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Passage
of a one million nine hundred thousand dollar ($1,900,000)
bond issue for trails by the City of Little Rock (2003)
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Seven
hundred fifty thousand dollar ($750,000) Category A, Trails
Appropriation for Little Rock Parks and Recreation by the
Arkansas Legislature (2003)
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Three
hundred fifty thousand dollar ($350,000) fundraising pledge
by Heart Clinic Arkansas for construction of the “Medical
Mile” stretching from the Clinton Presidential Library
westward.
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Pulaski
County Bridge funded and ready to begin construction in Fall
2004.
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Five
million dollar ($5,000,000) Rock Island Pedestrian Bridge
Project initiated.
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Proposed
multimillion dollar Arkansas Game & Fish Nature Center
relocated to a site in downtown Little Rock along the
Arkansas River Trail.
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Ninety-six thousand dollar ($96,000) grant received from
Metroplan for engineering for the downtown Little Rock
section of the Arkansas River Trail
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One
hundred thirteen thousand three hundred thirty dollar
($113,330) Trails For Life Grant received for the downtown
Little Rock section of the Arkansas River Trail
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Eight
hundred thousand dollar ($800,000) request for funding for
land purchase along the Little Rock side of the Arkansas
River Trail sponsored by Senator Blanche Lincoln and
Congressman Vic Snyder in the new SafeTea Bill under
consideration in Congress.
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Proposed
Historic Trail of Tears Center located in North Little Rock
on the North Shore River Trail.
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Development of Headwaters Partnership Media Program
including 15,000 visitor information brochures and 6,000
project donor brochures.
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Creation
of a series of four public service announcements by KATV
Channel 7 in Little Rock for use by any media outlet in the
region.
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Development of outreach events (Headwaters Splash (2003),
Out For Lunch, Groundbreaking, Flotilla (2004)) to support
health/wellness/tourism/environmental conservation and
economic development along the completed sections of trail.
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Feature
article in the National Rails To Trails Conservancy Magazine
in Fall 2004.
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Establishment of a website at www.rivertrail.org featuring
information on the trail, the partners, and ongoing trail
construction progress.
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Total
funding received for trail and bridge construction of
approximately $18,000,000 with another $800,000 request
pending in Congress.
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Economic impact
on the region - unknown millions of dollars for construction
of the trail, amenities, new tourist destinations, and new
business opportunities.
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Health
impact on the region - Provision of a resource which has
been proven in other communities across the United States to
positively impact the health and wellness of residents
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Environmental conservation impact -
New opportunities for nature and avian studies, watchable
wildlife interpretation programs, public school science
program study sites, greenway development, and additional
trail projects.
