Legacy Trail
Posted September 8, 2010
Kentucky.com
The Legacy Trail, a 12-mile bicycle and pedestrian path that connects downtown Lexington to the Kentucky Horse Park will open Sunday. The trail, which was chosen by the community as a legacy project of the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games, travels through the Kentucky countryside with the Horse Park at one end and a new East End park — the Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden — at the other. However, by Sunday’s opening, 8.5 miles of the $10 million trail will be completed. The portion runs from the Horse Park to the North Side YMCA. Read More.
“$10 Million Legacy Trail Is Money Well Spent”
By Tom Eblen, posted September 8, 2010
Kentucky.com
What is it like to bike the new Legacy Trail? That’s what I wanted to know before this Sunday’s opening.
Early last week, as the sun was rising on a beautiful late-summer morning, I took a preview ride on the trail’s 71/2-mile main section with project manager Keith Lovan, Mayor Jim Newberry and Steve Austin, director of the Bluegrass Community Foundation’s Legacy Center, which is working with the city to build the trail…Read More.
