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Trails for Creston Valley Society celebrating with lunch and walk

To celebrate progress, Community Conversations and Trails for Creston Valley Society are hosting an event on Nov. 2...
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The Trails for Creston Valley Society has plans for outdoors spaces around the Creston Valley.

Momentum is building, and the Trails for Creston Valley Society is pumped with the work that is happening around trails and accessing water and green spaces in the Creston Valley.

Creston has a legacy of strong volunteerism, and this continues to be true with work on trails. The love for the valley and all that it holds is evident in the enthusiasm received from the community through meetings, events and memberships.

The Trails for Creston Valley Society’s paid membership base continues to grow. The money generated will go toward the first capital project, but more importantly it shows funders and politicians that the society has the support of the community. All are welcome to buy a membership and encourage family and friends to support this exciting initiative in the valley.

The society has taken on a signage and mapping project. As most locals know, the valley is lovely and full of hidden gems, but you often have to know someone who knows someone to find out how to get there. Through the Trails for Creston Valley Society and the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce, a group of outdoors enthusiasts has taken on the initiative to put up signage to help all have better access to these lovely remote areas. If you know the area well or just want to learn more, stop at the chamber of commerce and talk to executive director Jim Jacobsen. You can pick up a kit complete with signs, materials and directions. When finished, the society plans to compile this information into a booklet for the area.

To celebrate the progress of the last year, Community Conversations and Trails for Creston Valley Society are hosting an event on Nov. 2. The groups will serve a free lunch at the Snoring Sasquatch at 1 p.m., which will also include an update on the Community Conversations Community Connector trail project, as well as a slide show presentation by the trails society on what is already happening with trails and some of the visions for future projects. At 3 p.m., weather permitting, a loop walk of the new trail below the old Endicott centre, as well as some of the Community Connector, is planned.

For more information, email crestonvalleytrails@gmail.com.

—TRAILS FOR CRESTON VALLEY SOCIETY