A Legacy Trail announcement is set for July 30 at Thursday night Live! The free event starts at 5:30 at Cheapside Park downtown (as with every Thursday during the summer), and the announcement will be made at 6:15 ~ free "beverage" if you ride your bike! The Legacy Center will also be unveiling three logos for the trail, to get public feedback and input.
In case you've been hiding under a rock, the Legacy Trail is Lexington's forthcoming 9 mile mixed-use path – it will start downtown, wind through the East End, hit up some parks along the way and end up at the Kentucky Horse Park, out Newtown Pike. There should only be one major street-crossing. This will provide a much-needed, long overdue option for Lexington walkers, joggers, skaters and cyclists to have a path of their very own – as you probably aware, the complete lack of bike trail options in Lexington is pretty dire.
(Here's an article I wrote in Business Lexington last year about the Legacy Center - search "Legacy Center" on the BizLex site for other related articles.)
The project has nearly $8m in place so far (with funding from the John L. Knight Foundation, the city and other sources). The Legacy Center is currently working on getting the final leg funded (from Northside YMCA to IMMAG at 3rd and Midland).
Ground breaking is set for October 2009, with completion by September 2010.
If you're interested in volunteering, e-mail Beth Willmott at the Legacy Center: bwillmott@bgcf.org
And visit the website for updates about the Trail and the East End:
www.legacycenter.ning.com
www.mylegacytrail.com
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