It’s been nine months since we opened the our first mountain bike trail in Northfield’s Sechler Park and we finally have a kiosk at the trail head. It’s adjacent to the paved Mill Towns Trail at the west end of the Peggy Prowe Pedestrian Bridge, a few yards from the cul-de-sac behind Walgreen’s:
This type of kiosk was recommended to us by TJ Heinricy, Streets & Parks Supervisor with the City of Northfield. (There’s a similar one in the Babcock Park dog park just across the Cannon River. ) Since this portion of the park is in the flood plain, he thought it best to avoid anything too fancy and anything made of wood. CROCT paid for it ($475) and TJ covered the not-so-insignificant shipping costs out of his parks budget.
CROCT member and uber volunteer Bill Nelson took charge of the kiosk installation yesterday. I was his marginally adequate helper:
So thank you Bill and TJ, and thank you to all CROCT members and CROCT donors. Your financial support paid for the kiosk.
Wow! Nice. And that hand-auger is the sweetest equipment ever!
Indeed, Bruce. It saved our butts, actually. So thank you!
Thanks to you all – I’m not a bike rider, but I sure love walking on that segment. I’ve been waiting for years for someone to extend the path from Sechler Park to the Prowe Bridge! It is lovely!
You’re welcome, Jane. We’re pleased to have so many non-mountain bikers using the trail. And so is the Parks Board!