![]() “This park is an abomination and it adds insult to injury,” Nwangaza said. And, “putting a handful of Black people, senior citizens in luxury condos, is not de-segregation.” ![]() Nwaganza also said it’s understood that $1,100 a month for a one-bedroom apartment - the average asking price for an apartment in Greenville - is not affordable housing. The flyer distributed by protesters said the city’s claim of “meeting an 83-year-old promise to correct Black victimization and call for community healing has been reduced to more symbols without substance, personal aggrandizement and corporate advertising.” Nwangaza said the protest was because “to claim this is an 83-year answer to a promise to the Black community is a lie, and it’s blasphemous to use our words and our language to create a 60-acre, $66 million park while half the homeless people in this city are Black people.”ĭata: Homelessness impacts Black Greenville residents more, report shows They handed out flyers titled, “No GVL Homelessness ‘Unity Park In Our Name, Knox White.’” Nwangaza was joined by three members of Upstate Food Not Bombs – a collective that recovers discarded food that would otherwise have gone to waste, turns it into meals and shares it with the community. Human rights activist Efia Nwangaza and three protesters held a demonstration on the platform near the Auro pedestrian bridge. Not all who attended the park’s opening were there as supporters. Unity Park opens in Greenville: Here's what to know before you go Unity Park opening draws protesters The Lila Mae Brock Plaza in honor of Southernside missionary and advocate Lila Mae Brock.An extension of the Swamp Rabbit Trail and a network of walking paths.Meadowbrook Green, named for the historic Meadowbrook Park built on the site in 1938.The Auro Bridge, a custom-designed wooden pedestrian bridge spanning the Reedy River in the heart of the park.The Prisma Health Visitors Center featuring a welcome center, gallery space and meeting space.Four playgrounds, including the 4,100-square-foot Greenville Water splash pad.Restoration of the Reedy River and wetlands.Located at 320 South Hudson Street, Unity Park includes: The Reedy River, once poisoned by pollution and funneled between narrow banks, now flows clean through the heart of the park. Land once littered with junk has now been carefully cultivated. The area looks vastly different than it did in Holloway's day. Related reporting: As part of Greenville is 'changed completely,' some longtime residents do not feel 'unity'
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