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The town of Winona Lake just added another reason for tourists to
visit the quiet lakeside enclave in north-central Indiana, shown above.
The 2-mile Heritage Trail, a portion of the Lake
City Greenway around the city of Warsaw, features water views,
handsome town streets, deep woods, and several pieces of trailside
artwork that interpret the town's values: kindness, virtue, generosity,
community, gathering, beauty, respect, legacy, peace, and love. Fittingly
enough, trails at their best manage to embody the same assets.
New State Funding Arrives
Years of effort by trail advocates and volunteers continues to be
supported and lauded by the Daniels Administration, which this May
announced $19 million in brand new state grants to supplement advanced-stage
projects such as the Nickel Plate
Trail (above). The volunteer group in Miami County
is working on the last unopened segment of the Nickel Plate Trail
in Bunker Hill, a bridge funded in part by another special grant from
DNR and the Lilly Endowment announced last December. The Greenways
Foundation has been working hard behind the scenes with the state
in finding ways to best assist projects especially vital to the Indiana
state trails plan.
Fort Wayne's Big Day
An initial grant of $10,000 from Oprah's Big Give to the Aboite (Township)
New Trails organization bloomed into a windfall of over $1 million
for the Fort Wayne area, with hundreds of avid trail supporters turning
out in four coordinated locations despite the chilly weather. Appearances
by Mayor Tom Henry, Colts coach Tony Dungy and four Colts players
capped off the April 12th event. A $500k matching portion
from the city will go toward completion of the Towpath
Trail, while four local trail groups will split the remaining
funds. (photo from the Aboite
New Trails site) Search our website with Google
Hoosiers on the Move, the Indiana State Trails
Plan, is now online.
The National Road Heritage Trail development
guide is now online. The NRHT is a propsed 150-mile
multi-use path across Indiana, from Terre Haute to Richmond.
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