NORWICH – The Chenango Greenway Conservancy recently completed a long-anticipated licensing agreement with the City of Norwich to create a trail along the Chenango River.

“This is some very exciting news. The development represents the partial fulfillment of a major dream that has been shared by many people in the Norwich community for many years,” said Conservancy Director Tom Holmes.

Over the past many years, portions of the Greenway have been developed into the Hosbach Trail, the Norwich Greenway, and the Chenango Riverwalk. By whatever name, the plan has centered around preserving and enhancing public access to land along the Chenango River and the open space that surrounds the community.

Holmes said that the agreement with the City of Norwich, together with the previous agreement with the Norwich City School District, assures access to about five miles of frontage along the Chenango River, and will “serve as a major catalyst for the completion of other similar agreements to expand the trail corridor along the river.”      

“I would specifically like to thank Mayor Maiurano, the Norwich city Common Council members, our president Sharon Pelosi, and the other members of our Greenway board for the many months of work that went into this agreement,” said Holmes.