Friends of the Cresheim Trail is happy to take part in another fall planting as part of the Love Your Park Fall Service — and in our case, we’re giving folks an extra opportunity to participate. While the main volunteer service will take place on November 12th, ours will happen on Saturday, November 19th at […]
Friends of the Cresheim Trail and Mt Airy Trash Team are teaming up for a co-led volunteer day to do both trail work and a cleanup of Cresheim Valley Drive. On Saturday, October 15th, meet us at 9am at the Cresheim Valley Pergola (corner of Germantown Avenue and Cresheim Valley Drive) to check out that […]
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 […]
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 […]
Come join us Saturday February 22 at 9am to start clearing the corridor for a reroute of an existing trail. The new trail is colored orange on the attached map. We’ll meet at the trail head on Cresheim Road and walk to the work location. We will park along Cresheim Road. Tools, gloves, and snacks […]
