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News
[04/02/2008] Grooming Report - update 4/02/2008
[01/29/2008] TART grooms Leelanau Trail for skiing
[01/24/2008] Bike club gives $18,000 to TART
[01/09/2008] Statewide trail meeting in TC; more Grand Visioning
[11/15/2007] Biking with Beans
[09/19/2007] Become a trail ambassador!
[09/14/2007] Walk to School Day at West Junior High Oct 3
[09/12/2007] TART board adds members
[09/10/2007] Participate in The Grand Vision
[08/22/2007] Ride the Leelanau Harvest Tour!

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Events
[02/03/2008] Women's Winter Tour - February 3, 2008
[02/09/2008] North American Vasa - Feb. 9-10, 2008
[04/19/2008] TART Earth Day Cleanup - April 19, 2008
[06/02/2008] Recruiting competitors in the Commuter Cup Challenge
[06/02/2008] Smart Commute Week 2008
[08/08/2008] Tour de TART - August 8, 2008
[09/21/2008] Leelanau Harvest Tour - Sept. 21, 2008
[10/05/2008] Ross Cogger Memorial TART Trail Trek - Oct. 5, 2008

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Bed and Breakfast/ Lodging
Leelanau Country Cottage- Once a hundred year old granary, Leelanau Country Cottage offers private and spacious accomodations with a bed and breakfast atmosphere on 50 acres adjacent to the Leelanau Trail.

Bed and Breakfast/Lodging
Korner Kottage- Discover the beauty of the Leelanau Peninsula and explore its many pleasures. Make Korner Kottage your home away from home. Restored 1920's Craftsman style home in downtown Suttons Bay with four guest rooms.

Brick Wheels
Ready to hit the trails, but your gear isn't? Rent or buy the latest in-line skates, bikes and skis then hop out the backdoor and onto the trails!

Cherry Capital Cycling Club
With 87,267 total miles rode in 2006, these folks know their trails! Check out the club's site for photos and information on the next ride!

Eteach
"Environmental education through experience" a program offered in Northwest Lower Michigan.

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation
Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation; Is committed to enhancing the quality of life in our region; Facilitating philanthropy by providing leadership; That coordinates the use of resources for community improvement; Today and for future generations.

Grand Traverse Resort and Spa
The Northwoods. A place of crystal waters, and lush green backdrops and the home to the storied Grand Traverse Resort and Spa. Where northern Michigan is experienced as vividly within the resort as it is outside its doors.

League of Michigan Bicyclists
The LMB is a non-profit, tax-exempt statewide organization of more than 2,000 members working to improve conditions for bicycling in Michigan. LMB supports many programs and projects and cooperates with state and local agencies and other like-minded groups toward this goal.

McLain Cycle & Fitness
McLain Cycle & Fitness offers supplies and quality equipment for Cycling, Paddling, Hiking, Camping, Snowshoeing, and Adventuring. Located just off the TART Trail!

MDOT's Transportation Enhancement Program
The Enhancement Program represents an opportunity to improve Michigan's intermodal transportation network and the quality of life in Michigan. Public response to the program has been overwhelming.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Trails
The DNR is actively working with local communities and other nonprofit organizations to create a network of long-distance, multi-use trails passing through Michigan's communities and countryside linking our population centers, public parks and lands, and natural resources.

Michigan Land Use Institute
Are you interested in helping northern Michigan avoid the patterns of suburban sprawl and over-development that cause traffic congestion, pollution, loss of community, rising costs to individuals and governments, and a deteriorating quality of life. Please visit the Michigan Land Use Institutes web site.

Michigan Mountain Biking Association
The mission of the MMBA is to promote responsible mountain biking and to work toward the goals of common land access and natural resource protection through interaction with policy makers, the cycling industry, race promoters, mountain bikers and other trail users.

North American Vasa
The offical website of the organization that runs the premier cross-country ski races on TART's Vasa Pathway each winter!

Rails to Trails Conservancy - Michigan Field Office
The purpose of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) is to enrich America's communities and countryside by creating a nationwide network of public trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors.

The IceMan Cometh
The offical site for the IceMan Cometh bike races from Kalkaska to Traverse City, Michigan held in Rain, Sleet, Mud and/or Snow

Trail Information from the Traverse City Convention & Visitors Bureau
The trail network in and around Traverse City is just about the best you can get for in-line skating, hiking and biking. Check out their links to reviews and ratings of the TART Trails as well as others.

Trail Link.Com
Trail Link allows you to search for the best outdoor recreation trails that the nation has to offer. Search by keyword, state/region or activity.

Women's Ski Tour
The Women's Ski Tour is the only event of its kind in the United States that offers an opportunity for women to experience cross-country skiing in a recreational, noncompetitive environment while benefiting the community. The event encourages women of all ages and abilities to get up and join in the celebration of women, winter and chocolate! A great family event. The Women's Ski Tour works hard and plays hard to raise funds for the Women's Resource Center of Grand Traverse and TART Trails.
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Office address: 232 E. Front St. Suite 11, Traverse City

Mailing address: PO Box 252, Traverse City, MI 49685

Many of the web site photographs provided by Bruce Bodjack, Cherry Capital Cycling Club Member.

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