As volunteers with the Student Conservation Association’s Trail Town Outreach Corps, Corrie Parrish and Courtney Mahronich assist communities along the Great Allegheny Passage that runs through Fayette County. The young women help local businesses learn […] Continue Reading
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Bright Morning Bed and Breakfast to celebrate second expansion
This new addition to Bright Morning Bed & Breakfast will add four more guest rooms. The house was completely renovated with a restored front porch overlooking the Great Allegheny Passage. This house is handicapped-accessible and features a pathway connecting to the breakfast area at Annex Inn.
Trail Town Program moving in right direction
Bicyclists and hikers using the Great Allegheny Passage in Allegheny, Westmoreland, Fayette and Somerset counties have more signs telling trail users where they are, the distance to the next town and pointing them to where […] Continue Reading
Volunteers spruce up McKeesport Trail
Representatives of the McKeesport Trail Commission and The Progress Fund’s Trail Town Program® cleared trash and debris along the Marina at McKees Point. They planted a mix of annual and perennial plants in the parking […] Continue Reading
Larry Walsh on biking: Progress Fund gets new grant
The Progress Fund, which has financed 29 businesses along the Great Allegheny Passage, has received a $2 million federal grant that will be used to make more loans in 2015. Its newest loans along the […] Continue Reading
Rail-trail signage a must
In real estate, the mantra is location, location, location. In rail-trails, the plea is signage, signage, signage. If bicyclists, birders, walkers, runners, cross-country skiers and snow-shoers can’t find a trail, they can’t use it. It’s […] Continue Reading
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