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First section of the Town Branch Trail opens

By Knox van Nagell | September 9th, 2009 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog

Tom Eblen: First section of Town Branch Trail opens this weekend

Excerpt from www.Kentucky.com
Tom Eblen- Herald-Leader columnist

[On Sat, Sept. 12] at 8:15 [a.m.], the public is invited to meet at Cheapside for a police-escorted 10-mile bicycle ride out and back on roads to the completed trail section off Leestown Road and Alexandria Drive. There will be a hospitality tent at Lewis Manor, a circa 1800 home beside the trail in Marehaven subdivision… Van Meter Pettit, the Lexington architect who put together the trail project, sees it as more than a place to exercise; it’s a way to learn about Lexington’s history and environment. It’s also a way to rehabilitate and protect the watershed and help deal with runoff and pollution problems that have grown with the city… Read more at Kentucky.com

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