[Vision2020] Latah Trail Update

[bill london]

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> Paving from the Moscow end of the Latah Trail is tantalizingly close. 
> Latah County has received bids necessary to begin paving this summer. 
> Unfortunately, the lowest of those bids exceeds the amount allowed by 
> the Idaho Transportation Department, and the County was left to come 
> up with the difference by June 28. We are pleased and relieved that 
> the Commissioners found room in their budget to meet that immediate 
> need, but they need our help. The Latah Trail Foundation would like to 
> reimburse the County for $5,653.20 expended for that purpose, then 
> surpass it to provide a buffer for contingencies and to extend the 
> paving and prep work as far as possible this summer. We are asking for 
> your donation.
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> Thanks to the generosity of trail supporters like you, the Latah Trail 
> Foundation recently provided $17,452 in matching funds for a State 
> Parks grant to pave the second mile of trail from Troy City Park. On 
> June 21, following a successful spring fundraiser, the Foundation 
> contributed $10,000 to the County for two new bicycle-pedestrian 
> bridges already completed near the west end of the trail and an 
> additional $22,000 to defray Phase I construction costs. The plan for 
> this summer is to open up new bicycle-pedestrian routes by paving 
> approximately one mile of the trail from Moscow to Mill Road and 
> compacting a rock base over approximately three more miles, to Buffalo 
> Hump. With completion of Phase I, users will be able to walk, run, or 
> roll from Moscow's Paradise Path to Carmichael, Lenville, and Mill 
> Roads and Palouse River Drive.
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> With endorsement from the Board of County Commissioners, the Latah 
> Trail Foundation recently launched a campaign for naming opportunities 
> along the trail and for the first time, we are able to offer 
> recognition to donors who contribute the following:
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> $75,000+   Wallen Rd. covered bridge (1)
> $50,000    Art installation (3)
> $40,000    Trail Entrances (2)
> $25,000    Mile-marker recognition (10)
> $20,000    Public access area (3)
> $15,000    Picnic Grove Nature Path & Rest Area (1)
> $15,000    Wildlife Viewing area (1)
> $10,000    Bridges (5)
>  $7,500    Family Picnic Area (3)
>  $5,000    Interpretive Area (8)
>  $2,500    Bench (6)
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> Handcrafted Golden Spike plaques are available for donors who 
> contribute $1,000 or more, and donors who contribute $10,000 are 
> eligible for custom designed Golden Rail Awards. If you would like to 
> memorialize someone with a bench, bridge, picnic table, nature path, 
> access point, or other amenity, contact Nancy Chaney at 882-9350 or 
> <nchaney at moscow.com> Your tax-deductible contribution now will help 
> pave eastward from Moscow this summer. Mail your check to the Latah 
> Trail Foundation, P.O. Box 9344, Moscow ID 83843 and help build 
> community by contributing to the Latah Trail!
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> Appreciatively,
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> Latah Trail Foundation Board
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> P.S. Please consider all of the ways you might help. Do you have a few 
> hours to tend our table at the Farmers' Market on Saturday mornings? 
> Are you a talented grant-writer or fundraiser? Do you have 
> construction skills or materials to offer? To learn more about the 
> project, visit <www.latahtrailfoundation.org 
> <http://www.latahtrailfoundation.org/>> and call or email today to 
> volunteer!   
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