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Greensboro's LeBauer Park poised to be 'downtown playground'

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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

Greensboro's LeBauer Park poised to be 'downtown playground'

• By Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane
• Aug 7, 2016
• Aug 7, 2016
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The location of the park long had held Festival Park, a lawn with an outdoor stage, and at one time the YWCA.

• Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record

The final phases of construction for the Carolyn and Maurice LeBauer Park are underway Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, in Greensboro, N.C.

• Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record

The final phases of construction for the Carolyn and Maurice LeBauer Park are underway Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, in Greensboro, N.C.

• Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record

As the park nears opening, planners and city boosters praise what they see as one of the best parks in the Southeast that will build downtown activity and tourism.

• Photos by Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record

The final phases of construction for the Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park continued Thursday in downtown Greensboro. The $10 million, 4-acre downtown park is set to open Monday, and planners say the park will offer amenities not found anywhere else in the region.

• Photos by Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record

The final phases of construction for the Carolyn and Maurice LeBauer Park are underway Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, in Greensboro, N.C.

• Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record

Workers put the finishing touches on parts of the park on Thursday. “We are literally and figuratively changing the landscape of downtown,” says Wade Walcutt, the director of the Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department and part of the public-private partnership that will run the park.

• Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record

The final phases of construction for the Carolyn and Maurice LeBauer Park are underway Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, in Greensboro, N.C.

• Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record

The final phases of construction for the Carolyn and Maurice LeBauer Park are underway Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, in Greensboro, N.C.

• Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record

Festival Park is filled with people during the Mosaic Festival on Saturday, June 2, 2012, in Greensboro, N.C. In the summer of 2016, the space has been converted into the new Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park. (ALL NAMES CQED) (Joseph Rodriguez, news-record.com)

• JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ

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By Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane

GREENSBORO — When the Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park opens Monday, look for far more than pretty plants and pathways.

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LeBauer Park will be home to full-time cafes

Noma Food & Co. will offer Vietnamese and Thai fare and Ghassan's will sell Mediterranean food.

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Contact Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane at (336) 373-5204, and follow @dawndkaneNR on Twitter.

Want to go?

Event highlights for the opening of the downtown Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park, 208 N. Davie St., between North Davie and North Church streets.

The park will offer daily programs. They include live music; movie screenings; literary programs; fitness, wellness, dance and art classes, and children and family programs.

All are free. For a complete schedule, go to lebauerpark.org.

Exhibition on Carolyn and Maurice LeBauer Park and its Janet Echelman sculpture: Through spring 2017, Greensboro Historical Museum, 130 Summit Ave. (336) 373-2043, greensborohistory.org.

Opening, ribbon-cutting and dedication: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Price/Bryan Performance Place, LeBauer Park.

Talk by artist Janet Echelman: 6 p.m. Thursday, Greensboro Historical Museum. Call Amy Plyler at (336) 379-9100, ext. 110 to make required reservations.

Downtown Greensboro Inc.'s Cinema Under the Stars presents "Zootopia": 7 p.m. Friday, movie to begin at dusk. Bring blankets and chairs. No outside alcohol; beer and wine available for purchase.

Bands perform at Price/Bryan stage: 4:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Funky Funk NC (DJs and break dancers) will perform from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Gypsy Danger (cover band) from 6:30 to 8 p.m., and Marcus B Smooth (DJ and line dancing) from 8:30 to 10 p.m.

Lighting of the Echelman sculpture: 8 p.m. Aug. 14.

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The final phases of construction for the Carolyn and Maurice LeBauer Park are underway Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, in Greensboro, N.C.

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As the park nears opening, planners and city boosters praise what they see as one of the best parks in the Southeast that will build downtown activity and tourism.

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The final phases of construction for the Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park continued Thursday in downtown Greensboro. The $10 million, 4-acre downtown park is set to open Monday, and planners say the park will offer amenities not found anywhere else in the region.

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Workers put the finishing touches on parts of the park on Thursday. “We are literally and figuratively changing the landscape of downtown,” says Wade Walcutt, the director of the Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department and part of the public-private partnership that will run the park.

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Festival Park is filled with people during the Mosaic Festival on Saturday, June 2, 2012, in Greensboro, N.C. In the summer of 2016, the space has been converted into the new Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park. (ALL NAMES CQED) (Joseph Rodriguez, news-record.com)

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