Traverse City Tomorrow
Traverse City Tomorrow: Jan 25, 7:00 pm at City Opera House- What do you want Traverse City to be? What things should we preserve? Get rid of? Improve? As we head into 2010, the City of Traverse City invites you to take part in a special interactive event at the City Opera House featuring local leaders and hometown heroes [...]
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Excerpt from Sunday 1/10/10 Traverse City Record Eagle page 1A and 1B
By Sheri McWhirter
smcwhirter@record-eagle.com
ACME -- Kathy Tuckerman sat in a chair while Kim Dittmar kneeled at her feet, tightening straps on a pair of snowshoes.
"Keep wiggling, wiggling, wiggling," Dittmar said. "OK, stand up for me. There you go and then tighten it up there."
Tuckerman, of [...]
TART Grooming Report- Updated regularly
We're making tracks! These trail grooming updates are emailed first to the 2009-2010 Grooming Badge supporters. TART's grooming program prepares both the Vasa Pathway and the Leelanau Trail for classic and skate style skiing.
To support this program, simply click here to BUY YOUR 2009-2010 GROOMING BADGE FOR $100!!
Check out the groomer in action by watching [...]
Buy a print, support TART
With yesterday’s launch of Atlantis (watch this video here from CNN), we bring you a timely opportunity to purchase prints from space right here in Traverse City. Buy one of five prints by astronaut & Leelanau County resident, Jerry Linenger, and support TART!
The Glories of Earth Gazing: Photography from Space
By U.S. astronaut Jerry Linenger
Captain Linenger [...]
Winter Trails Day
Mark your calendars for Saturday January 9 from 11-2 for Winter Trails Day. It’s a unique opportunity to introduce friends to winter sports. TART is teaming up with the Vasa Ski Club to host several activities at the Vasa Pathway Trailhead:
Beginner x-country ski lessons- Get a lesson and gain confidence when you’re gliding about on [...]
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Our good friends at Traverse Magazine wrote up a little ditty about the beautiful prints taken by astronaut and Leelanau County resident Jerry Linenger. 100% of the print proceeds go to TART through the end of January, so you’ve still got time to pick up a one-of-a-kind print AND support TART at the same time. [...]
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Help us plan Tour de TART
We had another successful Tour de TART in 2009 with 486 participants and 75 volunteers! We have our work cut out for us to top 2009, and we plan on digging deep because the 2010 event is the 10th annual event. Feel free to mark your calendars for August 6, 2010 for the next Tour [...]
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2010 North American Vasa – February 13-14
The 2010 North American Vasa is right around the corner! In addition the Vasa race, there will also be the Hagerty Insurance Gran Traver Classic Race and the Valentine's Day Ski Tour! Registration is still open! If you want to be involved, but don't want to ski, how about volunteering? More information and registration at [...]
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Hagerty "12 Days of Caring" Bulb Planting
On Tuesday with flurries swirling in the air, a group of 10 Hagerty employees planted 1000 daffodil bulbs along the Boardman Lake Trail where the new connector runs north to 8th Street. Don’t worry we were assured by knowledgeable garden sources that it was a feasible endeavor. With temperatures hovering in the 20’s the work [...]
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Changes on the TART board and staff
The Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation (TART) Trails board of directors and staff have seen some recent changes.
Brian Beauchamp, policy specialist for the Michigan Land Use Institute, has recently been nominated to the board along with Mike Stepka, a lawyer with Stepka & Aprea, who serves as the Grand Traverse County Commissioner appointee representative on [...]