...because trails matter

Buy a print, support TART

With yesterday’s launch of Atlantis (watch this video here from CNN), we bring you a timely opportunity to purchase prints from space right here in Traverse City. Buy one of five prints by astronaut & Leelanau County resident, Jerry Linenger, and support TART! The Glories of Earth Gazing: Photography from Space   By U.S. astronaut Jerry Linenger Captain Linenger [...]

Turkey Trot 5K poster volunteers needed

We need volunteers to help us distribute posters around the region for the upcoming Turkey Trot 5K run/walk event on Thanksgiving morning (which benefits TART and the YMCA). If you can distribute posters ASAP, then you’d be great for the gig. Please email Pam at pam@traversetrails.org or call the office at 941-4300 if you are interested [...]

Get your grooming badge & Brick Wheels Nordic Night

This season’s grooming badges will be mailed on Monday the 23rd of November to those who have already purchased badges this year (a mailing went out to previous year’s badge buyers). You still have time to purchase them if you haven’t already done so. TART’s Jim Dombrowski and Pam Darling will be at the Brick [...]

Have you purchased your TART Grooming Badge?

The first flakes have flown!  It’s time to purchase your TART Grooming Badge for the 2009-2010 ski season.  Purchasing a grooming badge for $100 supports trail grooming on both the Vasa Pathway and Leelanau Trail for the entire season. You and your family can also sign up to receive timely and detailed grooming reports from us.  [...]

Grab a flag next time you cross Division/Grandview Parkway

We’ve been working with the Traverse City Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) office on a pedestrian safety initiative at the intersection of Division and Grandview Parkway. The intersection is one of Traverse City’s busiest road intersections, but it is also a busy trail crossing. The 26-mile TART-Leelanau Trail crosses two legs of this busy divided-highway [...]