Club Accomplishments in 2011

At the recent club meeting in October, President Wayne Miller shared a list of the projects and accomplishments we've been a part of during this year.  This was our final club meeting of the year so it was appropriate to look back and take stock of what's been done.

• Trail Survey Completed
• Cleaned culverts and ditches
• Cleaned and waxed 25 interpretive signs
• Cleaned signs and painted posts of “pass on left” signs
• Built and installed 4 new memorial benches
• Installed 2 new interpretive signs
• Bought and installed 92 trestle numbers ($2200 plus hardware)
• Relocated 1/8 mile of trail and seeded edges in Damascus
• Painted and cleaned SST’s at Green Cove and Straight Branch
• Bought and installed large new maps in Abingdon and Damascus
• Planting trees as a screen at sewer plant
• New website developed and online
• New brochures designed (out soon)
• Provided fundraiser basket for the Library at Tisket Tasket Fundraiser ($280)
• Led a guided ride and walk along the Trail for a convention group
• Gave $3500 to Damascus for various in-town projects along the trail
• Gave $5000 to Abingdon for construction of Alvarado pavilion and gravel
• Pledged $5000 for view-shed protection (Eliot’s Letter)

Events

• Trail cleanup – 1st Saturday in April
• Supported Hit the Trail for Hunger - April EFIA fundraiser – over $10,000 raised
• Plumb Alley Day
• Earth Day
• Trail Days
• Supported National Trail Days Conference
• Highlands Festival – Ride with the Legend
• River Cleanup – 8/12/11
• Picnic - 9/25/11