Trail construction is really rolling along as paving began in late July on the newest segment of the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail. The above picture shows work on the area just south of Markin Glen County Park near Pitcher Street. This section, scheduled to open in September, takes the trail from Mosel Avenue to D [...]

The DALMAC Fund, administered by the Tri-County Bicycle Association, awarded another gift to the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail in recognition of our efforts to continue to develop this 35-mile regional trail system. The donation will be presented May 27th, 2010 in Lansing.
This is the second consecutive year the DALMAC Fund has supported the KRVT Campaign. [...]

The bridge over the Portage Creek was set near Rose Park Veterans Memorial, just north of Michigan Avenue.  This bridge (pictured below) provides a link from Jack Coombs Park to Mayors Riverfront Park.

More than 50 trail advocates and community leaders attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 20 for the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail segment from Gull St. to Mosel Avenue, officially opening this section of trail and expanding completed trail to more than 8 miles. Speakers included Dr. Charles Warfield, chair of the KRVT Campaign Education Division, Dave [...]

You are invited to join us in celebrating the opening of the newest section of Kalamazoo River Valley Trail! Mark your calendar for a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to officially open this new section of trail that stretches two miles from Gull St. to Mosel Ave. Refreshments will be provided.
Friday, November 20th, 2009
12:30 p.m. [...]

Remaining trail segments to be funded through Phase II of the campaign include:

Five miles from Mosel Avenue to D Avenue. This section, which runs through Markin Glen Park and the Kalamazoo Nature Center, will be constructed in 2010.
1.7 miles from Mayors’ Riverfront Park to Sprinkle Road. Construction on this segment is scheduled to begin in [...]

In 2008 Phase I of the KRVT Campaign was successfully completed with $5,674,492 raised in government and charitable dollars. Today the Parks Foundation of Kalamazoo County is leading a community-wide effort to raise $5.9 million in private contributions to be combined with $7 million in government commitments to finish this project, which has been nearly [...]

Phase I of the KRVT Campaign secured private and public funds to build two segments of the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail. The first segment, which is 4.8 miles from 10th Street and the Kal-Haven Trail head to Westnedge Avenue near Michigan, opened in September 2008.