Farmington Valley Trails Council Annual Trail Cleanup
The Farmington Valley Trails Council will hold its 7th annual Trail-wide Clean-Up Day on Sunday, April 17th from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. (The rain date is Sunday, April 24th). Last year’s event drew over 200 volunteers at four staging areas across the eight towns in the Farmington Valley that encompass the 22.4 miles of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail and the 10.2 miles of the Farmington River Trail. These continuously paved miles from Farmington to Southwick, MA had over 11 cubic yards of trash removed.
Volunteers will cover a specific 1-mile stretch of the trail starting from one of five staging areas: Brickyard Road in Farmington; Iron Horse Blvd. in Simsbury; the River Trail Pavilion at Rt. 4 in Unionville; Copper Hill Road in Granby; and Sperry Park in Avon. It is requested that volunteers bring gloves, brooms, rakes and clippers. All volunteers are invited to a barbeque after the Clean-Up at Flamig Farm (www.flamigfarm.com) in Simsbury from 12 to 3 p.m.
Please see www.fvgreenway.org for volunteer registration, donations and membership.