From mick at sur-seal.com Thu Oct 2 07:17:57 2008 From: mick at sur-seal.com (Mick Wilz) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:17:57 -0400 Subject: [IndianaTrails] Whitewater Canal Trail / Metamora Corn Maze Message-ID: Trail Friends. If you have time would you send this to friends and family and help spread the word about the maze via email. 100% of the proceeds will go to Whitewater Canal Trail Inc. Last year the maze raised $15,000 for the trail. See Press Release Press Release Metamora, IN - Imagine traveling back in time to 1880 and trying to navigate the roads of Franklin County without the benefit of maps or GPS systems. Tri-state residents will have such an opportunity every Saturday and Sunday in October from 1-5 pm at the 3rd Annual Metamora Corn Maze. The admission fee is $5 and all proceeds go to the Whitewater Canal Trail. Thousands of fun-seekers from Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky are once again expected get lost in the cornfields of Franklin County while spending an afternoon wandering over 3 miles of trails through a 12 acre maze. For those in search of a group activity, the Metamora Corn Maze has proven to be a hit. Visitors can take the train from downtown Metamora or take advantage of parking off of Hwy 52. Entrance to the corn maze is one mile east of Metamora (or five miles west of Brookville). The 2008 corn maze, a map of Franklin County from 1880, was designed in recognition of Brookville's Bicentennial Celebration and the original pioneers who traveled across the hills, valleys and rivers of beautiful Franklin County to settle the countryside. The maze will also feature historical markers and informational signs about the history of Metamora, Brookville, Oldenburg and other Franklin County towns. Another special feature of this year's corn maze is the Whitewater Canal Trail's participation in "Walk Across Indiana". Saturday, October 11, the Whitewater Canal Trail will be the featured link for the "Walk". The 2.6 mile-long trail is open for both walking and biking and is the first ADA approved trail in Franklin County. The maze design was translated into a planting layout by the Maize Company. In the spring, the corn was planted in both directions to prevent visibility from one row to the other. Once it began to grown, area volunteers spent over 90 hours cutting the corn to the specifications of the computerized layout. Visit the websites: www.metamoracornmaze.com and www.whitewatercanaltrail.com . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://indianatrails.org/pipermail/list_indianatrails.org/attachments/20081002/e0a3ee41/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Exactly four weeks to the day after the Canal Volunteers swept away the ashes of the arson fire that destroyed half of the playground boat we have the popular outdor gallery nearly completed again. Sunlight brightens the sky and lights the nearly rebuilt playboat Besides the many new volunteers thanks also go to many donors that provided money, food, support and love as we are back where we were just before the arsonist hit. Completing the rebuilding will now free up time for the next wave of construction activities coming this fall. INDOT contracting for the floating version replica canal boat and its 1850s warehouse upstream is now underway but those two products don't involve our volunteer's time. Warehouse and replica boat are under contract and will be completed by June 2009 The new replica boat will be built in Albany, New York on an aluminum hull with wooden upper features, electric power and fifty four feet of length. 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Thanks in advance for your help - See you Wednesday, October 15th! Connie Connie Szabo Schmucker, Advocacy Director Bicycle Garage Indy / BGI Fitness / BikePort Services 4130 E. 82nd St., Indianapolis, IN 46250 317-777-9630 (cell) www.bgindy.com www.bgifitness.com www.bgifitnesscommercial.com MESSAGE BE FORWARDED: Indianapolis Mayor Ballard Press Conference Wednesday, October 15th 9:30 am Indianapolis to become Bicycle-Friendly City Date: Wednesday October 15 (see below for times of scheduled events) Location: Green space at Massachusetts Avenue and Michigan (across from the Athenaeum). In the event of inclement weather, the activities will be held inside the Athenaeum at the Rathskeller Restaurant. Who Should Attend: Anyone and everyone - invite your family, friends and co-workers! Why You Should Attend: This is a historic event for Indianapolis. No Mayor has publicly supported the notion that Indy should become a Bicycle Friendly City. This, despite the decades of effort put forth by many bicycle advocates. Show the Mayor that we support his decision by turning out for this event. We want to fill the park with bikes and people! Scheduled Events: Starting from 7:00-8:00 am: Group Bike Commutes to Event (Click HERE for routes/locations/start times) 8:30 am Breakfast in the Park with food provided by LePeep (inside Rathskeller if have inclement weather) RSVP by Sunday October 12th 9:30-10:30 am Press Conference by Mayor Ballard. Also speaking will be David Sherman, Director of the Indianapolis Department of Public Works, and Brian Payne, President of the Central Indiana Community Foundation. RSVP Deadline: Sunday, October 12 to help us plan for attendance and food! 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WHO: Mayor Andy Cook, Council President Ken Kingshill, Parks Director Melody Sweat WHAT: Monon Trail Groundbreaking Ceremony WHEN: Friday, October 10 at 10 a.m. WHERE: 156th Street Monon Entrance, Westfield IN For additional information, contact me at the above listed numbers. Carrie Cason City of Westfield Public Relations 317.896.5452 CELL: 317.664.1840 ccason at westfield.in.gov Melody Sweat, Park Director City of Westfield 2706 East 171st Street Westfield, IN 46074 317-896-5452 ext 150 317-339-9068 cell 317-867-0202 fax -------------------------------------------------------- This message contains confidential information and is intended only for list at indianatrails.org. If you are not list at indianatrails.org you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify msweat at westfield.in.gov immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. 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URL: From msweat at westfield.in.gov Tue Oct 14 13:48:17 2008 From: msweat at westfield.in.gov (Melody Sweat) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:48:17 -0400 Subject: [IndianaTrails] FW: DNR News -- Westfield starts work on Monon extension Message-ID: <742DFD27621AE149852C0224D3BA7C6105BF049C@wem1.westfield.local> Melody Sweat, Park Director City of Westfield 2706 East 171st Street Westfield, IN 46074 317-896-5452 ext 150 317-339-9068 cell 317-867-0202 fax ________________________________ Subject: DNR News -- Westfield starts work on Monon extension Westfield starts work on Monon extension City envisions trail eventually leading to renovated downtown Tania E. Lopez , Indianapolis Star October 14, 2008 Steve and Kristen Poynts have been waiting for the Monon Trail to reach their Westfield neighborhood for eight years. The couple live in the Westfield Farms subdivision near where Carmel's Monon Greenway ends at 146th Street, but they never use it because they find it difficult to get to with four small children, ages 7 years to 8 months. Now that Westfield has started extending the trail north, it will practically be in their backyard. "I've been waiting for them to do it," said Kristen, 30, as she manned a garage sale at her home Monday afternoon. "It's hard for us with four kids. But I think people want it there because they'll use it." The 10-mile Monon Trail runs from 10th Street to 96th Street in Marion County and continues into Hamilton County, where it connects with the five-mile Monon Greenway. Westfield's trail will be three miles long by next spring, and possibly eight miles long within five years. Westfield began constructing the first leg of its portion of the trail Friday. The one-mile section is now being built from 146th Street north to 156th Street. The first section -- paid for with a $1.5 million grant from the federal government and a $250,000 grant from Lilly Endowment -- is expected to be completed by the end of November, said Carrie Cason, the city's community relations director. The second leg, which is scheduled to be completed by next spring, would extend the trail north for about two more miles from 161st Street to Ind. 32. A $900,000 grant from the Department of Natural Resources will cover this portion. Cason said the city received the federal grant in 2002, and the longer timeline has generated more fees and a higher cost for the first leg. The section from 156th Street to 161st Street was paved by Precedent Cos., a private developer that built Viking Meadows subdivision. Company founder Howard Peterson, 78, donated 13 acres for the trail. Peterson, Westfield, is the father of former Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson. Within the next five years, Westfield officials hope to extend the Monon to 216th Street, Cason said. A loop of the trail from 161st will wind off the path northeast to Union Street to connect with the Midland Trace Trail in Westfield's renovated downtown. Cason said the timeline for this portion depends upon the completion of the U.S. 31 upgrade; the development of Lantern Commons, the city's first major mall at 161st Street and U.S. 31; and the city's plans for redeveloping its downtown. Extending the Monon Trail into Westfield is a first step in what local leaders see as critical to the city's economic future. The idea is to create a Grand Junction Plaza, a downtown destination hot spot, where an intersection of the Monon and the east-west Midland trail will connect in the next five years. "The goal of what we're doing is to create a downtown that is the centerpiece of community life in Westfield," said Jim Anderson, co-chairman of a private group of residents who've been brainstorming the project. Anderson views Westfield's new downtown as a trails community with "as little vehicular conflict as possible," where residents can walk, bike, run or operate golf carts from their neighborhoods. As David, 52, and Lori Pierson, 37, Carmel, walked on the trail Monday near Rohrer Road, they said they looked forward to one day visiting Westfield's new downtown. The couple run, walk, bike or skate on the Monon Greenway at least once a day. "We think it's great," David Pierson said. "We're looking forward to that extension because we'd be able to go all the way to Broad Ripple and all the way to Ind. 32 in one day." -------------------------------------------------------- This message contains confidential information and is intended only for list at indianatrails.org. If you are not list at indianatrails.org you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify msweat at westfield.in.gov immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Melody Sweat therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. -------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From smorris at dnr.IN.gov Mon Oct 20 10:30:37 2008 From: smorris at dnr.IN.gov (Morris, Steve) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:30:37 -0400 Subject: [IndianaTrails] FW: News Bulletin... Trail Enthusiast Misses Out on Event of the Year Message-ID: <7C294C1ECFC49948AFBC9CC9597CA9B50483BD0A@IOTEVSP06VW.shared.state.in.us> News Bulletin... Trail Enthusiast Misses Out on Event of the Year Don't be left at the trailhead while the rest of the trail lovers are exploring new territory. Register online now for the American Trails 19th National Trails Symposium and join other trail advocates and users at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, November 15-18, 2008 for the best networking and educational opportunities in the national trails community! Register Now! Registering online is fast and easy once you click the Symposium link: http://americantrails.org/2008/register.html . In a matter of a bunch more click, click, clicks the overwhelming sense of satisfaction will come over you when the "confirmation" window appears. For those of you who prefer more human interaction, contact the American Trails staff via email at symposium at americantrails.org or call (530) 547-2060, Monday - Friday, 8:00a.m. - 4:30p.m., Pacific Standard Time. Travel and Lodging Congratulations! You registered for the 19th National Trails Symposium! Now What? Wouldn't it be great to have a cozy place to lay your head after a fun filled day of trail talk and activities, a way to get to the Symposium or transportation to explore the great state of Arkansas? Well, be proactive and book your travel and lodging accommodations before the procrastinators do. Discounted Hotel Rates Deadline Saturday, October 25, 2008! The clock is ticking to take advantage of the special hotel room rates! Three host hotels still have rooms available and are within walking distance of the Statehouse Convention Center. The Doubletree and La Quinta Inn & Suites in Little Rock, and the Wyndham Riverfront in North Little Rock have reservation staffs ready to assist you. Rates range from $79 - $93 per night plus tax (11.5%). Reserve your room under the group name "National Trails Symposium" to receive the discounted rate. For complete hotel contact information visit http://americantrails.org/2008/hotel.html . Fly the friendly skies! American Airlines is offering a 5% group travel discount off the lowest applicable fare when traveling to the Little Rock National Airport between the travel periods of November 12 - 21, 2008. Go online at www.aa.com or call 1-800-433-1790 and use the promotional code A69N8AK to receive the discount. Embrace your inner Trekkie! Enterprise Rent-A-Car has been chosen as the official car rental company for the 19th National Trails Symposium. They have convenient locations at the Little Rock National Airport and in downtown Little Rock. You can save 20% when renting a vehicle for use in the state of Arkansas. Go online at www.enterprise.com or call 1-800-261-7331 and use the customer number 51D8191 and pin code LRV to receive the discount. Program Hear and network with the experts in the trails world! We invite you to choose from 51 educational sessions and 10 mini-workshops In keeping with our theme, "Innovative Trails: Transforming the American Way of Life." These sessions will help participants understand how trails are "transforming our nation and the way we live" and are becoming a prominent factor in how and where we choose to live: creating transportation, recreational and educational opportunities; encouraging well-being; exploring history and heritage; bringing together people of all ages and abilities; and connecting communities. Leave inspired! THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND THESE KEYNOTE LUNCHEONS: Sunday, November 16 Opening Keynote Luncheon ~ Trails: Prescription for Better Health Richard J. Jackson MD MPH, Professor and Chair, Environmental Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health and Co-author of Urban Sprawl and Public Health Cost: Included with registration Open to the Public: $25 per person Tuesday, November 18 Closing Keynote Luncheon ~ Getting Kids on Trails! Richard Louv, Author of Last Child in the Woods Cost: Included with registration Open to the Public: $35 per person Purchase ticket(s) online at www.americantrails.org/2008 or contact the American Trails office at 530-547-2060. Exhibiting opportunities still available Step out of the booth! Being passionate about the mission of your organization or product only gets you so far. To reach a wide audience of like-minded people you need creative exposure. Exhibiting at the 19th National Trails Symposium will give you that edge. The exhibit hall will be transformed into an indoor "Trails & Greenways" system, bringing the outdoors indoors by including walking trails that give attendees a memorable way to experience the exhibitors and sponsors of the event. Go online now to download the Sponsor/Exhibitor Packet or contact Candace Baxter, Exhibitor Manager, at the American Trails office at candace at americantrails.org or (530) 547-2060. Explore the host cities Another same old same old conference? Not this one! Tired of spending days in a convention center and never experiencing the host city? The National Trails Symposium and the cities of Little Rock and North Little Rock have spent almost two years creating an amazing selection of workshops that will rid that thought from your mind. Take in the spectacular downtown Little Rock skyline after a challenging hike up the Big Rock Mountain during the "Emerald Park Sightseeing & Historic Hike." Experience an "urban" trail by leisurely walking through the MacArthur Park Historic District, and see how architecture and preservation links a community to its past when you join the "Quapaw Quarter Urban Walk Through History." Don't forget to take a stroll along the Medical Mile or ride a bike over the Big Dam Bridge. These are some of the "innovative trails" that are transforming the American way of Life! So, join us outdoors for hiking, walking, cycling, canoeing, riding ATV's, and horseback riding in the host city of Little Rock, Arkansas. To view a detailed list of the Mobile or Featured Workshops click on the Symposium link and find the right workshop or session for you. Check out www.AmericanTrails.org/2008 today!! Quick Reference Links American Trails 19th National Trails Symposium Little Rock, Arkansas - November 15-18, 2008 American Trails: http://www.AmericanTrails.org National Trails Symposium: http://www.AmericanTrails.org/2008 Registration: http://americantrails.org/2008/register.html Schedule-at-a-Glance: http://americantrails.org/2008/agenda.html Sponsors and Sponsorships: http://americantrails.org/2008/sponsors.html Keynotes: http://americantrails.org/2008/keynote.html Concurrent Sessions: http://americantrails.org/2008/concurrent.html Mini-workshops: http://americantrails.org/2008/mini.html Featured Workshops: http://americantrails.org/2008/workshops.html Mobile Workshops: http://americantrails.org/2008/mobile.html Exhibitor Opportunities: http://americantrails.org/2008/exhibit.html Hotels: http://americantrails.org/2008/hotel.html Travel: http://americantrails.org/2008/travel.html Volunteer: http://americantrails.org/2008/volunteer.html Host State: http://www.arkansas.com/ Little Rock: http://www.littlerock.com/ North Little Rock: http://www.northlr.org/ Arkansas River Trail: http://www.rivertrail.org/ More Things To Do: http://americantrails.org/2008/more.html Visit the world's largest online resource for planning, building, managing, enhancing and supporting trails and greenways: www.AmericanTrails.org American Trails 20th Join us at the National Trails Symposium, November 15-18, 2008 REGISTER ONLINE NOW! NTS08 Join AT National Trails System NRT Database NTTP Do you need training? Do you have training opportunities you'd like to publicize? Are you a trails expert who can teach trail skills to others? The National Trails Training Partnership wants to work with you to make training more available. powered by http://www.emailbrain.com/ unsubscribe forward This mailing system may only be used for sending permission based email. If you did not give permission to receive emails from this sender, please notify us . This email was sent to smorris at dnr.state.in.us by symposium at americantrails.org | Print / PDF version | Read our Privacy Policy . Pam Gluck - American Trails, 21750 Rolling Hills Drive, Palo Cedro, CA 96073, United States -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jaray56 at gmail.com Tue Oct 21 06:58:49 2008 From: jaray56 at gmail.com (Jeff Ray) Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:58:49 -0400 Subject: [IndianaTrails] FW: Ft. Wayne Wants Piece of $50 Million to Fund Transportation Infrastructure - Newsroom - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick Message-ID: <48fde024.11112c0a.050e.3786@mx.google.com> Subject: Ft. Wayne Wants Piece of $50 Million to Fund Transportation Infrastructure - Newsroom - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=32127 From SKEMP at indot.IN.gov Mon Oct 27 12:19:12 2008 From: SKEMP at indot.IN.gov (Kemp, Susan) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:19:12 -0400 Subject: [IndianaTrails] Farm Heritage Trail ride - Nov 12th Message-ID: Can you please send me a form for the ride? I have been on it before and would love to participate again. Thanks Susie Kemp Environmental Services 100 N. Senate Avenue N642 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 317-234-4915 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: