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Volunteers blaze trail at Silver LakeInsideNova.com - Aug 25, 2009
Cloudy skies and impending rain didn't stop volunteers from showing up to help clean
up the new Silver Lake Park near Haymarket Saturday. The Park Authority plans to open
the park for passive recreation, including access to the trails and lake, on Oct. 1. The
county has owned the Silver Lake property since December 2006, when Toll Brothers, a
developer that built the nearby Dominion Valley subdivision, proffered it to the county, but
it has not yet been opened to the public.
Park authority, volunteers prep park for fall opening
InsideNova.com - Aug 20, 2009
The Prince William County Park Authority is prepping the new Silver Lake park near
Haymarket for its Oct. 1 public debut. The county has owned the Silver Lake property
since December 2006, when Toll Brothers, a developer that built the nearby Dominion
Valley subdivision, proffered it to the county; but it has not been opened to the public. For
more information or to volunteer for other cleanups at Silver Lake, call the Park Authority
at 703-792-7060.
Bike Trail Down East Coast Takes a Spin Along the Mall
By Michael Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 28, 2008; Page B01
On the map, it's a long, squiggling line running along the East Coast. It starts in the
Maine backcountry and meanders until it hits the Florida Keys. (Read Complete Article)
Out of the Back Yard, Onto the Trails
Group Envisions Countywide Network
By Kristen Mack
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 21, 2008; Page PW01
The Prince William Trails and Streams Coalition wants to establish a countywide
system of streams and trails so residents can walk out their back yards to kayak, take
their horses for rides or just go hiking. (Read Complete Article)
When Progress Is A Walk in the Park
By Steven Pearlstein
Washington Post
Wednesday, August 20, 2008; Page D01
A trip to New York City is normally not my idea of how to spend a beautiful weekend in
August, but for the fact that it was the last chance to visit with our daughter before she
headed off for a year at a marketing consultancy in London. By midafternoon Sunday, we
had had about all the culture, concrete and consumption we could take. So we put on
running gear and headed to Central Park. (Read Complete Article)
A Long Journey on the Trail
The W& OD Is Park, Path and Community, And Paul McCray Has Been the Man in
Charge
By Francine Uenuma
Washington Post
Thursday, June 19, 2008; Page LZ12
Paul McCray can recall the history of the Washington & Old Dominion Trail from
memory. Deeply involved in shaping it for more than two decades, he has amassed a
load of knowledge about the trail, the people who travel it and things that happen there.
(Read Complete Article)
Prince William County government roundup - National Trails Day 2008
InsideNova.com - Jun 1, 2008
Park Authority to hold Trails Day celebration Prince William County Park Authority will
celebrate National Trails Day on Saturday, June 7, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. with a trail
improvement event at Andrew Leitch Park in Dale City. The trail and creek run through
Leitch Park. No trail building experience is necessary to participate in the trail project for
National Trails Day. The National Trails Day event will happen rain or shine. For more
information about Prince William County Park Authority National Trails Day event at
Andrew Leitch Park, contact Michael DePue, Park Authority Planner at 703-792-5394 or
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