chomp
New member
Well, I just got a newsletter from K.R. Nilsen and apparently the Cohos Trail is not dead! Thanks to an outpouring of support, he is handing off trailwork duties to locals in the Coos County. He will stay focused on fundraising and organization of the CTA. Here is the first part of the newsletter. I didn't include everything, but I think this blurb makes the point.
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Human's have debated as long as humankind has walked the surface of this
small planet about the possibility of life after life**a second go-round,
another level, a higher plane, a new dwelling house for the soul, one last
chance to get one¹s act together...not that I ever will. The Cohos Trail
Association, I am happy to report, is reorganizing so that it is a stronger
entity with an enhanced mission.
Recently, The Cohos Trail Association closed the 162-mile long trail system
for the 2007 hiking season. But that did not sit well with a whole host of
people. Good citizens began writing and calling, trying to breath new life
into the beast. They succeeded.
Today I can report that The Cohos Trail Association (TCTA) will reorganize
with an emphasis on managing the big footpath system from Coos County, not
from my desktop in far off Spofford, NH. The Castines, Lainie and Peter, of
Pittsburg (the last town on the trail at the very top of the State of New
Hampshire) have been very active in the maintenance and financial health of
the system, and they wish to step in to help me transistion TCTA from
down-state to up-state and to build a worthy Coos-based organization with
strong ties to local schools, local civic organizations, local volunteers of
every stripe, and local resources. That is what is needed. That is what it
will get.
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Human's have debated as long as humankind has walked the surface of this
small planet about the possibility of life after life**a second go-round,
another level, a higher plane, a new dwelling house for the soul, one last
chance to get one¹s act together...not that I ever will. The Cohos Trail
Association, I am happy to report, is reorganizing so that it is a stronger
entity with an enhanced mission.
Recently, The Cohos Trail Association closed the 162-mile long trail system
for the 2007 hiking season. But that did not sit well with a whole host of
people. Good citizens began writing and calling, trying to breath new life
into the beast. They succeeded.
Today I can report that The Cohos Trail Association (TCTA) will reorganize
with an emphasis on managing the big footpath system from Coos County, not
from my desktop in far off Spofford, NH. The Castines, Lainie and Peter, of
Pittsburg (the last town on the trail at the very top of the State of New
Hampshire) have been very active in the maintenance and financial health of
the system, and they wish to step in to help me transistion TCTA from
down-state to up-state and to build a worthy Coos-based organization with
strong ties to local schools, local civic organizations, local volunteers of
every stripe, and local resources. That is what is needed. That is what it
will get.
