| Organizer:
John
Gardner, Tim Steffens
Trail Section: Pikes Peak
Greenway Trail from 8th Street Wal-Mart to the Bijou Bridge.
General Info
The Pikes Peak Road Runners have adopted a section of
the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail. Monthly cleanups are held to pick up
trash and other treasures along the trail. The
monthly cleanups occur on the first Saturday of each month.
Meet at the 8th Street Wal-Mart, in the SE corner of the parking
lot. The cleanups last for about 2 hours.
Everybody is welcome to come and help clean the
trail. Bring a pair of work gloves. Trash
bags will be provided. If it's a warm
day, also bring a bottle of water to refresh yourself.
Event History
The trail cleanups first started in
April of 1998. Dave Balzer was the PPRR president back then, and
he started this activity as a way to give something back to the
community, other than our normal efforts of organizing a race or a
training run. We runners use the trails all the time, so it only
makes sense that we help in keeping them clean. We were originally
assigned the trail section from the Bijou Bridge to Dorchester Park near
Nevada Ave. This became too much for us to handle, so we cut it
down to cover from the Bijou Bridge to the 8th Street Wal-Mart.
Dave Balzer led the effort for the
first couple of years, followed by Dave Sorenson, Don Johnson, and now
Tim Steffens and John Gardner. The clean-ups have been on a
monthly basis.
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