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Bike Blender Maiden Voyage
Our compliments to the chefs! Cynwyd Heritage and Ivy Ridge Trails debuted the new Philly Bike Blender last Saturday at Manayunk’s “Home Grown” fall festival. Many thanks to the ‘Yunkers, young and old, who hopped on to blend their own pumpkin smoothies.
There are pictures.
Thanks in particular to Sustainable Manayunk & MDC for hosting the event, to Sheldon’s Crossing for sponsoring it, and to Annie Scott and Sarah “Fender Blender” Francis for getting the trails there.
Filed under Cynwyd Heritage Trail, The Trail : Comments (0) : Oct 11th, 2009
PARK(ing) Day 2009…
PARK(ing) Day Philly was Friday, September 18th. PARK(ing) Day is an annual national event where citizens reclaim parking spaces and re-imagine other possibilities that space could be used for. Check out this picasa album of spaces across Philly, including the space taken over by the Cynwyd Heritage Trail and Ivy Ridge Trail gang in front of La Colombe on Main Street. We got a lot of attention that day!
http://picasaweb.google.com/parkingdayphila/ParkIngDayPhilly2009?feat=email#
Thanks to Kevin Smith, Jane Green, Annie Scott, and Kay Sykora for the astroturf and plants. Great thanks to Cadence Cycling for loaning us a couple of the bikes! Also, thanks to Chris Leswing for printing some giant maps of the trail and trail connections. Until next year…
Tags: Cynwyd Heritage Trail, Ivy Ridge Trail
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Sep 28th, 2009
Penn Weekend Service Scrubs Ivy Ridge Trail
Huge thanks to Nicole Dillard at Penn Weekend Service for bringing a wonderful band of University of Pennsylvania Students out to Ivy Ridge Trail last Saturday.
Penn gave Ivy Ridge the complete treatment, leveling the path between the old Manayunk Station platforms, pushing the brush another yard back from the trail shoulder, and cutting a clear path to the Manayunk Bridge and the Schuylkill overlook.
Thanks as well to Tom Landsmann for tools and to SEPTA for repairing the access gate behind us. We are extremely grateful for what great partners we have both up and down the river!
Filed under The Trail : Comments (0) : Sep 28th, 2009
Man vs. Nature
Thanks to Colin Varga for the photos, to the wild men and women of Manayunk for widening Ivy Ridge Trail be a good three feet last night, and to our friends in Shawmont, Roxborough and Lower Merion for their tools, guidance and gas-operated enthusiasm.
**Really** amazing work this year on the Trail. Mark your calendars for the Tuesday, September 15th cleanup of the Fountain Street Steps, 6pm – 8pm.
As always:
http://www.ivyridgegreen.org/events-calendar/
See you out there!
Filed under Cleanups, The Trail : Comments (0) : Sep 2nd, 2009