Furnishing Our New Trail

The Cayuga Waterfront Trail is two-thirds of the way constructed - our community’s vision for a connected waterfront is now within reach.  With your support, the new two-mile section linking the Farmers Market to Stewart Park will be furnished with benches, bike racks, mile markers, overlooks, additional landscaping, interpretive and directional signs, and other amenities. 

The gap between Cass Park and the Farmers Market will likely be connected in 2012. Connections from the schools, adjacent neighborhoods and the downtown to the Waterfront will be improved at both Dey and Third Streets in 2012.

The Cayuga Waterfront Trail Initiative has been working with the City of Ithaca on trail development for 10 years now.  While we never imagined that building the trail would take more than a decade, we also believe that our planning, fundraising, maintenance, and advocacy efforts have kept this effort moving forward in partnership with the City of Ithaca.  The heavy use of the trail has exceeded our expectations and the Trail has become integral part of our community’s recreation and transportation system. 

If you love the trail, please consider making a donation now, so that we can finish the original trail vision and ensure responsible trail sustainability for the future.

All the best,

Jean McPheeters, President                                        
Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce                 

Rick Manning, Coordinator
Cayuga Waterfront Trail Initiative

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  The Flag is Flying High and Proud at the 

  Mayor Stewart Memorial Flagpole Garden. 

   

  Representative Maurice Hinchey and Dan Lamb acquired this flag, and Dan Lamb presented it at the November 1st, 2011 flag-raising ceremony at the Mayor Stewart Memorial Flagpole Garden. Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce president Jean McPheeters, the Friends of Stewart Park Board President Scott Wiggins, Dan Lamb (representing Rep. Hinchey) and Mayors Peterson, Gutenberger and Shaw were present.

  As of November 2011, the stonedust walkway base installation has been completed and bluestone steps have been placed. Planting of the flagpole garden will likely occur in the spring of 2012, after the danger of frost has passed.

  Thanks to the efforts of Jim Van Buskirk of Level Green (a landscape contractor), volunteer Danny Wheeler, who painted the flagpole and refinished the plaque in August, the stonemason Joel Brain and a supportive city staff. Thank you to Dave Burbank for this wonderful photo of the flag-raising. 

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