Trail and Pathway Grand Openings

The Trail Festival and ribbon cutting held on June 2, 2007 at Feather River College drew a crowd of about 85 trail enthusiasts including representatives from the Forest Service, Board of Supervisors, Feather River College, Plumas Corporation and the Visitor’s Bureau. The celebration opened the mile long loop trail at FRC. The trail, trailhead kiosk, mapping, interpretive and directional signs were completed by FRC students in classes taught by Darrel Jury. There are many businesses and organizations that donated materials and time to the project and over 800 volunteer hours were logged – this is truly a community trail. The next link in the route is complete and connects FRC to the pathway at Gansner Park. The official opening and ribbon cutting is October 13 at 10 a.m. Come for refreshments and to show your support for the work being done to provide safe bicycling and walking routes in American Valley and around the county. The pathway was built by Plumas County Public Works in a 30 foot wide easement from Feather River College in exchange for fencing that the county built to keep livestock off the pathway. Construction was made possible with funding from the Plumas County Transportation Commission at the behest of American Valley Pathways. The funds came from the Transportation Enhancement program exchange dollars and the pathway will cost approximately $180,000, though the final costs are not in.