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Fred Meijer Flat River Valley Rail Trail Flat FRED MEIJER Macclain R Heartland Trail Harlow i The story of the 22-mile Fred Meijer Flat River Valley Rail v

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Trail began in 2006, when Swedish conglomorate, Electro- Shearer

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Greenville Lake Montcalm Flat River Trail— Greenville and moved operations to Juarez, Mexico. The Mid Sanderson 14 Mile Lincoln Lake 14 Mile Rd Washington Kent Lake

Michigan Railroad lost its biggest and only customer on the Edgewood 57

Lowell to Greenville rail line and abandoned the rail corridor. Barber Carson City Satterlee

On September 22, 2010, a broad coalition of government Lafayette Morgan Mills Baldwin Lake Rd and non-profit organizations purchased the entire length Ike Simpson Fred Meijer Flat River Valley Rail Trail • Lowell Area Trailway Fletcher Fletcher

of abandoned railway for $1.3 million for recreational use. Berridge Scenic overlook on the Keiber The first 2.28-mile section of trail was built during the Flat River Fenwick Lowell Area Trailway.12 Mile Baker River summer of 2014 and dedicated on August 20. This section FRED MEIJER 91 Flat River Valley from the M-44 bridge to Long Lake Road through the City Wabasis Rail Trail Lake of Belding crosses three bridges over the Flat River. It’s Snows Lake Snows Lake

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paved with asphalt through town and surfaced with finely Stakes

Youngman Ferris screened and compacted limestone north of the northern Bridge Whites Biggs

Godfrey Bricker river crossing. 10 Mile Bricker Hock McPherson Deitz Local trail developers and the Michigan DNR are now Kiddville Long Lake

raising funds to complete the rest of the rail trail north Heffron Fisk Storey

and south of Belding. They hope to break ground during Ellis McPhersonBelding Reed 1 Merrick

Main Bridge the spring of 2017. When completed, the trail will Park Strotheide

be surfaced with finely screened and compacted lime- Hall Heim Belding Rd State 44 stone through the rural and natural areas and paved with Bridge asphalt through the village of Smyrna and City of Lowell.

Fish il The Lowell Area Recreation Authority is currently devel- a Ostrum

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Rail Trail to the Fred Meijer Grand River Valley Rail Trail Lake Lincoln l The trail crosses F Bailey Bartonville Smyrna

through the City of Lowell. The current trail surface Corrigan r 6 Milethree bridges over Button ve is mostly grass and gravel and railroad ballast, and i the Flat RiverAshley in Belding. Miriam R Ingalls t Zahm a a popular day ride for “fat tire bike” riders. l F Seeley 5 Mile FRED MEIJER Alden Nash Flat River Valley Rail Trail Trails Legend Wittenbach/ Wege ughs Burroughs Krupp ro Murray Flat River Nature Trails r F Whites Bridge Rd Paved Trail u l Lake Jacoby B a t 4 Mile Limestone R North Country iv National Scenic Heether North Country e

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Cooper 1Bridge Whites Central Riverside Park Yes Yes Yes L Potters Kayden Woodland Heim e Beckwith Preserve e Flat River Lowell Area Trailway Access Bailey R leasa C t ive P n la r

t r F Marble L 2 Creekside Park Yes Yes Yes V Lowell e

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Elementary Game Montcalm School Flat River Area Foreman FRED MEIJER Lowell Centerline Grand River Valley

Alden Nash NCTA Foreman National HQ Rail Trail Foreman NCTA Fulton Pinckney

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Lowell Area Trailway —Country Ivan Alden Nash National Main Page

The 2.5-mileBoulder Lowell Area Trailway21 is a 10-foot-wide, paved Scenic Trail Hotchkiss Montcalm Peck Lake community pathway that connects the Wittenbach/WegeBowes 36th 36th ©2016 Rockford Advertising. All rights reserved. Agriscience and Environmental Education Center, Lowell 0 .5 1 2 3 4

High School, Cooper Woodland Preserve, Creekside Park Miles

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Alden Nash Alden Pratt rand River Bell Flat River ValleyG Rail Trail in Lowell. At the northern end Lake 96 96 Oberley of the trail, you can explore a network of nearly 4 miles Portland of nature trails at the Wittenbach/WegeGrand River Agriscience and Environmental EducationMichigan Center. Trails Magazine 2015 • www.TrailsMichigan.com • ©2015 Rockford Advertising.www.TrailsMichigan.com All rights reserved. 123

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