Barefoot Infrastructure in Shoeless Joe Jackson Park (Greenville, SC) How a Small Park Was Leveraged for Outsized Stormwater and Quality of Life Benefits

In February of 2023, Greenville County completed a project 3 years from its conception: a park improvement project that utilized a 7 different retrofitted BMPs in Shoeless Joe Jackson Park. Within this 12-acre park, the County installed 2 types of pervious pavers, an enhanced bioswale, a bioretention cell, a stormwater wetland, a regenerative stormwater conveyance system, and a stream improvement. These combined BMPs are expected to significantly reduce annual nitrogen, phosphorous and total sediment loads coming to the park, as well as volume to a lesser degree. This presentation will provide insights into the project site selection, design, modeling, and current conditions, as well as an overview of other park improvements. With so much green infrastructure, it may just be the kind a place you’d want kick your shoes off.