Who: You. What: Help save/create a trail. When: Now. Where: Ben Hawes Park - Owensboro, KY. Why: Because things have gotten silly. How: Spare a few minutes of your time to send an email. Back in 2005 local volunteers began developing and maintaining multi-use single-track trails at Ben Hawes Park in Owensboro, Ky. Over the course of the last few years an initiative was started to improve the quality by creating a flowy, sustainable, contour, gateway trail that adheres to the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) standards. In the fall/winter of 2008 we submitted a Recreational Trials Program (RTP) Grant to help obtain this goal. Shortly thereafter the park was closed as a result of the devastating 2009 Ice Storm. The single-track trails remain closed to this very day. Some fire road and double track trails have been reopened. However, these trails do not meet the needs and desires of the user groups. Meanwhile, Ben Hawes was identified as a successful 2009 RTP Grant recipient,...
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