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From the office of Supervisor Nate McMurray

Scenic Woods on Grand Island

Scenic Woods: 220 Acres alongside the Niagara River

4 Phases • Phase1:WesternTrailHead,SturbridgeLaneParking,andGunCreekTrails• Phase2:PrimaryTrailtotheRiver;8restintervalsandtwoBoardWalks• Phase3:LoopTrailsandConnectorTrails,4restintervals,aBoardWalkandfencing• Phase4:EasternTrailHead,aBoardWalk,EastRiverRoadparking,alooptrailandaWatchtower

Timeline—years in the making

• Thislandwasoriginallyplannedforasubdivision• TheTownpurchaseditoveradecadeagotoprotectit• Theplantoconvertitintoaformalnaturepreservehasbeenlongconsidered• WepreviouslyappliedfortheGreenwayFundsandwereapproved

We now have the funds

Project Cost

• StateGrant$197,634(allocatedandapproved)• Greenway:$117,860• Town:$79,775(allocatedandapproved)

• Total:$395,269

A True Greenway Project

•  Offersinclusiveaccesstoleisure,outdoorrecreaVon,organizedprogramsandeventsandcommunitygatheringsforusersofallagesandabiliVes

•  Expandsriverfrontaccess–(despitebeingonNiagaraRiverandhavingthemostfrontageofanyTownalongtheriver,GrandIslandhasonlyoneGreenwayfundedproject)

•  Preservesnature

The Town needs this

Finally, let’s finish this!

Thank you!