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Newsletter July 2011 - I am discontinuing newsletters and most maintenance of this website due to the increased severity of my illness.

Newsletter June 2011 - No newsletter this month. I have become ill, diagnosed October 2010, and the fatigue from one of the treatments makes it impossible to write a newsletter this month.

Newsletter May 2011 - We start with proposed construction on the Creekside Trail in Beavercreek. Both the Buck Creek Trail and the Great Miami River Recreation Trail in Middletown have breaks due to flooding. We have some news on trail construction in Miami County. The new Miami Valley Trails Map is available and you should watch out for Yellow Bikes in Dayton! Bike to Work Day is May 20th. as well as the Cycling Summit. GOBA will be in London this year and FMCPT is looking for help. This month the Webpage Of The Month is the Ohio to Indiana Trail page.

Newsletter April 2011- News this month start with the trails are re-opening in Clark County as well as the Ohio River Trail will have a Ribbon Cutting 28 April 2011. In Cincinnati, meetings have been held to develop the Oasis Corridor , which will be used to carry part of the Ohio River Trail to downtown Cincinnati. The Buck Creek Trail closed due to construction and last month a 30 foot sinkhole closed the Great Miami River Trail near Middletown. I have updated my Ohio River Trail page. Shawn Richardson's Ohio Trail Numbering System documents are available on the website for reading. There are several new events including all Summer's Bike With A Ranger. Friends of the Little Miami Scenic Park are holding a fund raiser pancake breakfast on 16 April. And you may want to attend the Miami Valley Cycling Summit sponsored by Five Rivers MetroParks on 20 May 2011.

Newsletter March 2011- Hamilton County had an Open House on extension of Little Miami Scenic Trail 1 March, 2011. I have some news on trail planning in Clinton and Pickaway counties. I updated my Alphabetical Trails in Ohio list and Trails by County with Maps to show the planned Clinton and Pickaway trails. I have a new map for the Little Miami Scenic Trail thanks to reader Lonnie Burger. MVRPC will soon have for your use the 2011 version of the Miami Valley Trails Map. I will be providing information about Shawn Richardson's new Bike Route Numbering System For Ohio's Bike Trails soon. I have some announcements for new upcoming bicycling events you'll want to see and this month's webpage is the Interactive Maps Page.

Newsletter February 2011 - Clark County Commissioners voted to re-open the trails 1April, 2011, new information on the Mad River Recreation Trail Extension, as well as a possible new route for the Prairie Grass Trail through downtown London. South of Dayton there is construction in planning from Middletown to Franklin and from Hamilton to the Rentschler Preserve. OKI has a new status report on their trails in Cincinnati you can download. I've changed all of the route numbers on the trails affected by the Ohio To Erie Trail being granted "Ohio Route #1". I've started to add new webpages to the Great Miami River Recreation Trail in Miami County and have asked the park's departments if they would mark mileage on the trail North or South of RiverScape the zero mileage point just like Xenia Station is the zero mileage point for the Little Miami Scenic Trail. I have asked the park's departments to comment on the implications of HR727 (which allows some electric bicycles on the trails) and a Department of Justice ruling about handicapped users of the trails. Because of the route number changes my Webpage of the Month is again About Multi-Use Trail Names and Route Numbers.

Newsletter January 2011 - This month I tell you about trail construction in Miami County. Also I give the current status of the Ohio To Indiana Trail. Then I discuss the trail closures in Clark County caused by the failed Parks Levy. A bridge was completed in downtown Dayton over the Wolf Creek Recreation Trail and I had hoped that the trail would open this year, but the City of Dayton has already started construction of another bridge over the Creek in downtown Dayton closing the trail for another year. In 2011 a number of trail route numbers will change to accommodate the Ohio to Erie Trail's desire to be named "Ohio Route Number 1". I added new photos of the Xenia-Jamestown Connector to the webpage as well as updated my History and Miami Valley Trail page with the addition of another 3.7 miles of trail to the system. I've updated the Mad River Recreation Trail page showing more about the new construction this year and I updated my Statistics Page with data from 2010. Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC) was able to adopt a Complete Streets Policy which will be of great use to cyclists and walkers. Because of the trail name changes January's Webpage of the Month is "About Multi-Use Trail Names and Route Numbers" which explains the trail numbering system.

Newsletter December 2010 - The news this month includes new construction on the Xenia-Jamestown Connector as well as construction planning in Covington (Miami County). Madison County has a new trail spur at Keny Blvd. Outside the Miami Valley both Marion County and Delaware are working on their trails. One trail that runs North from Columbus through both counties will be on the old Columbus, Delaware and Marion Interurban that went broke in 1933. I've added a new webpage for the Prairie Grass Trail (AKA Ohio To Erie Trail) East of Wilson Road which is also called the Camp Chase RailTrail. I have a new map of the proposed Little Miami Scenic Trail from the Little Miami Golf Center to Clear Creek Park and South eventually ending at Lunken Airport. As is usual, I make a number of small changes to pages during the month. You can find all of them on my What's New? page. Last, and not least, this month's Webpage of the Month, is dedicated to Glenn Oster's reviews of trails in the Miami Valley and elsewhere.

Newsletter November 2010 - The news includes a new Trailhead East of London and Construction on the Prairie Grass Trail. There are two new construction sites on the Ohio River Trail. I have added new Piqua to Covington and Bradford, a Bradford to Gettysburg pages and a Urbana to Piqua page to the website as a part of the new Ohio to Indiana Trail. I have updated the Milford to Lunken Airport page to show you the new progress and plans near Cincinnati. I'll be adding information to the Stillwater River Recreation Trail pages when "Tom's Spies" report back. In Breaking News Clark County Commissioners voted to close the bike trails in the county. I'd like you to sign the Rails-To-Trails petition to AAA to get their backing on trails. There are new maps of Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati available for download from OKI. Finally the Webpage of the Month is the new Bradford to Gettysburg page.

Newsletter October 2010 - There is a change in trail route numbers, the new trailhead on the Prairie Grass Trail East of London is almost complete, the Great Miami River Recreation Trail North of Triangle Park has re-opened and the City of Riverside approved the final alignment of the Mad River Recreation Trail Extension. I've updated my webpages to reflect the previous as well as modifying greatly my Hotels, Motels, B&Bs and Campgrounds page. I am asking readers to provide me with route information in the gap between the two sections of the Stillwater River Recreation Trail. Finally, the Trail of the Month Page is the Simon Kenton Trail.

Newsletter September 2010 - A recap of all current trail construction in the Miami Valley as well as the webpage changes to show the updates. I've added pictures to several pages to show you new developments; for example the new Prairie Grass Trail Trailhead that FMCPT's is building. The Miami Valley Trails System is this month's Webpage of the month.

Newsletter August 2010 - Clean Ohio Trails Grants, and trail construction in Darke County. I have been able to update several webpages with new pictures of completed trails and I have been able to remove some "Construction Detour" signs on trails for downtown Dayton. I have added a new Ohio To Indiana Trails page to show the continuing development of trails in Champaign, Miami and Darke County so this month's trail page is the Ohio To Indiana Trail page.

Newsletter July 2010 - Latest status about trails construction and other news in the area (seven articles) . The Prairie Grass Trail pages on the website have been upgraded with new pictures of the Prairie Grass Trail. The Webpage of the Month is the Site Map. I also have other news of interest to users of the Miami Valley Trails System.

Newsletter May 2010 - More information about trail construction in the Miami Valley from Dayton Daily News. The City of Dayton has changed some downtown streets to two way and added some bike sharrows as well as being awarded a Bronze for becoming a "bicycle friendly city." Both the Wolf Creek and Stewart Street Bikeways have re-opened. Since the Google Maps bike trail information is so important I have repeated it. And finally the Interactive Trails Maps are this months, webpage of the month.

Newsletter April 2010 - Trail construction information from Clark, Miami, Montgomery, Hamilton and even Northern Kentucky. More about MVRPC's December 2009 Miami Valley Trail User Survey Report as well as website page changes. More information about the new Google Bicycle maps and news of upcoming events.

Newsletter March 2010 - This month I provide information about construction on local trails including the Iron Horse Trail, Little Miami Scenic Trail and the Prairie Grass Trail . I also give you and update about the Miami-2-Miami Trail and Ohio River Trail in Hamilton County. Then I tell you about all of the webpages in the website that have been updated materially including describing funding for six local trail projects. In our Did You Know Department? I discuss the fact that the City of Dayton has adopted a "Complete Streets" policy. Also I tell you about Google Maps which now has bicycling information in it and I add some historical information about the Prairie Grass Trail near London. I talk a bit about a reader who wanted information about daily or multi-day rides in the Miami Valley and I thank all my friends who attended my presentation at the Outdoor Summit held on 6 March. Since I've talked a bit about trail funding in the newsletter, this month's webpage is the Approved Multi-Use Trail Projects page.

Newsletter February 2010 - New construction on the Wolf Creek Trail in downtown Dayton, the I-675 bridge gets engineering funding, Five Rivers MetroParks has information on the soon to be completed Riverscape Bike Hub and other facilities. Five Rivers also asks their readers (you) to take a short survey. There is news from the Friends of the Little Miami Scenic Park. I have updated webpages to reflect the latest news. The Rails-To-Trails ranked all the states for their trail building efforts and we came in eighth overall. I will have a presentation at the Adventure Summit on Saturday 6 March, 2010 in the Wright State University Student Union. And finally this month's Page of the Month is my Trail Maps page.

Newsletter January 2010 - Information about my efforts to get good historic information about our railtrails on this website. I have updated some webpages . There was an article in the Rails-To-Trails online magazine that highlights our Greene County Parks Trail Sentinels. The Five Rivers MetroParks "Adventure Summit" is coming up on March 5 & 6th. This month we feature our "Trails in Ohio" webpages with information on every other bicycle trail in Ohio/

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