The East Coast Greenway® Inaugural Event!
The East Coast Greenway was officially inaugurated in a gala event on the National Mall in Washington, DC on June 5, 2003. Participants included Members of Congress, the Director of the National Park Service, and other national trails leaders.
Some of the news articles and press releases from the Inaugural Event
Here is a page of photographs from the event's two bike rides (Maine to DC and Key West to DC)
Here is a photo from the event: Fran Mainella, Director of the National Park Service, addresses the crowd with the Capitol in the background.
Here are some links providing more information about the Inaugural Event:
Here is a description of the Letter Ride, "Taking the Message to Washington"
· A list of state coordinators for the Letter Ride
· The itinerary for the event as it makes it way south to DC from Canada
· The itinerary for the event as it makes it way north to DC from Key West
· Photos and bios of our "Letter Carriers"
· Ride update, April 26 (Word doc)
· Our riders' logs: reflections from the Greenway
An appeal for state & National Trails Day events along the ECG on June 7
Here are Support Letters related to the instructions:
· SENATE: A copy of the letter to President Bush, signed by over 75% of east coast U.S. Senators, asking his participation and a table showing which Senators signed and which didn't.
· HOUSE: A copy of the letter to President Bush, signed by 43 of the 86 US Representatives who were asked to sign, asking his participation (224k pdf) and a table showing which Representatives signed and which didn't.
· Short-Form Letter
· Sample child's letter
· Sample letter for organizations, clubs, other groups
· draft letter of support (for Maine in this sample) that you can give to your Governor (Word doc)
· draft proclamation (for Maine in this sample) that you can give to your Governor (Word doc)
· proclamation of support for the ECG from Brunswick, Maine - use as boilerplate text for your own town! (Word doc)
