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Rail Trail e-Newsletter mid-October, 2024 #90

Hi all,

Just a few important stories I wanted to get out quickly. If you haven't done so already, please register for the coming MassTrails Conference which has now added a virtual kick off that will be about the Mass Central Rail Trail.

Looking forward to seeing folks there!

Craig Della Penna, Board President

Norwottuck Network, Inc.

62 Chestnut St. Northampton, MA 01062

413 575 2277 CraigDP413@gmail.com

In the GREEN area, we have news about the

Mass Central Rail Trail

and perhaps some of the 18 other trails that connect to it.

Please plan on coming to the MassTrails Conference. Even more, there will even be a Virtual Kick-Off Event about the Mass Central Rail Trail.

This special pre-conference event will be on Tuesday Oct. 22 from noon to 1:30 pm. LINK HERE to register. More about the Kick-Off Event.

A Story on Boston TV's CHRONICLE program about the Mass Central Rail Trail

SEE THE SHORT VIDEO.

New Haven & Northampton Canal Greenway's Westfield section wins a national award.

WESTFIELD — After 11 years of hard work completing the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, the city of Westfield has received the American Public Works Association’s 2024 Public Works Project of the Year Award.

Read more about the award ceremony in Atlanta. Read more about the longest interstate rail trail in the northeast.

Pictured with Westfield’s Public Works Project of the Year Award in Atlanta are, from left, American Public Works Association CEO Scott Grayson, project manager Greg Russell from VHB, acting Public Works Superintendent Francis Cain, City Engineer Allison McMordie, Mayor Michael McCabe, VHB senior engineer Christine Champeau and Gary Losier, president of APWA.

AND IN THE ORANGE AREA;

Interesting, "HIGH ALTITUDE" Stories From Around the Country and Sometimes Beyond.

HERE'S AN INNOVATIVE NEW PROGRAM IN NY BEING SETUP TO BENEFIT COMMUNITIES NEAR BOTH THE NEW ADIRONDACK RAIL TRAIL AND THE NEARBY TOURIST RAILROAD.

THIS IS SOMETHING TO EMULATE AS THE MASS CENTRAL RAILTRAIL GETS NEARER TO COMPLETION.

SARANAC LAKE, NY — Small business owners and entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on the busy traffic on the Adirondack Rail Trail and Adirondack Scenic Railroad may be eligible for up to $35,000 in grants after the towns of Harrietstown and Tupper Lake were awarded $200,000 each for a program supporting the businesses supporting the new state infrastructure. Read more.

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The new Norwottuck Network is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation specifically set up to help get the longest rail trail in New England--the Mass Central Rail Trail --built-out, operational and notable.

We can help do that by making small, mini-grants available to local groups and communities that will bring restore/renovate/replace historic mile-markers on the corridor. Or help fund kiosks that will call out forgotten railroad or industrial history of that locale.

Or if and when we need to, (or are asked to) we will commission major reports to answer the "elephant in the room" questions, never asked.

We will want to work with the state park agency Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) on standardized kiosk designs.

We will keep you all posted as to developments as we go. We have made it easy to DONATE through the Network for Good.

Here's some of the Podcasts

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