Border To Border Trail - Eastern County Segment Grand Opening & New Bike Repair Stand At EMU Next To The Trails

[Bob Krzewinski]

Border To Border Trail - Eastern County Segment Grand Opening October 8th

There will be a grand opening event, hosted by the Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission,  at a new Ypsilanti Township Grove Road segment of the B2B Trail at 4pm on Tuesday, October 8th on the grounds of Rawsonville Elementary School adjacent to the Trail (map link at https://goo.gl/maps/JJuwU7V1aM83AoKJ6). This half mile stretch of trail connects to Rawsonville Elementary giving local children a safe path to walk to school. This trail segment also brings the B2B closer to reaching the border of Washtenaw and Wayne Counties with the long term goal of connecting to the Lower Huron Metropark. Families and neighbors are encouraged to attend and there will be B2B Trail giveaways and updates on future trail construction.

 

Newly Installed… Another Bike Repair Station Along The B2B Trail

Now open is a new Dero bicycle repair stand (click here for a short video how the stands work)  along the B2B Trail just south of the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center (map of location at https://goo.gl/maps/FUAg6f56wPD7mGjF6). The repair stand, courtesy of grant from the REI Co-Op (www.rei.com), features a set of tools, an air pump with pressure gauge, a QR code that takes you to videos over your phone that cover common bike repairs, and a repair stand (using two metal “arms” where you can locate your bike as you work on it. This repair stand also features a “pump-stop” that you can roll a bike tire into to make it stable when you use the air pump. Also a big "thank you" to the EMU Physical Plant for donating a mounting pad for the stand as well as doing the installation.