The Carolina Thread Trail Master Plan is an interlocal agreement with county and municipal governments and was finalized in September 2011.
Led by the Carolina Thread Trail initiative, representatives from municipal and county governments, as well as vested organizations and individuals, worked together in an intensive planning process to prioritize important destinations and transportation routes within the county. The result of their efforts is a proposed system of greenways and trails linking together many of the existing trails, parks, town centers, historic sites, and natural features that define Union County.
The Carolina Thread Trail’s mission is to bring resources to the 15-county region in the south-central piedmont of North Carolina and the north-central portion of South Carolina in order to create an interconnected trail system. The Carolina Thread Trail is indeed regional—the proposed trails in Union County plan provide linkages to Anson, Lancaster, and Mecklenburg counties.