Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Next Wabash Erie Canal Towpath Meeting: Wednesday, March 25th, 1:30 p.m. at Honeywell Center in Wabash, IN

Please join us on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, for the next exciting Wabash Erie Canal Towpath Trail meeting. It will take place in the Honeywell Center at 1:30 p.m. in Wabash, Indiana.

Our Agenda:
Now is the time to get involved and help shape the future of the Towpath Trail for the enjoyment, study, pride and satisfaction of generations to come.

Purdue University Landscape Architecture Class: Presentation and an unveiling of a Concept Plan for addressing the Towpath Trail.

Questionnaire Review or the Wabash Erie Canal Corridor as an Assessment: What answers it seeks; who best can provide the answers; how it's responses will be analyzed and be recorded.

Further, a Trail Ride, River and Roam Workbook/Manual, an inventory and assessment publication is another of the products that could include data gained from the questionnaire project.

Trail Study. Progress to date on a Purdue University Landscape Architecture Program study for a design manual to include an inventory of necessary work, design of a typical trail head, and other pertinent factors that may be helpful when taking the project forward.

Corridor Markers/Signs. An update on Wabash River Heritage Corridor "Community" markers; Wabash River Heritage Corridor "Trail" markers; Wabash River Heritage Corridor "River Road" markers.

Wabash Erie Towpath Trail directional signs and arrows. Source and costs for the signs; and Counties' progress for mounting signs.

Other business that may come to the meeting.


Tom Castaldi
Wabash Erie Canal Trail Moderator