History



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Town's heritage: Prescott was founded on the banks of granite creek.
As real estate grew more valuable creek got pushed into background.

significance to historical native people

The prescott Greenways project has been a long time coming
early 70's
80's
90'
this decade
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PRESCOTT AZ GETS BIKE/PED PROJECT GRANT

According to a news release from the Prescott Alternative

Transportation (PAT), "PAT, the City of Prescott and the Open Space

Alliance (OSA) announced the receipt of $1.2 million in federal grants

for bicycle and pedestrian projects in Prescott today. The three

federal Transportation Enhancements grants will fund Prescott's

Greenways Trail System, the SR89/SR69 Interchange Bikeway and Walkway,

and Prescott Rails-to-Trails Phase II between old Hwy 89A and Chino

Valley...

"The Greenways grant, in particular, was a hard-won victory for

Prescott. The 2001 application marked the fourth year in a row that

PAT and the city had applied for funding for the project. This year,

timing appeared to be everything. Two weeks before the Transportation

Enhancements Review Committee convened to decide on this year's

recipients, PAT received word that it would be receiving $10,000 from

Bikes Belong, a bicycle industry coalition, for construction of the

Granite Creek Park low-water crossing, a crucial component of the

Greenways project. 'This grants was critical in leveraging support from

the federal government,' says Knaup.