Beargrass Creek Trail Conceptual Shared Use Path

Jones Landscape Architecture was part of the team that prepared the Beargrass Creek Trail Conceptual Shared Use Path and Ecological Restoration Report. This report studies the possibility of utilizing the creek as a connector between two existing trail systems (Beargrass Creek Greenway and Butchertown Greenway) and explores conceptual ideas to improve the creek’s water quality, create habitat for increased wildlife and mitigate current bank erosion. In the broader picture, this shared use path would ultimately connect the Ohio River, and even points north in Indiana by way of the Big Four Pedestrian Bridge, to neighborhoods, parks and greenways as far into the city as Cherokee Park. The wildlife corridor would be re-established and appeal of the creek as an amenity would be restored.