February 10th 2025
Spartanburg County’s newest 945-acre nature park is set to open to the public in April. In 2026 PAL plans to add a paved trail to connect to the Daniel Morgan trail system. (By Christian Boschult: Post and Courier)
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January 27th 2025
He’s a shaggy beard with a warm smile and mismatched socks on lanky legs — often of the Turkey Day 8K variety. (By Christian Boschult: Post and Courier)
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December 23rd 2024
Spartanburg nonprofit Play. Advocate. Live Well., which oversees the county’s Daniel Morgan trail network and goes by PAL, has hired Leigh MacDonald as its new trails development director.
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December 10th 2024
New trail from Glendale Shoals to Goldmine Road is the latest planned addition to Spartanburg County’s burgeoning Daniel Morgan Trail network.
The 2.84-mile expansion is part of the planned 55-mile DAN trail network spearheaded by Spartanburg's Play. Advocate. Live Well. There are about 22 miles of completed trails already in The Dan. (By Christian Boschult, Post and Courier)
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October 18th 2024
We’re excited to announce that PAL has been awarded a $115,000 grant from the Reinvestment Fund to support the development of our Food Hub Success Plan! This funding will allow us to work with experts to create nine actionable strategies that will help the Hub operate more effectively and get more local food into the Spartanburg community.
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October 5th 2024
These Spartanburg County residents hit the trails Saturday morning, but not for a jog or bike ride.
PAL, Play Advocate Live Well, organized its first community clean-up efforts this weekend, with PAL employees and local volunteers heading out to clean two city trails, the Lower Drayton Trail and Three Creeks Trail.
Samantha Swann (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
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August 19th 2024
It was identified during the Duncan Park Revisioning Plan as a priority by a steering committee of nearby residents and stakeholders, and now for the first time in decades, Duncan Park Lake is open to non-motorized boating and catch and release fishing. The new change comes on the heels of other improvements recently made to the park, including removal of invasive species and trails improvements, also identified in the revisioning plan that was spearheaded by PAL: Play, Advocate, Live Well in partnership with the City.
Today on the podcast, we're talking with City Parks, Recreation, & Special Events Director Kim Brown and PAL Executive Director Laura Ringo about the process to open up the lake and what may be next for Duncan Park.
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August 13th 2024
A meeting was held Tuesday night in Inman to lay out plans and possibilities for the trail
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