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Fundraisers suggested for trail
Fundraisers suggested for trail
Would connect VOA Park to Kings Island BY JENNIFER EDWARDS | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER WEST CHESTER TWP. - Thousands of people eventually could walk or bike from Voice of America Park to Paramount's Kings Island - if supporters can come up with $2.4 million. Residents began brainstorming Tuesday night on ways to raise money without increasing taxes for a six-mile bike trail around West Chester's Voice of America Park that also would connect with a path along Tylersville Road in Mason to the amusement park. Their suggestions include holding benefit festivals, rock concerts and triathlons; opening a fund at a local charitable foundation; and asking corporations for donations. Resident Dee Dee West said the schools should be involved, too. "If you get the kids, you get the parents," said West, 55. West Chester Trustee Lee Wong is spearheading the project, his first big initiative since being elected last fall. He has credited his election in part to cycling through most neighborhoods to talk with neighbors. "I don't care if I get elected in the next term," Wong told about 30 residents. "I want to get it built. If not now, when? We have been dragging for so long." West Chester once had plans for the six-mile VOA path and a two-mile trail at Beckett Park. But those have been on hold since a 2003 park levy failed. Ideas discussed this week would be part of the proposed 84-mile Miami 2 Miami regional bikeway, which would connect the Great Miami River Path with the Little Miami Scenic Trail. A 1.5-mile part of the Miami 2 Miami path runs from Fairfield Township into West Chester, ending at Ohio 747 and Port Union Road. In July, work begins on a $400,000 project to extend that path west about 1.5 miles to link to Ohio Bypass 4 in Fairfield. At least one person at Tuesday's session doubted that West Chester's VOA bike trail could be built without raising taxes. "Corporate sponsors are getting tired of being hit up for donations for the richest township in Ohio," said Jim Fearing, an architect who volunteers for the Voice of America Museum restoration effort at VOA park. What's next West Chester is forming a citizen committee to identify ways to raise money and build a $2.4 million, six-mile bike trail around the Voice of America Park off Tylersville Road. The next meeting is 7:30 p.m. June 20 at the township hall, 9113 Cincinnati-Dayton Road. Information: 513-777-5900. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.d.../1056/NEWS0103 |
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