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A check presentation on the Calumet-Sag Trail jump starts the trail's main fundraiser, the Happy Trails Jamboree.
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The MGP fits well with RTC's , which works to increase healthy activity through trail use in urban communities.
Additional components of the grant support RTC's technical assistance program for trail builders, as well as our and , both of which provide the public with accessible online and print maps and other information on the nation's trail systems. |
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Washington Post: . Also covered .
Othere Press: See project description PDFs at left
To learn more, contact:
Kelly Pack
Director, Trail Development
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Metropolitan Grants Program
Supporting trail access and use in America's metropolitan areas
In September 2008, The Coca-Cola Foundation provided a $300,000, two-year grant to Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) to support exemplary trail organizations and initiatives in select metropolitan areas across the country. Facilitated through RTC, the Metropolitan Grants Program (MGP) assist communities in their efforts to provide easy access and increased trail use for more than 1.9 million people living near the selected trails.
RTC makes two types of MGP grants: Community Support Grants are organizational capacity-building grants given to exemplary local trail-building organizations working in select metropolitan areas, and Project Support Grants provide support for trail-development projects that enhance infrastructure, amenities and/or programs to benefit the urban communities surrounding the trail.
Learn about MGP grants at work
 All links are PDF files.
Washington, D.C.
Metropolitan Branch Trail
Chicago, Ill.
The Bloomingdale Trail
Calumet-Sag Trail
Bronx, N.Y.
Bronx River Greenway
South Bronx Greenway
New Orleans, La.
Lafitte Corridor Greenway
Compton, Calif.
Compton Creek Bike Path
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