximity to the Swamp Rabbit Trail – a popular 22-mile multi-use trail that is the backbone of the city and county’s greenway system – these wetlands are largely hidden from view and inaccessible to the public. "We are grateful for Duke Energy Foundation’s participation in Unity Park and value its partnership on this transformative project," said Greenville Mayor Knox White. Not only will we see improvements in the environment with this grant, we will see lives changed.” “Unity Park is one of those projects that has so much depth and impact that we had to be a part of it. “We are excited to once again engage with a trusted partner like the city,” said Michael Callahan, Duke Energy’s South Carolina state president. Once completed, the area will serve as an outdoor classroom for educating the public about the important environmental contribution of wetlands and the need to preserve them. The project will include the Duke Energy Outdoor Classroom as part of an ADA-accessible boardwalk providing new public access to these currently overlooked and unapproachable wetlands. – Duke Energy today announced a $500,000 grant to enhance and protect natural wetlands in Greenville’s Unity Park, providing school children and other park visitors the opportunity to learn about the native species and wildlife living in this unique and critical ecosystem in the middle of an urban environment. Project will provide a healthier habitat, greater access and educational opportunities for the community.I’m very excited that we are getting very close to having that up and running in the next couple of months. How people are using them, kids using them and the sort of joy and fun you can see when folks are out there in great public parks playing and having fun. “The most rewarding part of the project for me is coming up next,” said Meyer. Similar to Wilson, Meyer is excited to see how people use Unity Park. It’s been really great to be involved in something that going to be accessible to the entire community.” “Getting the opportunity to do something like a park is really exciting because it’s not something that anybody gets to do on a regular basis, but it’s been a lot of fun. “I have done everything from commercial office buildings to industrial developments,” said Wilson. With construction winding down and the park opening around the corner, Wilson says he is grateful for the opportunity to work on the park. We helped define the budget of each portion of the park contract all the trade contractors and manage those contracts through completion of construction activity.” “I started working on the project in October 2019 I have been the main project manager from pre-construction phase all the way through construction. “We are the construction manager at risk for the entire park development what has been built to date, we have been involved in all of it,” said Harper General Contractors senior project manager Neil Wilson.
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