Yearly Archives: 2008
Join a TART Committee
We are currently looking for interested folks to consider volunteering on one of our committees. If you enjoy maintenance, dreaming of new trail facilities, planning events, marketing, or fundraising- we have a committee for you! A list and brief description of our committees is below. Most committees meet every other month. Current committee make up [...]
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Safety Advisory - The N. Boardman Lake Trail Project
The City Engineer would like us to make you aware of a safety advisory. The North Boardman Lake Trail project is nearing completion, but will not be available for use for a few more weeks. Safety Advisory: The site is an active construction area. The project is not yet complete. Pedestrians and trail users should [...]
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Shop Your Community Day - Nov 8th
Downtown Traverse City is making it easy for you to support us. For every purchase you make at the following stores on Saturday, November 8, 2008, 15% will be donated to TART Trails. It’s easy and hassle free! When you make your purchase at one of the participating stores, just indicate to the sales associate [...]
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Boardman Lake Update (South End)
We have put up new signs to route trail users across the pedestrian bridge at Logan’s Landing to connect the East Boardman Lake Trail to the Garfield Township Nature Education Reserve (former YMCA property). We appreciate the permission from Logan’s Landing property owners to use this bridge temporarily until a new bridge can be built [...]
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Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5K
Come join your neighbors, friends, and family at the Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot in downtown Traverse City. Sprint, run, jog or walk through the streets of downtown before you dig into the bird and eat more than you should.
The Turkey Trot benefits the YMCA. Entrants will recieve a goody bag, long sleeved Turkey Trot t-shirt [...]
Bicycle amenities added downtown
Six new bike racks have been added to Traverse City’s Warehouse district in an effort to provide facilities that encourage cycling. The bike racks have been added as part of Smart Commute Week with partnership from the Cherry Capital Cycling Club, City of Traverse City, Downtown Development Authority and TART Trails.
A donation from the Cherry [...]
NORDIC SKI CLINIC
The North American Vasa will be sponsoring a pre-season cross country ski clinic on October 24-25th. The program titled “We Ski” will be held at Timber Ridge RV & Recreation Resort. The featured speaker will be two-time Olympian, Lyndsey Weier from Marquette. The clinic will benefit the Traverse Jr. Nordic Ski Club.
The Friday session will [...]
The Grand Vision
Now is the time to decide what our region can look like fifty years from now. We urge you to visit www.thegrandvision.org and explore the resulting four scenarios. After reviewing and considering the information click on the “The Grand Vision Scorecard,” answer the questions and send it in. The implications are critically important. Planning, zoning [...]
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Volunteers needed for Vasa trail work bee on Oct 11
Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation (TART) Trails, Inc. is hosting a trail work bee on the Vasa Pathway on Saturday, October 11, 2008 from 9:00 am – noon.
Volunteers will be spreading wood chips, trimming trees, and preparing the trail for winter usage. Please bring work gloves, rakes, shovels, tree trimming tools (i.e. loppers, bow saws, [...]
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Naperala receives trail award
At a dinner event at Black Star Farms on October 2nd, the officials of Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation (TART) Trails awarded the 5th annual Jim Mudgett Trail Pioneer Award. The award was presented to Dick Naperala by past recipient Tim Brick.
Dick Naperala, a founding member of the Grand Traverse Hiking Club, has been a [...]