BLT News
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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Call for letters of support for a grant application for Cheadle Lake Park
Letters or emails from the community requested by April 28, 2017 Hello Build Lebanon Trails, (BLT) Supporter, This letter brings you an opportunity to help our trails effort by writing a “Letter of Support” for another exciting trail improvement project in our great community. The project will pave two miles of existing gravel trails on…
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More fun spreading mulch
Our March event involved more mud and getting dirty–we had fun and finished mulching around the remaining trees that we hadn’t finished in February.
The photos say it all, so without further ado…
Read MoreWe need your letter of support by March 31 for a grant
Hello Build Lebanon Trails (BLT) Supporter, Thank you for everything you do to help Lebanon have the best trails, parks, and community in Oregon. As you know, Build Lebanon Trails works closely with the City of Lebanon to make our dreams of enhancing our trail system a reality. The city is currently writing a grant…
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More trees for the Marks Slough trail
If you walk the Marks Slough trail loop, you’ll no doubt notice a number of new trees in view of the path.
An intrepid group of volunteers who like to work hard and get dirty showed up on Saturday, February 25, 2017 and had a wonderful time planting 22 young trees, thanks to the help and guidance of John Dinges of John Dinges Landscape Company…
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Two March event changes
We’ve had to make two changes coming up in March: Our next monthly event on March 11 was scheduled to be a walk in Sweet Home. We had to change to that plan and decided that we could really use your help on another trail work party. Would you believe we had so much fun at the last event with…
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Small changes for 2017: event times and meetings
Happy New Year! We hope you’re all healthy and ready to get outside and participate in some of the events that we have planned for you this year. We have a few minor changes to announce. Our Saturday events will start at 9 am (rather than 10 am). The exceptions are our May event, the Cheadle Lake…
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And the winner is…
We’ve been reporting on our awesome bucket brigade, who kept all our young trailside trees healthy through the long dry summer. That numbers for 2016 are now in. Ready for the shocker? 8219 gallons of water used 17 watering days, with a total of 88 person days 93 gallons of water carried per person on each trip…
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More opportunities to rest and meditate
We reported earlier on our installation of new benches, and we’ve added more! For this latest round, the Rotary Club of Lebanon and a small volunteer group from Build Lebanon Trails and the community recently completed the last of our 10 concrete bench pads, each 6 ft x 9 ft., placed along the trail between the hospital campus and…
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