The Leelanau Trail campaign needs to raise matching funds for a MDOT Transportation enhancement grant secured through Leelanau County Road Commission. Design and engineering is getting underway and we hope to have the remaining 7-mile portion of the trail paved in time for Tour de TART in 2012.

Donors of $1000 or more will receive a limited edition Kaye Krapohl print. With a donation of $2500 or more they will also be included on the recognition pieces.

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Leelanau Trail Campaign Case Statement

The Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail (SBHT) will be a hard-surfaced, multi-use trail paralleling M-22 and M-109 for 27 miles through the Lakeshore. It will provide a safe, non-motorized, multi-use transportation alternative connecting the Lakeshore’s main visitor destinations with Glen Arbor and Empire. The SBHT will give walkers, runners, wheelchair users, bicyclists, cross-country skiers, baby strollers, and rollerbladers a safe, enjoyable, and car-free way to access and explore the Lakeshore and neighboring communities.  The SBHT was officially launched on August 12th, 2011 with a groundbreaking at the Dune Climb.   Nearly 200 trail supporters attended the ceremony, including Senator Levin.  The Trail has been awarded nearly $5 million in federal and state grants and the Pathways to Sleeping Bear capital campaign has raised over $800,000 in matching funds.  Construction of the first five-mile trail segment between the Dune Climb and Glen Arbor will be completed by July 2012.  $1,150,000 must be raised by May of 2012 to continue trail construction north of Glen Arbor to Port Oneida.  The Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail will have 13.2 miles of trail completed in three years if the campaign raises over one million dollars in leadership level donations by spring of 2012!  Your support of this trail project is greatly appreciated.  Click here to donate to the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail!

The first phase of the Buffalo Ridge Trail trail is being built with the Franke Road extension or South Campus Entrance to the Grand Traverse Commons. Funding for the project was a collaborative effort between the City of Traverse City, Garfield Township, TC-TALUS/Grand Vision, Munson Health Care, and TART Trails. Numerous individuals and organizations pitched in to meet Munson's $10,000 challenge match. Special thanks go to the Traverse City Track Club and TC Light and Power for their generous grants.

TART is moving forward on plans for future phases of the proposed 2.7 mile trail.

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