June 1, 2015
  
 
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In This Issue
Events at a Glance
  • June 1-4: Connect Columbus Charrette #2 LINK
  • June 2: Mountain Bike Trails Town Hall at Whetstone Park LINK
  • June 2: Madison County FMCPT Full Moon Ride LINK
  • June 6: Strawberry Festival Bicycle Tour supporting FMCPT LINK
  • June 9: NEXT CAMP CHASE TRAIL FRIENDS MEETING - Trail Advocates Needed: Columbus City Council visits Westgate Park Shelter House (details below)
  • June 14: HISTORY EVENT: Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery Memorial Service LINK
  • June 19-20: Georgesville Fish Fry, (60th Annual)   Facebook Event Link
  • June 27: Historic Hilltop Bean Dinner  LINK (Volunteer Needed to host our table)
  • July 11: Summer Jam Westgate LINK
  • July 18: FMCPT Prairie Education Bike Ride LINK

TWEETABLE:

Share your opinion about the future of transportation in Columbus! #connectcolumbus http://pic.twitter.com/znoIVnLIJP

 

Here is a link to the same tweet: http://t.co/znoIVnLIJP
Meetings and Events
June 9, 2015:

Please come! Let's make sure council knows how important the Camp Chase Trail will be as well as the Wilson Road Park. 

Columbus City Council Announces June 9 Community Meeting at Westgate Park Shelterhouse: Columbus City Council is pleased to announce the next date for its 2015 Community Meetings, which give residents a chance to discuss any subject matter they choose in an informal, one-on-one setting with councilmembers, their staff and city department leaders. The meetings are held from 5:30-7 p.m. and will open with a welcome and introduction from Council President Andrew J. Ginther.

The Council's next community meeting will be held June 9 at Westgate Park Shelterhouse, 3271 Wicklow Rd.
 
Camp Chase Trail is at  www.campchasetrail.co 
on twitter and instagram @CampChaseTrail
 
The Ohio to Erie Trail is now on Twitter!   @OhiotoErieTrail
https://twitter.com/ohiotoerietrail  Tag with  #OhiotoErie  
TRAIL NEWS
Bike to Work Day:
Photos of Bike to Work Day (Facebook)
Posted by Friends of the Camp Chase Trail 

Article on New Signs in Mt Vernon:

http://mountvernonnews.com/story/2015/05/30/new-trail-signs-installed/


Trail Photography Customs:

If you take the trail North to Holmes County please be aware not to photograph the Amish people, especially faces without permission. In general, it's a good policy to have permission before photographing all other trail users by asking, "May I take your picture"?
Previous News:  
We now have  a mailing address Camp Chase Trail; PO Box 106; Galloway, OH  43119

We want to hear from you!

The Camp Chase Trail Friends received a grant to do a Trail Action Plan and we are asking people to share their trail needs/suggestions on mindmixer.  

Camp Chase Trail on Mind Mixer:   
 http://campchasetrail_hilltop.mindmixer.com/


 

Trail Area Revitalization:

Great Western Shopping Center and Great Western Commerce Center have new ownership.  The Trail is adjacent to the southern edge of Great Western.  

http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/west/news/2015/04/06/new-owners-plan-upgrades-to-west-side-retail-centers.html


Community Collaboration: 

Camp Chase Trail was introduced to the members of the Westside Community Health Advisory Committee on April 14. More about the Health Advisory Committee is at:  

https://columbus.gov/publichealth/programs/health-advisory-committees/


 

Community News
 

Georgesville Fish Fry, June 19-20

       
Ohio to Erie Trail: Road Route

Ohio to Erie Trail - West Columbus Road Route: While the Camp Chase Trail is still being constructed, the Ohio to Erie Trail strives to provide a road route for people to connect from the current trail end in Galloway to the Scioto Greenway Trail Connector Bridge.  The 2012 printed map instructs people to use Broad Street, but as you may know, until October of 2016, West Broad Street will remain under major construction West of I-270. These conditions make an already challenging connection nearly impossible.  The leadership at the Ohio to Erie Trail is providing the following alternative route (Going from SW to NE approximately 9 miles):

Start: Camp Chase Trail end at Galloway Road

  • proceed North on Galloway Road

  • East on Hall Road [heavy traffic]

  • North on Norton Road

  • East on Sullivant Ave.

  • North on Georgesville Road [heavy traffic]

  • East on Sullivant Ave

  • North on Demorest Road where it joins the Westgate Bicycle Blvd  [Follows signs and sharrows]

  • Travel from S. Westgate to N. Westgate by crossing Broad St with a half block jog.

  • Continue on N. Westgate Ave where the Westgate Bicycle Blvd ends and becomes the Steele Ave Bicycle Blvd.  

  • Proceed East on the Steele Ave Bicycle Blvd

  • North on Eureka Ave

  • East on Valleyview (which becomes Highland then Harper)

  • Finish:  McKinley Ave (Start to Finish is It is 9.17 miles)


Cross McKinley Ave and enter the Scioto Greenway trail via the Hilltop Connector Bridge, at the end of the connector bridge go LEFT at the fork to follow the Scioto Greenway Trail toward downtown where you connect to the Northbound Olentangy Trail at the Confluence (The Boathouse).  

http://www.ohiotoerietrail.org/Progress.aspx

 

       
PROGRESS
Camp Chase Trail - Current PROGRESS

5/31/15:  The trail is now paved to Galloway Road and has a temporary gravel base between Galloway Road and Norton Road.  The bridge over I-270 was placed early on Monday April 27.  

 

To access the open parts of the Trail, the best place to access the trail and park a motor vehicle is at the Trailhead in Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park 8465 Alkire Road, GIS: 39.893428, -83.215835 Google Maps Link


Photos of the Camp Chase Trail Construction are on the Facebook page along with the new highway bridge.   Camp Chase Trail Map (2 page pdf) showing the section open to Galloway:  MAP LINK  and visit TrailLink.com for the online map of Camp Chase Trail. 


Wondering how important the Camp Chase trail is to a regional trail system? A picture is worth 1,000 words, this is part of the Ohio to Erie Trail and the red lines are done and the yellow is what is under construction on the Camp Chase Trail. 

 

Ohio to Erie Trail on TrailLink
The SW part of the Ohio to Erie Trail - the yellow section is the missing part of Camp Chase Trail. Source: TrailLink.com


 
Photo Credit: Matt Goodman
Photo Credit: PJ Haydocy

















This trail bridge over I-270 was installed by the Metro Parks Contractors the morning of April 27. It will open for use later in 2015. Posted by Friends of the Camp Chase Trail on Wednesday, May 6, 2015
CHARITABLE DONATIONS
Our group has not established itself as a 501(c)(3) yet, so we direct you to these charitable organizations supporting our initiatives. Please consider supporting one or more.
Rails to Trails Conservancy 

http://www.railstotrails.org/support-us/

 

Friends of the Hilltop  
 http://www.friendsofthehilltop.com/contact_1.html  

(under "Other" write "Camp Chase Trail Support")


Friends of Madison County Parks and Trails  
http://www.fmcpt.com/Donations.html


Ohio to Erie Trail  
http://www.ohiotoerietrail.org/Donations.aspx

 

The work of each of these groups has a positive impact on the Camp Chase Trail. 
Steering Committee

Friends of Camp Chase Trail (Steering Committee)

  • Dana Foreman - Franklinton Cycleworks

  • Chris Haydocy - Haydocy Automotive Group

  • Kathy Hoke - West Side Community Leader

  • Vince Nobel - Westgate Resident, Photographer, Teacher

  • Jodie Smith - Recreational Rider

  • Jody Dzuranin - Ohio to Erie Trail Website Editor
ARCHIVES

ARCHIVES: News from Camp Chase Trail Friends  

Newsletters: Want News from Camp Chase Trail Friends?  Sign up at http://bit.ly/campchasenews


 

05/06/15: http://conta.cc/1JrvILQ

04/19/15: https://conta.cc/1bgRqat  (Special Metro Parks News)
04/16/15: https:/conta.cc/1CRDQAW

03/27/15: http://conta.cc/1EJJk10

03/19/15: http://conta.cc/1C0GuqU
02/16/15: http://conta.cc/1AwLjJZ 

01/14/15: http://conta.cc/1u7sHrF

10/10/14: http://conta.cc/1vU7m6C

06/11/14  http://conta.cc/1xKzRWG

04/23/14  http://conta.cc/1ia2iXN

04/08/14 http://conta.cc/1js5f4V

02/26/14 http://conta.cc/1fsD9B9

02/12/14 http://conta.cc/1fhVod7

01/22/14 http://conta.cc/KFrdVq

01/02/14 http://conta.cc/1dYdtxw

12/02/13 http://conta.cc/1bEq1Nt

   

 

Like Photos?  Check us out on Facebook and Twitter! 

Social Media Website:  www.campchasetrail.co  and  Twitter @CampChaseTrail  and Instagram

 

Camp Chase Friends - Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/campchasefriends

 

Be sure to check out the Camp Chase Trail on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Chase_Trail

 

Thank you for being a friend of the Camp Chase Trail.  See you on the Trail! 

 

- Friends of Camp Chase Trail Communications   

 

 
Resources
Camp Chase Trail Maps

Online Trail Map is at http://www.traillink.com/trail-maps/camp-chase-trail.aspx

If you have trailside lodging or bicycles to make available to visitors, register your availability on Warmshowers (lodging) and Spinlister (bicycles to rent). 

https://www.warmshowers.org/   https://www.spinlister.com/
Order the Ohio to Erie Trail Map Kit


Ohio to Erie Trail Guide and Maps
Find the award winning Igotabike.com guide to the Ohio to Erie Trail and order your printed map. .  
More Here

MAP ORDERING:

If you can't pick up a map in at a Friends Meeting, here is how to order one with paid shipping: Igotabike.com is proud to be the official online distributor of the new and free Ohio to Erie Trail Map Kit!

Get your Ohio to Erie Trail Map kit.
It is a $5 donation per map kit.
EACH KIT HAS ALL 4 MAPS!  
http://igotabike.com/ohiotoerietrailmap.html

  

Like History?  Check out the Hilltop Historical Society's History of Camp Chase:  

http://hilltopusa.tripod.com/id16.html 
Communications Partner
Consider Biking has provided the email support for this newsletter.  

The Camp Chase Trail is part of Adventure Cycling US Bicycle Route 50: READ MORE  and view the
 route at  


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Website: www.considerbiking.org  

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