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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
a-M
ich
igan
Riv
er V
alle
y T
rail
~ P
artn
ers~
Bik
e M
ichi
ana
Coa
liti
on
B
erri
en C
ount
y P
arks
, Mic
higa
n
Cit
y of
Nil
es, M
ichi
gan
Cit
y of
Mis
haw
aka,
Ind
iana
Cit
y of
Sou
th B
end,
Ind
iana
Indi
ana
Dep
artm
ent o
f T
rans
port
atio
n
Mic
hian
a W
ater
shed
Mic
higa
n D
epar
tmen
t of
Tra
nspo
rtat
ion
N
atio
nal P
ark
Ser
vice
, Riv
ers,
Tra
ils
and
Con
serv
atio
n A
ssis
tanc
e P
rogr
am
N
iles
Cha
rter
Tow
nshi
p, M
ichi
gan
S
outh
wes
tern
Mic
higa
n E
cono
mic
Gro
wth
A
llia
nce
S
outh
wes
t Mic
higa
n P
lann
ing
Com
mis
sion
St.
Jose
ph C
ount
y P
arks
, Ind
iana
Tow
n of
Ros
elan
d, I
ndia
na
“Tra
ils
thro
ugh
and
conn
ecti
ng o
ur
com
mun
itie
s w
ill g
ive
peop
le
conv
enie
nt o
ppor
tuni
ties
to g
et r
egul
ar
phys
ical
act
ivit
y an
d co
nnec
t wit
h na
ture
. O
ver
and
over
stu
dies
aff
irm
th
e be
nefi
ts o
f ou
tdoo
r tr
ails
and
the
posi
tive
effe
cts
on th
e he
alth
of
peop
le
and
com
mun
itie
s.”
Ph
ilip
A. N
ewbo
ld
Pre
sid
ent
& C
EO
M
emor
ial H
osp
ital
/H
ealt
h S
yste
m
Sou
th B
end
, In
dia
na
“Pro
pert
ies
alon
g th
e tr
ail
have
tak
en
off…
I’v
e go
tten
a l
ist
of 3
00 p
rosp
ec-
tive
buy
ers
wai
ting
for
pro
pert
y al
ong
the
rive
r an
d tr
ail,
and
they
are
wil
ling
to
w
ait
just
fo
r th
ose
prop
erti
es.”
S
uza
n
Bea
l, sa
les
asso
ciat
e w
ith
Col
dwel
l B
anke
r R
eal E
stat
e
Indiana–Michigan
River Valley Trail
Con
nec
tin
g C
omm
un
itie
s
Nil
es, R
osel
and
, S
outh
Ben
d, M
ish
awak
a
ww
w.s
wm
pc.
org/
INM
Itra
il.a
sp
~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
y es
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
ition
, 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
e ge
nera
tion
s.
Y
ou b
elie
ve i
n th
e im
port
ance
of
a tr
ail
to
enha
nce
the
over
all q
uali
ty o
f li
fe.
Y
ou a
re p
assi
onat
e ab
out
free
rec
reat
iona
l op
port
unit
ies
avai
labl
e to
eve
ryon
e.
Y
ou b
elie
ve in
sus
tain
able
tran
spor
tati
on
If y
ou a
nsw
ered
“ye
s” t
o an
y of
the
abo
ve,
we
wan
t yo
u to
con
trib
ute
to t
he c
ampa
ign
toda
y!
You
r ta
x-fr
ee d
onat
ion
wil
l be
com
bine
d w
ith
othe
rs
to
leve
rage
lo
cal,
stat
e an
d fe
dera
l go
vern
men
t do
llar
s.
Thi
s bi
-sta
te
trai
l pr
ojec
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
Loc
al E
con
omy
and
Bu
sin
esse
s M
ich
igan
stu
dies
sho
w th
at o
ut o
f to
wn
trai
l use
rs
spen
d an
ywhe
re f
rom
$94
9 to
$1,
269
on l
odgi
ng,
rest
aura
nt,
groc
erie
s, g
as a
nd e
quip
men
t pe
r tr
ip.
T
he a
vera
ge a
nnua
l us
e of
six
Mic
higa
n tr
ails
was
92
,000
use
s. T
his
equa
tes
to a
sig
nifi
cant
am
ount
of
spe
ndin
g fr
om tr
ail u
sers
! In
200
0, a
bik
e ev
ent
in B
loom
ingt
on,
Ind
ian
a dr
ew i
n 5,
000
ride
rs c
ontr
ibut
ing
over
$1
mil
lion
to
the
loc
al e
cono
my
in j
ust
lodg
ing
and
food
ex
pend
itur
es.
The
20
05
Indi
ana
Bik
e F
est
in
Jasp
er a
ttra
cted
250
bri
ngin
g $1
20,0
00 t
o th
e lo
cal
econ
omy.
In
crea
se P
rop
erty
Val
ues
R
ealt
ors
indi
cate
d th
at
hom
es
alon
g th
e P
aint
C
reek
Tra
il (
Mic
hig
an)
sell
for
abo
ut 1
0% m
ore
than
com
para
ble
hom
es “
off
the
trai
l.”
A 1
999
stud
y of
hom
e sa
les
in I
nd
ian
apol
is,
IN
foun
d th
at h
omes
alo
ng g
reen
way
s so
ld f
or a
s m
uch
as 1
0% m
ore.
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w.s
wm
pc.
org/
INM
Itra
ilsa
sp