WORKSHOP TEAMS ANNOUNCED

The following teams will be attending the Balancing Nature and Commerce Workshop held at the Allenberry in April:

• The Battle of Monterey / GOAL: Preserving an interpreting an important Civil War site in Franklin County. (Team leader: Michael Christopher, Washington Township Manager)
• Enhancing Trail Opportunities in South Mountain / GOAL: Partnering with Michaux State Forest, volunteers, and others to improve the mountain's trail network. (Team leader: Nate Smith, Healthy Adams Bicycle / Pedestrian, Inc.)
• The Village of Boiling Springs / GOAL: Enhancing the village as a destination hub and as a wonderful community to live in by enhancing and promoting the community's assets. (Team leader: Eric Edstrom, Boiling Springs Civic Association)
• Adams County Fruit Belt/ GOAL: Maintaining viability through promotion of the fruit belt and collaboration with the business and environmental community. (Team leader: Bicky Redman, Adams County Environmental Services)
• Cumberland County Partners for Excellence in Agriculture / GOAL: Continue to be a major contributor to the economic development of the county and maintain a competitive position in the global economy. (Team leader: Rebecca Wiser, Cumberland County Planning Department)
• The Annual South Mountain Hike-Bike Festival/ GOAL: Develop a festival that will serve to enhance and link important economic, recreational, cultural, and natural assets on an annual basis. (Team leader: Larry Knutson, Penn Trails LLC)
• Camp Michaux / GOAL: To bring several stakeholders to the table to promote, preserve, and interpret an important historic site that served as both a WWII POW Camp and as a CCC Camp. (Team leader: Larry Luxenburg, AT Museum)
• Cumberland Valley Rail Trail/ GOAL: Develop a formalized action plan to develop a rail-trail connection from Newville to Carlisle, Pennsylvania. (Team leader: Stephanie Williams, Cumberland County Planning Department)