{"id":7533,"date":"2025-08-18T22:05:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/18\/north-end-of-riverfront-park-to-reopen-august-23\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T22:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:05:48","slug":"north-end-of-riverfront-park-to-reopen-august-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/18\/north-end-of-riverfront-park-to-reopen-august-23\/","title":{"rendered":"North End of Riverfront Park to Reopen August 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"390\">COLUMBIA &ndash; The City of Columbia Parks and Recreation Department has announced that the <strong data-start=\"240\" data-end=\"291\">north end of Riverfront Park (4122 River Drive)<\/strong> will reopen on <strong data-start=\"307\" data-end=\"320\">August 23<\/strong>, following improvements to the concrete path along the lower trail.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"597\">The upgrades are designed to enhance <strong data-start=\"429\" data-end=\"490\">accessibility, safety, and the overall visitor experience<\/strong>. Weather delays extended the project&rsquo;s timeline, but crews are making steady progress toward completion.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"836\">In the meantime, visitors are encouraged to explore other nearby parks and trails, including the <strong data-start=\"696\" data-end=\"748\">south end of Riverfront Park (312 Laurel Street)<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"750\" data-end=\"786\">Granby Park (100 Catawba Street)<\/strong>, and the <strong data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"833\">Saluda Riverwalk (650 Candi Lane)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLUMBIA &ndash; The City of Columbia Parks and Recreation Department has announced that the north end of Riverfront Park (4122 River Drive) will reopen on August 23, following improvements to the concrete path along the lower trail. The upgrades are designed to enhance accessibility, safety, and the overall visitor experience.<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/18\/north-end-of-riverfront-park-to-reopen-august-23\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[49],"tags":[1128],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-7533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-recreation","tag-riverfront-park"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Three-Rivers-Greenway_2025_630x350.jpg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}