American Tobacco Trail Workday for September 6 Canceled

[Bill Bussey]

Hi Volunteers for the American Tobacco Trail,

Due to the anticipated bad weather on Friday and Saturday, the 
American Tobacco Trail workday, scheduled for* Saturday, September 6*, 
at the at Solite Park in southern Durham County  has been canceled.

We'll try again *Saturday, September 13*, at the Solite Park 
<http://www.triangletrails.org/DIRECTIONS.HTM>in southern Durham 
County.at 9:00 a.m. where we'll assist Eagle Scout candidate Philip 
Kenney in his project to construct a fence along the recently built ramp 
connecting the park to the ATT. Directions will be in next weeks' email.

**Also note, we'll have a special workday on the future Deep River Trail 
<http://www.centralparknc.org/blog/CentralParkNCBlog/index.cfm/2008/4/16/Deep-River-RailTrail> 
near Franklinville, north of Ramseur on *Saturday, September 20*. We'll 
have more details later.

If you or your group would like to work days or early evenings other
than Saturdays, please let Bill Bussey <mailto:billbus at gte.net> know.

Please let Frank Bennett <mailto:FJB675 at hotmail.com> 919-851-3992 or 
Bill Bussey <mailto:billbus at gte.net> 919 545-9104 
know anytime if you have any questions.

For more information on ATT workdays, please see our Volunteering page
at: http://triangletrails.org/VOLUNTEERS.HTM

For directions to workday meeting places and ATT Trailheads go to our
directions page at: http://www.triangletrails.org/DIRECTIONS.HTM

Future workdays are still being planned. Here is the tentative schedule
for upcoming workdays. *Note that these can change if there is an area 
on the trail that needs immediate attention.*

*Upcoming American Tobacco Trail Workdays *

*Saturday, September 6* Durham Workday Solite Park in southern Durham 9 
a.m. *CANCELED*

*Saturday, September 13* Durham Workday Solite Park 9 a.m.

*Saturday, September 20* Trail workday  Deep River Trail north of 
Ramseur Time TBD.

*Saturday, September 27* Chatham Workday North of Chatham/Wake line. See 
directions in previous emails 9 a.m.

*More News
*
Construction of the Chatham County section of the ATT should begin 
sometime in mid September, with anticipated completion no later than 
September of 2009. Currently, plans are to start from the Wake County 
line and move north. We'll send out a detailed message on this when 
details are finalized. Stay tuned!

Keep in mind that significant portions of the trail that we maintain and 
are heavily used, will be closed during construction. TRTC, Chatham 
County, the Town of Cary,  the City of Durham, and NCDOT all request 
that trail users stay out of the trail construction zones during this time.
 
You can print out our latest ATT map *right now* at 
http://www.triangletrails.org/ATT.HTM . Click on both links under the 
thumbnail for both sides of the map.

Don't let the thumbnail fool you. This is our new color ATT map done by 
Wayne Horton of Winston-Salem.

And let me take this opportunity to *Thank You* for all of your help
and support in building, cleaning and clearing the American Tobacco
Trail in 2007. Thanks to your hard work, expertise and
diligent efforts, we are making steady progress.

Thousands of trail 
users are *now safely using* the sections of the trail and facilities
you have helped clear, clean and build. We get so many wonderful
comments and thanks on how well the trail looks when folks use these
facilities. These trail users are often *amazed* to find out that these
improvements were done *completely* by volunteers. Thank you for the
great work and for volunteering your valuable time to help with this
project. Know that it wouldn't be possible without the great work of
each and every one of you.

Thanks for your help and support in building the American Tobacco Trail.

Happy Trails,

Bill Bussey
Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
americantobaccotrail at embarqmail.com
www.triangletrails.org
919 545-9104
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