I am happy to attend your meetings if you let me know when and where. I think the meetings may have previously been in conflict with the Green Team meeting which is now typically the first Monday of the month at 5:30PM. But these cycling events at Marilla Park or in the Wharf would need a BOPARC person for best communication.

Some of you are aware that the National Rails to Trails Conservancy is planning a mini-sojourn of approximately 100 cyclists for 3 days of cycling and a focus on the missing links to connecting the Mon River Rail-Trails to other rail-trails in every direction. This will be the weekend of April 24-26. On April 24- cycling to end of Marion County Trail just beyond Pricketts Fort, On April 25- cycling to Cheat Lake Trail (some road and hope to have gates open at Cheat Lake Dam to access Cheat Lake Trail) and On April 26- cycling on Deckers Creek Trail to mile 19 end. There will be a “shovel ceremony” in Point Marion to mark the start of construction of the Sheepskin Trail. I will be able to announce more opportunities for local cyclists after they begin to fill up registration.

On March 17, next Tuesday, Morgantown City Council will be signing a resolution to support a long distance network of rail-trails. See attached map. Feel free to come out to the city council meeting as a message of support. The same resolution is getting sign on across the network from Ohio and Parkersburg into Pennsylvania and up the Great Allegheny Passage.