Miami Valley RailTrails Newsletter July 2005

Miami Valley RailTrails Newsletter
July 2005

It’s July 17th 2005. and it's Hot! I have news for you about Southwest Ohio's trails and additions to this website.

Trail Construction and Improvements.

Website Changes and Improvements

Did You Know Department

Announcements of Upcoming Cycling Events

Trail Construction and Improvements

Trails Being Completed this Summer – Three trails have been dedicated already this Summer. They are Buck Creek Scenic Trail, Beavercreek Trail Connector and the Xenia – Jamestown Connector. Two more trails will be completed this Summer and Fall. They are:

Great Miami River Recreation Trail - (Miami County) Section 2 - 2.5 miles from Dye Mill Road to the Troy Power Plant - To be dedicated Thursday 21 July 2005 at 2 PM with a public opening of Sunday 24 July from 1 PM to 4 PM.
Lebanon Countryside Trail - (Warren County) 8.2 miles from Lebanon to Little Miami Scenic Trail North of Loveland, Ohio. To be finished at the end of August 2005 and dedicated October 2005.

Website Changes and Improvements

Hotels, Motels, B&Bs and Campgrounds near the trails in the Miami Valley RailTrails Area - (Revised) - I have started a major renovation of this page. I am doing a lot of research to find the accommodations near our trails for your use. (July 2005)
Website Statistics - I have decided to provide for my users the numbers of hits and calls for web pages by month that this site is experiencing. I must be doing something right because the hits and page counts continue to climb. As of June 2005 this website exceeded 750,000 hits for the month.
Great Miami River Recreation Trail webpage (updated) I’ve completed re-ridden the trail and have updated all four of the web pages that make it up.
Great Miami River Recreation Trail Section 2 (Miami County) is finished. The trail is complete and will be dedicated 21 July 2005. I have replaced all construction pictures with a completed trail.

Did You Know Department

Did you know that the Miami Valley RailTrails website now has 166 web pages and 3.228 pictures (including thumbnails)? The site exceeded 750,000 hits in June 2005.
ODNR TRAILS PLAN - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has updated its Trails Plan to help guide the development and expansion of a statewide system of recreational trails throughout Ohio. You can get a copy of this plan for the state of Ohio.
To download the plan (14 Mb) go to : http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/trailsplan/pdf/trailsforohioans.pdf

Announcements of Upcoming Cycling Events
(Also See Events Page )

1.Great Miami River Recreation Trail (Miami County) Section 2 of the trail from Dye Mill Road North to Miami Shores Golf Course will be dedicated 2:00 PM Thursday 21 July 2005. The public opening of the trail will be Sunday 24 July 2005 from 1PM to 4PM with public activities.

2. Lebanon Countryside Trail will be dedicated on 1 October (tentative) at the Countryside YMCA in Lebanon.

Regards to all,

Thomas J. Recktenwalt
Webmaster
Miami Valley RailTrails
http://www.miamivalleytrails.org

If you find these newsletters and my Miami Valley RailTrails website of use to you, please pass the information on to your friends and neighbors who might enjoy our wonderful system of multi-use trails in Southwest Ohio. They are wonderful for walking, running, roller-bladeing, birding, fishing and cycling and on some trails horseback riding. You see more wildlife from one of our trails than most anyplace else. All of my newsletters are posted to my website at the same time I send you this text version. The URL for your use is: http://www.miamivalleytrails.org/join_our_mailing_list.htm

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