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A Vermont Rail-Trail Leads to the New York Public Library

Posted 12/17/20 by Monica Cardoza in America's Trails | Tagged with History Happened Here, Maintenance and Volunteers, Vermont

Along the Manchester Rail Trail in Vermont | Photo by Robin Verner

In 2000, the town of Manchester commissioned a feasibility study to convert the MD&G railbed into a recreation trail. “The project just needed someone to step up to the challenge and make it happen,” said Robin Verner, who with his wife, Amy, and friends Bill Drunsic and Jim Hand, formed Old Railroad Bed LLC in 2009 to purchase the last remaining section of the original line. In March, Manchester voters will vote on town acquisition of the privately held trail.

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Along the Manchester Rail Trail in Vermont | Photo by Robin Verner

A Vermont Rail-Trail Leads to the New York Public Library

Posted 12/17/20 by Monica Cardoza in America's Trails | Tagged with History Happened Here, Maintenance and Volunteers, Vermont

In 2000, the town of Manchester commissioned a feasibility study to convert the MD&G railbed into a recreation trail. “The project just needed someone to step up to the challenge and make it happen,” said Robin Verner, who with his wife, Amy, and friends Bill Drunsic and Jim Hand, formed Old Railroad Bed LLC in 2009 to purchase the last remaining section of the original line. In March, Manchester voters will vote on town acquisition of the privately held trail.