Yearly Archives: 2008
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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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 [...]
Leelanau Scenic Heritage Route Trailway Plan and Environmental Assessment Public Review Requested
The Leelanau Scenic Heritage Route Draft Trailway Plan and Environmental Assessment (for a 25-mile proposed trail along M-22 and M-109 through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore) is available for public review beginning October 1, 2008 and closing on October 31, 2008. Copies of the Draft Trailway Plan and Environmental Assessment are available for review [...]
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Take the TART Test
If you like to bike, walk, run, hike, ski, rollerblade, hop, skip or jump, then... take the TART Test.
How many miles of trail are within the TART Trails system?
Can you name the four original trails?
Changes at TART’s busiest crossing
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is in the process of installing new traffic signal equipment at the intersection of US-31/Grandview Parkway and Division Street in Traverse City to improve safety for all users of the system - especially bikers and pedestrians. Work is expected to be completed by Friday, Sept. 26, weather permitting. A [...]
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Walk to School Day!
TC West Middle School has been selected as a pilot school for the State of Michigan’s Safe Routes to School program. On October 8, 2008, students at West Middle School will have the opportunity to participate in a Remote Drop Off/Walk to School Day. Students who arrive by bus or car will be asked to [...]
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