BLT News
Help us connect Cheadle Lake to Riverview Park with your statement of support!
Purpose: 2018 Recreational Trails grant application to construct a trail connecting the Cheadle Lake trail to Riverview Park Deadline for receipt of community emails/letters: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 We’re applying for another exciting trail improvement project, and we need your support! This grant will help us construct 450 feet of trail that will connect two existing…
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Our 9th Annual Cheadle Lake Run/Dash/Walk, still a fun day for all!
Did you think it was too late?? It isn’t. You still have time to join us for a fun day down by the Lake! BLT’s 9th annual 5k/10k Fun Run/Walk and Kids’ Obstacle dash is coming up on Saturday May 5. There is still time to sign up to participate, sponsor, or volunteer. Runners and…
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New on the horizon at Cheadle Lake
Did you spot the new benches at Cheadle Lake? There are seven new ones, bringing the total to nine. A big thank you to the City of Lebanon for preparing the pads and to Carrie Simpson, Steve Latimer Jim Lee, and Jim McKinnon for their excellent help with installation. The nine benches at Cheadle Lake…
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Lebanon trails, 2018 style!
The January 30, 2018 Albany Democrat-Herald has a great article by Jennifer Moody about Build Lebanon Trails. Similarly, in December Lebanon Local had a write-up on BLT and our December historic walk. We think both journalists did a wonderful job of representing our nonprofit organization and our goals to improve our community. Thanks for the great press!…
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A historic historic tour
Saturday, December 2. BLT’s last monthly event of 2017: a historic tour of downtown Lebanon. Rain rain rain and cold.
But the hardiest of the hardiest braved the weather, we put the listening devices in our ears, and off we went. And it was wonderful.
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BLT Photo Contest winners!
35 entries in total 4 age category winners + one grand prize = 5 winners! The Board of Directors had several rounds of anonymous and secret voting to arrive at the choices. It was really close! We based our votes on their meaningfulness to us and on the relevance of each photo to the BLT…
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BLT trails by drone
We met Chris Allen, owner of Alien Drone Services, in June. Chris kindly offered his time and his drone technology to fly over our most popular trails: Cheadle Lake and Marks Slough…
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Summer tree duty
BLT volunteers have been watering trees weekly at various Lebanon trails. Perhaps you’ve seen our water trailer if you’ve been out walking on a Thursday morning. This weekend, Jim McKinnon and Jim Lee went to work trimming around some of the trees at Marks Slough. No, that machine in the top photo is not a…
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Did we see you at the Strawberry Festival Parade?
We looked for you! This year Build Lebanon Trails was the grand marshall of the parade, so we were close to the front! The entry behind us in the parade was our very own board member Jim McKinnon, who was a star in his own right as Senior First Citizen this year, or as he…
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Run, walk, dash, volunteer on May 6!
Saturday May 6, 2017: The 8th Annual Cheadle Lake 5K/10K Fun Run/Walk and Kids’ Obstacle Dash Wow that’s a mouthful. Let’s unpack it. 8th annual Yep, this is BLT’s 8th year doing this event. We’ve been planning it since last fall, and we’re SO ready! 5K or 10K. If you’re into competitive runs and walks, then…
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