North Kitsap Trails Plan Gains Approval
By Admin
From the Kitsap Sun - closely linked to recent article about Olympic Property Group land sale:
Years of work and tens of thousands of hours of volunteer time were rewarded Tuesday night when the Kitsap County Planning Commission unanimously approved a proposed trails plan for North Kitsap.
The plan creates a road map for where an intricate network of trails should be constructed in the coming years as development, money and volunteer support is made available.
Parks and Recreation Director Jim Dunwiddie offered his support of the plan Tuesday before the commission. He also requested commissioners add a condition to the document requiring an annual meeting between volunteer groups, stewardship committees and other parties working to build trails to make sure efforts are coordinated between the groups and the county’s parks and recreation board. If the groups aren’t aware of what each other is doing that could hurt them when it comes time to apply for grant funding, Dunwiddie cautioned.
He also noted that to make the plan work, the county will need to rely heavily on volunteers to not only build the trail connections but also maintain them in light of the parks department’s declining budget and staff availability.
Proposed by the Olympic Property Group and formerly known as the String of Pearls, the plan includes regional connections across the Kitsap Peninsula as well as connections between communities in North Kitsap and even some smaller local trails. Ultimately, trail supporters hope the network will provide the missing connection between trails on the Seattle side of the water with trails on the Olympic Peninsula.
Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/oct/19/north-kitsap-trails-plan-gets-county-planning-ok/#ixzz1cQNoC1kN
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