Proposed Indiana‐Michigan River Valley Trail 

 YOUR SUPPORT IS N

EEDED! 

  

Help m

ake the 34-mile trail connecting N

iles, M

I to

Mishaw

aka, IN

a

reality. T

he prelim

inary estim

ated cost

to construct

4 m

iles in Indiana and 4 miles in M

ichigan is $3 m

illion. Your contribution w

ill be used for trail building costs such as:

Engineering

A

cquisition of Property and C

onstruction

Maintenance

Help

Mak

e the In

dian

a-Michigan

River

Valley T

rail A R

eality!

Make your check payable and m

ail to the St.

Joseph County P

arks Foundation. B

e sure to list Indiana-M

ichigan River V

alley Trail in the m

emo

line. You

r don

ation is tax d

edu

ctable to th

e full

extent of th

e law.

St. Joseph C

ounty Parks F

oundation 50651 L

aurel Road

South B

end, IN 46637

Donation A

mount $___________________

D

onor In

formation

Nam

e:______________________________ A

ddress:_________________________________________________________________ E

mail:______________________________

Phone N

umber: _______________________

www.swmpc.org/INMItrail.asp 

Ind

ian

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Riv

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alle

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rail

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Indiana–Michigan 

River Valley Trail 

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~Working to Fund and Develop 

the First Bi‐State Trail for 

Indiana and Michigan~ 

 

The

Ind

iana

-Mic

higa

n R

iver

Val

ley

Tra

il

part

ners

are

wor

king

to

crea

te a

34-

mil

e tr

ail

conn

ecti

ng N

iles

, M

I to

Mis

haw

aka,

IN

.

As

show

n on

the

map

, a

few

seg

men

ts a

re

need

ed t

o co

mpl

ete

this

tra

il s

yste

m.

The

pr

elim

inar

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tim

ated

cos

t to

con

stru

ct 4

m

iles

in

Indi

ana

and

4 m

iles

in

Mic

higa

n is

$3

m

illi

on.

(Thi

s es

tim

ate

does

not

inc

lude

fac

tors

su

ch a

s ac

quis

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, ro

ad c

ross

ing

trea

tmen

ts,

sens

itive

en

viro

nmen

tal f

eatu

res

and

site

con

ditio

ns.)

Why Should You Support  the  

Indiana‐Michigan River Valley Trail? 

Y

ou w

ant t

o w

alk,

run

or

bike

in a

saf

e pl

ace.

You

wan

t a

conn

ecte

d tr

ail

syst

em f

or f

utur

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nera

tion

s.

Y

ou b

elie

ve i

n th

e im

port

ance

of

a tr

ail

to

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the

over

all q

uali

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re p

assi

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out

free

rec

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port

unit

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avai

labl

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sus

tain

able

tran

spor

tati

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trai

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t ca

nnot

be

com

e re

alit

y w

itho

ut

com

mun

ity

supp

ort.

Tha

nk

you

!

~Anticipated Benefits of the  

IN‐MI River Valley Trail ~ 

 

Su

pp

ort

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al E

con

omy

and

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