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Greenspace Photos

A gallery of images from across the region categorized according to the project’s ten Guiding Principles, helps to define the value and benefits of greenspace in support of the region’s quality of life initiative.

Economic Development

• Brookwood Mall
• Soho development, Homewood
• Downtown Homewood, 18th Street

Recreation and Gathering Places

• Shoal Creek Golf Course, Greystone
• Logan Martin Lake, Pell City
• Smith Lake, Walker County
• Oak Mountain State Park
• Homewood Park

Health

• Oak Mountain State Park
• Mountain Brook
• Lakeshore Greenway
• Shades Creek Greenway

Scenic Quality

• Aerial, Cordova
• Aerial, Blount County
• Turkey Creek, Jefferson County
• Shelby County

Nature-based Tourism

• Cahaba River, Shelby County
• Cahaba River, Jefferson County
• Oak Mountain State Park
• Oak Mountain State Park trail

Connectivity through Alternative Transportation Interventions

• Mountain Brook
• Homewood

Historic and Cultural Education

• Farm, Montevallo
• Covered bridge, Blount County

Water and Air Resource Protection

• Oak Mountain State Park
• Locust Fork, Blount County

New Ruralism

• Preservation, Montevallo
• Farm, Blount County
• Housing density and environmental buffers

Habitat and Biological Protection

• Cahaba lillies
• Wildlife, Oak Mountain State Park
• Wildlife, Ruffner Mountain Park