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Help Arizona Trail win a $50,000 grant for improvements
by Ron Dungan – Aug. 9, 2010 04:57 PM
The Arizona Republic
You can help the Arizona Trail Association win a $50,000 grant to improve a section of the trail in Pinal County.
The association wants to reroute an 11-mile stretch of the Black Hills segment and is seeking a grant from the Redwood Creek Wines Greater Outdoors Project to finance the work. Redwood Creek will award the grant to the project that gets the most votes online. Last year, the Arizona Trail came in second in the voting.
“The trailhead’s been on an old pipeline road since it started,” said Dave Hicks, executive director of the Arizona Trail Association.
The length of the segment makes it difficult to get the work done with volunteers. If the association wins the grant, it will hire youth-corps workers who will camp out until the work is done.
“We also hope to get some signage and kiosks,” Hicks said.
To help the association get the grant, go to aztrail.org. Instructions on how to vote are at the top of the page. You’ll need to register the first time you vote, and you can vote once a day after that.
Voting ends Aug. 31.
Reach the reporter at 602-444-4847 or ron.dungan@arizonarepublic.com
