American Tobacco Trail and TRTC at Cary Lazy Daze Saturday August 22 All Day
Bill Bussey
billbus at gte.net
Fri Aug 21 12:57:54 EDT 2009
Hi Volunteers for the American Tobacco Trail,
This very, very late message is to remind you that we will not have an
American Tobacco Trail workday on *Saturday, August 22*.
Instead we'll have an ATT Information booth at Cary Lazy Daze Festival
<http://www.townofcary.org/depts/prdept/events/lazydaze/lazydazehome.htm>
All Day Saturday. Come join us under the big white tent in the Wellness
World area at the Post Office lot in downtown Cary.
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=610+Scott+King+Rd,+Durham,+NC+27713&vps=4&jsv=163d&sll=35.875316,-78.934096&sspn=0.00865,0.007392&ie=UTF8&latlng=&ei=TLI7So-cJIfwMsjMiIgE&sig2=S6ASsa95BLZz5xffFuZV6Q&dtab=5>
If you would like to volunteer, please email or call me after 8 p.m. on
Friday evening. While this can serve as Environmental Service Hours for
some high schools, we don't really have a need for more than four or
five students over the course of this event.
Last week, Katie, Dan, and Frank Bennett, worked on the American Tobacco
Trail mainly south of Scott King Road. They picked up the little trash
that was out there, and trimmed a small poplar tree that had fallen
across the trail. Thanks to all in this group for the great work on a
hot summer day.
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
Remember, you *can always *help the ATT and other trails, greenways and
paths in the Triangle - or anywhere on the planet - by *picking up and
hauling out at least one piece of trash*, or picking up and throwing as
far off the trail, at least one stick, limb or fallen tree, on every
visit or use. If everyone who used our greenways, trails or paths picked
up and removed at least one piece of trash, stick or limb, we'd have the
cleanest trails around!
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 *
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=610+Scott+King+Rd,+Durham,+NC+27713&vps=4&jsv=163d&sll=35.875316,-78.934096&sspn=0.00865,0.007392&ie=UTF8&latlng=&ei=TLI7So-cJIfwMsjMiIgE&sig2=S6ASsa95BLZz5xffFuZV6Q&dtab=5>
*Saturday, August 22* ATT Information booth at Cary Lazy Daze Festival
<http://www.townofcary.org/depts/prdept/events/lazydaze/lazydazehome.htm>
All Day Saturday. Come join us under the big white tent in the Wellness
World area at the Post Office lot in downtown Cary.
*Saturday, August 29* Durham Workday Installing Signs on Durham
Greenways. More info next week.
*Saturday, September 5* Durham Workday Installing Signs on Durham
Greenways. More info next week.
<http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Burton+Road,+Durham,+NC&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=UyfeScfRA57slQf-k6hV&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1>
*Monday, September 7* TRTC Monthly Meeting Woodcroft Professional Center
at intersection of Fayetteville Road and Woodcroft Parkway in southern
Durham 7:30 p.m. All are Welcome!
*Saturday, September 12* Durham Workday Fayetteville Road Access 9 a.m.
7682 Fayetteville Road, Durham, NC 27713
<http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Burton+Road,+Durham,+NC&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=UyfeScfRA57slQf-k6hV&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1>
This may change depending on how installing signs go.
*Saturday, September 19 *Durham Workday Installing Signs on Durham
Greenways. More info next week.
*Saturday, September 26 *Durham Workday Scott King Road Access 9 a.m.
610 Scott King Road, Durham, NC 27713
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=610+Scott+King+Rd,+Durham,+NC+27713&vps=4&jsv=163d&sll=35.875316,-78.934096&sspn=0.00865,0.007392&ie=UTF8&latlng=&ei=TLI7So-cJIfwMsjMiIgE&sig2=S6ASsa95BLZz5xffFuZV6Q&dtab=5>
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=610+Scott+King+Rd,+Durham,+NC+27713&vps=4&jsv=163d&sll=35.875316,-78.934096&sspn=0.00865,0.007392&ie=UTF8&latlng=&ei=TLI7So-cJIfwMsjMiIgE&sig2=S6ASsa95BLZz5xffFuZV6Q&dtab=5>
*Saturday, October 3 *Durham Workday Installing Signs on Durham
Greenways. More info next week.
*Monday, October 5* TRTC Monthly Meeting Woodcroft Professional Center
at intersection of Fayetteville Road and Woodcroft Parkway in southern
Durham 7:30 p.m. All are Welcome!
*
Saturday, October 10* Durham Workday Fayetteville Road Access 9 a.m.
7682 Fayetteville Road, Durham, NC 27713
<http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Burton+Road,+Durham,+NC&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=UyfeScfRA57slQf-k6hV&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1>
This may change depending on how installing signs go.
*More News
*
*Construction now in Progress on Chatham ATT Bridges and Trail
*
Construction of the Chatham County section of the ATT about 2/3
complete! Holmes Contracting is finishing up work on the first section
of trail between the Chatham/Wake County line to the south, and New Hope
Church Road to the north. The asphalt has been put down between New Hope
Church Road to the south and the Panther Creek bridge to the north.
All of the ATT in Chatham County is now CLOSED because it is a
construction zone. *Please stay out of this area while construction is
going on. If you see construction equipment moving, then turn around.
*Please read and heed all signs and instructions related to construction
in this area.
The Town of Cary has asked us to tell all that the *ATT in Chatham
County should be considered closed until *the entire 4.6 mile section is
opened at the end of *August 2009*.
Span Builders, LLC, which is the subcontractor for the Chatham County
bridges, are well underway on* *construction on both the *Panther Creek
and Northeast Creek trestles*. They are accessing this via Pittard Sears
Road. However, as mentioned above, *trail construction is now happening
between O'Kelly Chapel Road to the north and New Hope Church Road in the
south. Please stay off the trail in this area. *
For more information be sure to check out our TRTC/ATT News Link
<http://triangletrails.org/NEWS.HTM>.
*Do You Live Near the ATT in Chatham County?
*Do you plan on using the ATT in Chatham County on a regular basis once
it is completed? If so, the trail needs your help to be the "eyes and
ears" for safety and maintenance concerns, as well as to help keep the
trail clean. This should be fun and easy to do. It should be just an
extension of what you normally do on your walk or ride on the trail.
For more details, contact Bill Bussey <mailto:billbus at gte.net> 919 545-9104.
On another note, *TRTC Volunteers *have been* cutting and trimming grass
on the ATT between Massey Chapel Road to the north and the Chatham
County line to the south.* Please be sure to thank them when you see
them for their hard work. *Your donations make this regular maintenance
possible.*
TRTC Volunteers have also been doing some drainage and grass trimming
work at our Fayetteville Road Access. This will improve conditions for
users on this important access to the ATT south of I-40. *Again, your
donations make these improvements possible.
*
*Here is an easy way to help TRTC support the American Tobacco Trail
*while using your computer. Go to http://www.goodsearch.com/ . At the
"Who do you Goodsearch for?" button in the middle of the page, enter
TRTC, or Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. Save it as instructed.
*
Or Better Yet, make it Your Homepage in your browser!* See your
browser's instructions on how to make this page your homepage.
Instead of using Google or Yahoo as your search engine, use
http://www.goodsearch.com/ . TRTC will get about a penny a search in
most situations. You can read all about it at the website. Check it
out!* It works very well!* It is now my search engine of choice! Please
let me know if you have any questions. comments or concerns.
*Please Remember the ATT in your Gifts
<http://www.triangletrails.org/MEMBERS.HTM>*
Thank you for your support of the Triangle Rails to Trails Conservancy!
We are grateful to our loyal volunteers whose help is essential for
regular trail maintenance and special projects. Our special
accomplishments in 2008 include a partnership with the Godiva Track Club
to install a connector trail to Solite Park, as well as completion of
construction of the parking trailhead on Fayetteville Road in Durham.
Our work will continue in 2009 and beyond, and donations
<http://www.triangletrails.org/MEMBERS.HTM> of any amount are gladly
accepted and needed. TRTC will continue to apply for trails-related
grants but funds from memberships and donations remain an important
mechanism for acquiring tools and supplies used in our year-round
efforts to maintain the ATT and other local trails. We need donations
and memberships to pay for our trail workday insurance as well as to
assist in matching grant funding. Thank you for your continued support,
and happy holidays!
*
You Lookin' for Maps?!
*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. Thanks to Wayne Horton for this map
which is arguably one of the most popular trail maps in the triangle.
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 2008 amd 2009. 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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