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The Famous Caboose Got a Shiny New Yellow Coat of Paint This Year! FALL NEWSLETTER 2019 FALL NEWSLETTER 2019 The Famous Caboose got a Shiny New Yellow Coat of Paint this Year! FALL NEWSLETTER 2019 Letter from the Executive Director One of my favorite things about being on the trails is watching all the different ways they are used. You see families walking together or folks chatting as they run with friends. Dogs might be taking their owners on strolls or cyclists cruise by with saddle bags full of groceries. I love to watch kids coast down hills ahead of their parents, and I always want to stop and help out the tourists stopping to look at maps along the way. You see skateboarders, baby-strollers, and of course skiers training when the trails are covered in snow. The best trails are built with that diversity in mind. The best trails are developed with government agencies, potential trail neighbors, advocates of all sorts, private businesses, and funders sitting at the table. Building trails is collaboration at its best — diverse groups of people working together on a shared goal. And that kind of collaboration is how TART Trails approaches every project. We believe the best trails come from working together with diverse About Julie Clark groups interested in the same goals – bustling Julie heads up the day-to- trails filled with lots of smiles, helping people day administration, trail get to where they want to go, and supporting planning and development, maintenance, and fundraising healthy and robust environments, communities, efforts for TART. She lives in and economies. downtown Traverse City with her husband Bill and their two Thank you, little girls. They use the TART Trail system for work and play! Julie welcomes your input on all things TART. She can be Julie Clark, Executive Director reached at: [email protected] Cover photo by Gary L. Howe 2 Page 2 photo by Hoplite Photography Special Thanks to Our Corporate Partners These businesses contribute to healthy, active lifestyles through their year-round generosity and giving. Their support comes in many ways, including in-kind professional services and sponsorship for events, mile markers and wayfinding signs. 123 SpeakEasy Miner’s North Baird Building Monstrey MacDonald Bay Area Pet Hospital Morse Moving Bay Area Recycling for Charities Mundos Roasting & Co Bay Area Transit Authority Munson Healthcare Bill Lancaster Photography Networks Northwest Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan NMC Extended Education Department and Blue Care Network Nolan’s Cigar Bar Bower’s Harbor Vineyards North Peak Brewing Company Brengman Brothers Northern Michigan Mountain Bike Association Brick Wheels Northwestern Michigan College Julie Clark Byte Productions Northwood Animal Hospital EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR C&M Insurance Northwoods Soda Cavallino Café Oryana Community Coop Charlevoix Brewing Pets & Peeps Photography Cherry Republic Pets Naturally Cherry Roubaix Platinum Sound City Bike Shop Press On Juice BOARD OF DIRECTORS Common Good Bakery Pure Water Works Susan Vigland Meg Ackerman Companion Canines Raduno PRESIDENT Jessica Alpers Create TC Rare Bird Brewpub Chris Gallagher George Bearup DDA Parking Services Red Mesa Grill VICE PRESIDENT Brian Fisher Dennos Museum Right Brain Brewery Ross Hammersley Laura Galbraith Disability Network Shady Lane Cellars SECRETARY Ross Hammersley Downtown Traverse City Association Short’s Brewing Company Linda Cline TREASURER Dune Dash Silver Spruce Brewing Company Sara Harding Chris DeGood Earthen Ales Star Trucking Matt McDonough PAST PRESIDENT Einstein Cycles State Theatre and Bijou by the Bay Wayne Olsen Fifth Third Bank Suttons Bay Bikes Rick Simonton Flight Path Creative TC Trimdown Mike Tarnow Founder’s Brewing Company Team Bob’s Heating, Cooling & Plumbing GoGo Squeeze Tee See Tee Grand Traverse Bike Tours The Filling Station Grand Traverse Pavilions The Kitchen STAFF Grand Traverse Pie Company The Little Fleet Great Lakes Pet Memorial Julie Clark The Simonton-Walsh-Hanosek-Mangum EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Great Lakes Potato Chips Wealth Management Group Brian Beauchamp Great Lakes Stainless, Inc. Timber Ridge RV & Recreation Resort COMMUNICATIONS & POLICY DIRECTOR Hagerty Tom’s Food Markets Chris Deyo Harvest Townline Ciders ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Heather Sills Traverse Area District Library Caitlin Early Heresay Storytelling, LLC Traverse Bay United Methodist ANNUAL GIFTS & SPECIAL Higher Grounds Traverse City Record Eagle EVENTS COORDINATOR Hop Lot Brewing Company Traverse City Track Club Chris Kushman PLANNING & MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR Inland Seas Education Association Two Lads Winery Jack Pine Up North Media Turkey Trot Kate Lewis COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER Joey DiFranco Up.Bike Casey Ressl John Robert Williams Photography Vasa Ski Club DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Jolly Pumpkin VI Grill Deb Westphal Larkin Group Werner Family OFFICE MANAGER Laughing Larry Ride Workshop Brewing Company Kerry Winkler Leelanau Cellars Wunsch Farms COMMUNICATIONS AND McLain Cycles Yen Yoga & Fitness OUTREACH SPECIALIST Milk & Honey Zombie Run Don Cunkle RECYCLE-A-BICYCLE PROGRAM DIRECTOR Miller Investment Company traversetrails.org 3 FALL NEWSLETTER 2019 Only Minutes Fast or Slow, from Trailhead It’s How You Roll Fun Trails & Restrooms Loopty-Doop: Vasa Skills Building Loops Things at the Vasa Trailhead just got even better. The first phase of the Vasa Skill Building Loop is officially open. The Vasa Skills Building Loop This exciting project kicked is designed specifically for kids off this past July and the first and adults new to mountain phase is now open to riders. biking to hone their skills, while Additional features are on the still hopefully staying upright. docket for summer of 2020. Watch for updates! Two one-mile, single-track loops have been completed It’s a perfect partnership and feature elements such with the Northern Michigan as jumps, table tops, berms, Mountain Bike Association and rock gardens designed and TART Trails! We’re excited to help people advance their to launch this initiative with mountain biking skills. The support from the Grand more technical sections of the Traverse County Parks and trail even provide an option to Recreation. ride around them (a big perk for beginners) until the rider is ready to take on the challenge. No Big Climbs Opportunity for Learning Skills Development A young rider building skills on the VASA. 4 Photo by Gary L. Howe Up Close along the Robbins Creek Bridge Project Boardman River! By Mike Shaeffer We are thrilled to have recently completed trail between Over the course of four the Boardman River Nature Center and Cass Road. workdays in the Fall of 2018, we We thank our partners at the Grand Traverse Conservation District and Grand assembled the Robbins Creek Traverse County along with the help of Grand Traverse Hiking Club and TART Bridge on the Boardman River volunteers for helping complete the project. Trail. The hardworking volunteer crew cut lumber to size, hauled materials to the site and stood in the middle of the creek to drill and bolt rail posts in place. Each stringer that spanned the river weighed 100 pounds and measured 24 feet in length. Carrying those long stringers down to the bridge site with all the bends in the trail was interesting! We were happy with the results of this section of the Boardman River Trail and loved the challenge of it. Mike Shaeffer is a retired civil Photo by Gary L. Howe engineer, a Traverse City native Trail users enjoy varying terrain on the Boardman River Trail. and an amazing TART Trails volunteer. Punctuated with beautiful boardwalk and small bridges, this scenic segment of trail provides a close up view of the remarkable and unique Boardman River transformations taking place. We are now focusing on completing the Boardman River Trail through Hoosier Valley to connect Beitner Road and Mayfield Pond Park. The vision of the Boardman River Trail is to construct a trail through the Boardman River Valley that links existing trails and connects numerous points of interest. The trail showcases the natural and recreational assets along the river. From hiking to mountain biking, and backcountry skiing to snowshoeing, this trail provides trail visitors with fresh connectivity, beautiful surroundings and striking scenery. traversetrails.org 5 FALL NEWSLETTER 2019 TC CHX Trail Continues For more information on project updates, trail maps and to make to Take Shape a donation visit us at: The Traverse City Charlevoix Trail’s vision is to strengthen www.traversecitytocharlevoixtrail.org the connections between Traverse City, Acme, Elk Rapids, Eastport, Norwood and Charlevoix through a 46+ mile non- motorized, multi-use trail that supports vibrant communities and links people to the special places of the region. Momentum continues to build thanks to the incredible community support, the hard work of community-led trail The Who teams and support from state Families, walkers, bikers, and private partners. Once athletes, non-athletes, kids, completed, this trail will make anyone who loves to get out and get active. transformative community Photo by John Robert Williams connections and help create Acme Township officials along with TART a 325+ mile multi-use trail Trails & GTRLC Executive Directors Glen network across northern lower Chown & Julie Clark at Bayside Park Michigan. opening, home to the first leg of the trail. To tackle this ambitious project, TART Trails, Top of Michigan Trails Council and Networks Northwest have teamed up. It’s been a busy summer! In May, we celebrated the first leg of the Traverse City Charlevoix Trail with the The What grand opening of Bayside Park in Acme. Acme Township continues to be TC-CHX is a 46+ mile trail a trailblazer, with work underway to create a non-motorized connection along Lake Michigan connecting amazing towns and communities. between M72, the Grand Traverse Town Center and the TART Trail at Bunker Hill. The Township applied for a Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Grant in April and TART Trails has helped secure over $500,000 in matching funds. In June, the Village of Elk Rapids unanimously approved a preferred trail alignment along the west side of US 31 and is now working on how the trail will route through the Village.
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