Greenway event springboards a Walhalla initiative

The word “Walkhalla” is introduced today to a lexicon that includes Garden of the Gods.  A ribbon cut on the Walhalla Greenway at the Earle House end made for a grand opening of what first-year Mayor Tim Hall sees as a new city park – to allow walkers and bike riders the kind of exercise that should pay off in good health.  And while he addressed the event crowd, Mayor Hall was joined by Councilwoman Sarai Melendez in noting that much of the work to build the Greenway belongs to the immediate past Mayor Danny Edwards and the city councils during his 12 years in office.  Also receiving recognition was the resident state senator, Thomas Alexander, who got behind a grant application to provide money to what’s planned as a first phase of a greenway that parallels S. Broad Street from College west for several blocks.   Several kids and adults brought their   bikes to the event, as well as the city police.  The police used the occasion to show off a pair of spiffy, high-tech bicycles that’ll be used to patrol downtown, as well as the city’s Stumphouse Mountain Bike and Tunnel Park.