Thought Leaders Dinner brings Sandy Springs trail supporters, officials together

Key Points The Sandy Springs Conservancy s annual Thought Leaders Dinner brings elected executives together with trail and parks supporters PCID Executive Director Ann Hanlon will discuss the value that sidewalks paths bike lanes and landscaping bring to a society and how the organization offers its patronage The Thought Leaders Dinner will start at p m on Sept at Morgan Falls Overlook Park at Morgan Falls Rd with dinner and live music A segment of the Springway Trail loop that crosses Orkin Lake via a boardwalk is one of three segments planned in which the Sandy Springs Conservancy is a partner Photo by Bob Pepalis Sandy Springs Conservancy members contributors and district residents can attend its Thought Leaders Dinner on Sept to learn about the value of the Springway Trail Plan and about Perimeter connectivity efforts The event starts at p m at the Pavilion at Morgan Falls Overlook Park at Morgan Falls Road in Sandy Springs Lonesome Redwing a local country bluegrass band will provide live music Dinner will be from QN BBQ of Sandy Springs Tickets cost per person and can be purchased online Outdoor event door prizes will be awarded Ann Hanlon executive director of the Perimeter Locality Improvement Districts PCID will share her knowledge of the value that sidewalks paths bike lanes and landscaping bring to a area and information about how the PCID supports Path and why it supports those projects which connect to the Springway Trail Plan The ultimate goal is to have at least particular type of greenspace that every resident can get to within a five- or -minute walk or bike ride It s a very aspirational goal Jack Misiura chairman of the Sandy Springs Conservancy Board described Rough Draft Atlanta The PCID partners with the Sandy Springs Conservancy and the city Projects that offer recreational and transportation connectivity use include a multi-use trail along Mount Vernon Highway from City Springs to the Sandy Springs MARTA Station Dunwoody s Ashford Dunwoody multi-purpose trail will extend from Hammond Road to Mount Vernon Highway Related stories Sandy Springs Conservancy celebrates Springway Trail opening Sandy Springs projects million increase for General Fund budget Sandy Springs secures million in federal funding for trail and road projects Misiura explained that with the largest amount of riverfront that any society has along the Chattahoochee Sandy Springs will miss out if it doesn t create techniques for people to access and enjoy it taking advantage of the natural beauty in the locality Misiura announced the organization wants to get the area motivated to demand more action The city with help from partners including the Sandy Springs Conservancy built miles of a -mile loop of the Springway Trail system We need to finish that loop and we need to get our elected bureaucrats to understand that the citizens wants this because we ve created a really beautiful trail The remaining segments of that trial will be just as striking but they ll be different Misiura explained Design and permitting stages of the other two trail loop segments are completed or underway Misiura disclosed he doesn t want the first segment to become the trail to nowhere because the loop isn t finished The post Thought Leaders Dinner brings Sandy Springs trail supporters administrators together appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta