Brickline Greenway - Great Rivers Greenway

Discover how the Brickline Greenway is connecting St. Louis. Let’s imagine what a greenway can do for our city.

Picture a community space that transcends boundaries – a vibrant, open and welcoming network of paths and places that invite discovery and exploration while creating equitable opportunities for everyone to thrive. A visionary project shaped from the voices of the people who will use it each and every day.
This is the Brickline Greenway.

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Brickline Greenway In The News

Mural at Stars Park celebrates Negro Leagues, Mill Creek community

KSDK’s video story covers the mural at Stars Park to honor the St. Louis Stars and the Mill Creek Valley neighborhood who supported them. The mural was created through a partnership among Great Rivers Greenway, Harris-Stowe State University and St. Louis ArtWorks (local artists with teen apprentices) during summer 2025. Watch the video.

Q&A: Great Rivers Greenway's retiring CEO on why St. Louis’ 12-mile-long project is working for the community

The St. Louis Business Journal talks with Susan Trautman about how she responds to the top four questions she’s been asked most frequently about the Brickline Greenway. Read the article.

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Brickline Greenway championing underserved communities

The St. Louis American shares how the formation of the Brickline North Community Development Corporation will help transform neighborhoods along the Brickline Greenway’s North Connector, with interviews with several founding CDC steering committee members and CDC President Audrey Ellerman, pictured above. Read the article.

Brickline Greenway is a major public-private partnership, with an anticipated total cost of $245 million.

$18 million will come from Great Rivers Greenway, which is funded through local sales tax dollars from a vote of the people. $75 million will come from other public funding sources, such as federal or state funds. $152 million will be raised from private, philanthropic donors.

As of September 2025, the ambitious goal is 65% funded:

– 100% of the local public investment is in place;
– 85% of the federal/state investment is secured;
– 51% of the philanthropic funding is already pledged or donated.