After the Concept Memorandum for the Candy Line is finalized, the trail will be added to the Comprehensive Plan for the Phoenixville region. This will require collaborating with the Regional Planning commission, who has already endorsed the idea of the project.
Linking the Schuylkill Valley Trail and its master plan with the Horseshoe Trail Plan will be a big part of that effort. Amending the Schuylkill Valley Trail's master plan with the assistance of PICTA will be the first step in that effort; amending the overall comprehensive plan to take the line into account will be the next step.
The next Candy line meeting will take place in early September; date to be announced.
For more information, contact scprailstotrails@gmail.com
Monday, August 16, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Chester County Trail Cost Estimates
http://dsf.chesco.org/planning/lib/planning/publications/publications.html?planningNav=|
For this stage in the planning of the Candy Line trail, cost is a major item to be considered. The Planning Commission has a subsection of their trail planning document available here:
http://dsf.chesco.org/planning/lib/planning/trailguide/trailguideappc.pdf
The Candy Line plan will incorporate at least two surface types to provide a range of initial construction cost options; feel free to add your comments, or contact scprailstotrails@gmail.com
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Phoenixville Greenfest!
The Phoenixville Green Team is hosting the Phoenixville Green Festival on Friday, August 20th from 6PM to 9PM to promote green initiatives and green business in the area. Various local green businesses and environmental groups will be showing along Bridge Street, and Big Green Limousine will be playing from 7:30 to 9.
The Colonial Theatre will feature a free film in the newly renovated 3rd floor called "The Greening of Southie", a documentary about Boston's first residential green building.
Additionally, downtown restaurants will be featuring vegetarian, organic, and local food specials all evening.
Meeting Results from August 2nd
The logo was discussed briefly, and will be seeing some minor updates. The status of the Toonerville Trolley trail (and its per-mile planning and construction costs) were discussed, to try and get an idea for the next steps the Candy Line project should take.
Both Rick And Chris were at the Phoenixville Green Communities meeting two weeks ago - it was mainly about green building an creating energy-neutral (post-construction) communities. We did meet with the Green Communities leadership, and will likely be attempting to join forces to promote trails development across the Phoenixville area. A Green Communities board meeting will be held tonight, and will also include PICTA members; the direction of all three groups will be discussed.
Chris Lawrence will continue to work on the general project write-up and will attend the Green Communities meeting this evening, Ian Plant will stop by the Charlestown Township office and pick up older SCP Rails 2 Trails paperwork, Paul Kusko will contact Chester County Parks and Recreation to get a rough cost/mile trail construction estimate.
The next SCP Rails to Trails/Candy Line meeting is tentatively planned for 7PM September 13th (Sept 6th is a holiday).
For more information about the project, contact SCPRailsToTrails@gmail.com
Both Rick And Chris were at the Phoenixville Green Communities meeting two weeks ago - it was mainly about green building an creating energy-neutral (post-construction) communities. We did meet with the Green Communities leadership, and will likely be attempting to join forces to promote trails development across the Phoenixville area. A Green Communities board meeting will be held tonight, and will also include PICTA members; the direction of all three groups will be discussed.
Chris Lawrence will continue to work on the general project write-up and will attend the Green Communities meeting this evening, Ian Plant will stop by the Charlestown Township office and pick up older SCP Rails 2 Trails paperwork, Paul Kusko will contact Chester County Parks and Recreation to get a rough cost/mile trail construction estimate.
The next SCP Rails to Trails/Candy Line meeting is tentatively planned for 7PM September 13th (Sept 6th is a holiday).
For more information about the project, contact SCPRailsToTrails@gmail.com
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