 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.