Greensboro Downtown Parks Inc Information

Greensboro Downtown Parks Inc. is a public-private partnership between the City of Greensboro, Center City Park and LeBauer Park. The mission of GDPI is to serve as the executive management of Greensboro’s downtown parks, focusing public activation, maintenance, financial well-being and overall vitality. Center City Park and LeBauer Park are a combined 5-acre urban green space that serves as the central gathering place for Greensboro’s residents and visitors in a setting that is both relaxed and lively. Parks feature outstanding public art, recreational equipment and facilities for children, athletic spaces for people of all ages, educational and learning environments, café dining and artistic performance spaces. To better fulfill the potential for Center City Park and LeBauer Parks, The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro commissioned Dan Biederman, president of Biederman Redevelopment Ventures, to build a strategy for management of Greensboro’s downtown parks. Biederman led the effort to transform Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan in the early 1990s, making it a model for private management of public parks. A number of Biederman’s principles of successful activation and measurement for success are being applied to Greensboro Downtown Parks Inc.