Through public forums constituents came to agree that all open space development should accentuate the unique geographical op aspects of Asheville and Western North Carolina. When completed, like the Riverfront Plan, the Open Space Guidelines were well received by the public. Local governments immediately adopted them and they were approved by The Asheville Council. The OSG now influence the City of Asheville’s river zoning district, river parks and greenways, serving as a blueprint for sustainable development. Throughout the 1990s RiverLink strived to bring the pieces of the Riverfront Plan together in a progressive manner. In 1991 Carolina Power & Light Company offered RiverLink a two mile-long donation of property which became the first link in the urban riverfront greenway. For years the west bank riverfront property had been used as an “unofficial” land fill for construction companies and concrete manufacturers. Once the donation of land from CP&L was accepted, RiverLink and The City of Asheville entered into a public-private partnership to develop it as the French Broad River Park & Greenway System. With the City's help, RiverLink received a grant from The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation to hire a landscape architecture firm to develop the master plan and construction drawings. A principal goal of the plan was to infuse characteristics of the old Riverside Park into The French Broad River Park. Also, RiverLink raised the funds needed to install picnic tables, benches, bike racks, bollards and other amenities. On September 21, 1994 the first part of the project was completed and the French Broad River Park became the first greenway (or watershed) built within the City of Asheville. Phase two added another loop of greenway trails only a year after the first, in September 1995. In 1999, RiverLink received funding from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to implement the final phase, extending the greenway trail even further along the river next to Amboy Road. Moreover, in addition to the extension, the funding of this phase included a handicapped accessible fishing pier that was installed overlooking the river. Asheville Motor Speedway on Amboy Road closed in 1999. RiverLink raised $1.6 million to purchase and develop the old speedway, then donated the site, with a conservation easement, to the city. The 50-acre site was rechristened as Carrier Park and joined the French Broad River Park System. Much of the original design remained unrealized despite these accomplishments, however. Not only was there a lack of funding to continue implementation, but the Riverfront Plan had become outdated.