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Trailnet E-Newsletter * December 2005 *
www.trailnet.org
Trailnet is a not-for-profit organization that
promotes bicycle and pedestrian activities and
collaborates with the public and private sectors to
ensure and enhance a premier trail system that
enriches the bi-state St. Louis region.
What is this Newsletter about?
Welcome to Trailnet's e-newsletter, an online
newsletter for Trailnet members and friends. You
will receive this online publication monthly, with
news about area trails and greenways and upcoming
Trailnet events, volunteer opportunities and
advocacy alerts. Our newsletter will also recognize
our great volunteers and partners who are helping us
accomplish our work of "Connecting Communities
Across Our Region".
We hope you like our newsletter and please forward
to anyone who might be interested in Trailnet!
New Creative Interpretation on the Riverfront
Trail
Grace Hill Settlement House, St. Louis poet, Jane
Ellen Ibur and Cobden, Illinois artist, Mel Watkin
recently unveiled an interpretation project along
the St. Louis Riverfront Trail. Ibur and
Watkin collaborated to come up with the concept for
the project and worked with Doug Eller of Grace Hill
and the Trail Rangers to decide which topics to
write about. The poems were written to spark
curiosity about the rich industrial and natural
history of the Riverfront Trail. The project was
funded through grants from the St. Louis Regional
Arts Commission and the Great Rivers Greenway with
support from the Missouri Department of Natural
Resources, Americorps Trail Rangers and Trailnet.
Learn more about this project at:
www.trailnet.org/m_latest.php
Safe Routes to School to Expand in Missouri
The Missouri Department of Transportation announced
the search for Missouri's first ever, Safe Routes
to School (SR2S) Coordinator on November 22. The
new SR2S Coordinator "will be responsible for
implementing a safe routes to school statewide
program. The purpose of the program is to enable and
encourage children to walk and bicycle to school".
Application deadline is December 7th, 2005.
Job description and application information
available at:
www.trailnet.org/currentalerts.php
Help Plan the Centennial Greenway
Attend the Community forum to comment on the draft
of the final plan for the Centennial Greenway.
A forum to provide public input, hosted by the Great
Rivers Greenway, will be held on Thursday, December
8 at 6:00 pm at the Center of Clayton (50 Gay
Avenue, 63105).
PDF with more information available at:
www.trailnet.org/currentalerts.php
Volunteers Needed at Eagle Days
Volunteers are needed to assist with Eagle Days
at the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge on Saturday and
Sunday, January 14 and 15, 2006. "We have two shifts
of volunteers doing a variety of jobs," said Dick
Turner, Education Specialist for the Missouri
Department of Conservation and Eagle Days Volunteer
Coordinator. The daily shifts are 8 a.m. to Noon and
11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Learn more at:
www.trailnet.org/v_currentopps.php
Thanks to our Recent Volunteers
Office Support: Mary Lou Brown and Albert
Williams
Learn about current Trailnet volunteer opportunities
at:
www.trailnet.org/v_currentopps.php
Consider Making a Year-End Gift to Trailnet
At this time of year we always like to take time to
look at the progress made toward our mission of
Connecting Communities Across Our Region. We are
proud to be active in all parts of the bi-state
region, working to improve recreational
opportunities and quality of life for community
residents and visitors to our area. As you consider
your year-end charitable giving, we ask that you to
make a gift of $75, $150 or more to support Trailnet
initiatives.
Learn more at:
www.trailnet.org/m_latest.php
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