Friends of the Cresheim Trail’s March workday has us in full spring prep mode. We’ll continue the ecological restoration we’ve been building in the area around the boardwalk with live staking of native plants (think elderberry, pussy willow, red osier dogwood). And we’ll surely check on our fall plantings that included pawpaw, hornbeam, beech, and […]
Cresheim Trail Public Meeting: Mon 3/6 @ Lovett Library
SAVE THE DATE! Friends of the Cresheim Trail and our partners will host a Cresheim Trail public meeting on Monday, March 6th, 6–7:30pm at Lovett Memorial Library (6945 Germantown Avenue in Mt Airy). The meeting will be an open house format to catch folks up on the progress FOCT has made with the existing trail […]
Sept 2022: Springfield Township Trails Plan
As you probably know, the ultimate goal for the Cresheim Trail is to connect Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Valley Park to Fort Washington State Park in Montgomery County (pictured here, where a bridge built by the Pennsylvania Railroad will make that final connection). There are currently about two and a half miles of trail in Philly between […]
2021 Spring Newsletter
Looking Back / Looking Forward Looking back at 2020, the watch words were ‘quiet’ and ‘slow’. The interruption of normal business by the pandemic granted the board time to reflect and reassess our priorities and to set a direction for the next year. Looking forward to 2021, we are excited about new engagement and outreach […]
Next Workday: Oct. 20th, 2018
The next Cresheim Trail Workday is Saturday October 20 at 9 am. The meeting location is at the trail head at Lincoln Drive and Allens Lane. The plan is to clean up the entrance, remove vines, and other invasives. There may be an additional effort to extend the long boardwalk if we find planks and […]