Walk! Bike! Brockport! Action Group hosts a Trail Dedication Ceremony on Sunday, June 3 at 3 p.m. It will take place at the Concession Stand in the Sweden Town Park off Redman Road. The ceremony will announce that the Sweden Town Park Trail is complete and now open for public use.
The event opens with messages by Ray Duncan, Chairman of Walk! Bike! Action! Group of Brockport; Pat Connors, Sweden Town Supervisor; and Jack Milner, Past Sweden Town Supervisor. Following the ribbon cutting, the public is invited to walk the trail to see how it’s laid out and marked, and to get a feel for its beauty and opportunities it offers. The entire trail is just over two miles long and designed for walking, hiking, Nordic Walking, jogging, cross country skiing, and snowshoeing.
The concept of the trail occurred in 2009, when a member of the Walk! Bike! Brockport! Action Group met with the Sweden Town Supervisor and agreed that a trail in the park would be beneficial. In the spring of 2010, members of the Walk! Bike! Brockport! Action Group with the assistance of the Town of Sweden Highway and Buildings and Grounds employees, began the work of laying out the trail and installing the trail marker stakes. Trail use began by the end of that year. During 2011, an Eagle Scout candidate constructed a foot bridge over a small stream so that people with disabilities could also use that part of the trail. Materials for the trail’s stakes and signs were funded by the Walk! Bike! Brockport! Action Group and the Sweden Community Foundation.
