Tom Kester, Chairman of the Board of the Conestee Foundation, has announced that Dr. Dave Hargett has been engaged to serve as Executive Director of the Foundation.
In this capacity Dave will be responsible for oversight and management of Lake Conestee Nature Park, coordination of park management with Greenville County Recreation District, and administration of [...]
Barry Stone (left), 3M’s Environmental Engineering Specialist, presents Dr. Jeff Beacham , Executive Director, a check for $20,000 from the 3M Environmental Grant Program. This grant is to fund a “podcast” educational program involving the ecology and restoration of Lake Conestee Nature Park.
The future environmental education program will be self-serviced and web-based, consisting of downloadable [...]
Baseball complex first step toward Greenville County’s outdoor recreation center
By Nathaniel Cary Staff writer
ncary@greenvillenews.com
Decades from today, a first-time partnership between the city of Greenville and the Greenville County Recreation District may be seen as the linchpin that turned an abandoned and aging baseball stadium into what some are already calling the centerpiece of a “Central [...]
Lake Conestee Nature Park has been recognized and designated as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by Audubon South Carolina. A press conference celebrating this designation was held at LCNP at 1:00pm on Wednesday, March 3rd. Last summer, Dr. Paul Serridge, Greenville County Bird Club, submitted a nomination to Audubon South Carolina requesting that LCNP be designated [...]
A message from Mahalia Kennedy, Store Manager of Half-moon Outfitters:
Hey Folks!
We know many of you are wondering about the weather this Saturday and whether or not we plan to hold the race. Looks like we are in for a 90% chance of rain/freezing rain and we think that Clint Eastwood would want each of you [...]
Lake Conestee Nature Park is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the First Annual Foothills Drifter 6k on January 30th, 2010 at 9:00 am. The Foothills Drifter 6k is brought to you by Half-moon Outfitters and its presenting sponsors Mountain Hardwear and Montrail, with sponsorship from Fairway Subaru, Whole Foods Market of Greenville, [...]
The Conestee Foundation, in collaboration with the Greenville County Recreation District, will be hosting an event on December 10, 2009, celebrating LCNP’s newest addition, a 215 linear foot pedestrian bridge that spans across the Reedy River.
This event will recognize the multiple stakeholders in which provided support and funding to make the Conestee Foundation’s dreams become [...]
by Charlie Sowell, Greenville News
“Lake Conestee Nature Park has been one of Greenville’s environmental success stories for many years now, mostly because of a partnership between local activists and an increasingly aware business community.
A facile and educated business community, one that has seen the dollar value of a clean environment, coupled with sweat equity put [...]
