Hiking club receives grant to replace lean-to on Finger Lakes Trail
PHARSALIA – A dilapidated lean-to on a portion of the Finger Lakes Trail that cuts through Chenango County will be replaced thanks in part to a grant from a county committee.
Members of the Chenango County Planning and Economic Development Committee agreed last week to promote use of the trail with financial support for a new shelter within the Town of Pharsalia. The committee granted $2,000 to the Chenango County Bullthistle Hiking Club toward the estimated $3,000 lean-to.
Trail volunteers build and maintain 30 temporary shelters across New York State during three weeks of every summer. The state Department of Environmental Conservation provides the logs and volunteers build and repair the structures.
Town of New Berlin Supervisor Ross Iannello suggested funding the entire cost of the lean-to. He said club volunteers are already responsible for maintaining 72 miles of trail in Chenango County.
However, Otselic Supervisor David J. Messineo said funds granted from the committee’s infrastructure, promotion and business development account should be only a portion of the funds needed for any particular project.
“Cost sharing is what we should be doing with everything,” he said.
City of Norwich Supervisor James J. McNeil supported Messineo’s premise, but also asked for guidance on tapping the reserve account, something he said he has been requesting for many years.
“It’s the principle, not the project,” he said after voting in favor of the grant.
Chenango County Planning Department Director Donna M. Jones said her office had been directed to write up the guidelines back in 2006, but was still working on them.
The hiking club received funds from the business development account back in 2007 for signage and another lean-to project on the Finger Lakes Trail in Pharsalia.
The economic development account was created in 2003 and is capped at $90,000 per year. Other entities that have received funding through the years are the Town of Bainbridge; Cornell Cooperative Extension; Chase Memorial Nursing Home in New Berlin; Federated Sportsmen’s Clubs; Chenango Bounty at Your Door; Chenango County Area Corp.; Gaius Cook Memorial Park in Greene; Morrisville State College in Norwich; Catholic Charities; a consultant to explore economic development opportunities from natural gas development; the Chenango County Agriculture Society Fair; The Christian Neighborhood Center of Norwich; and the Chenango County Historical Society Maple Festival.
Members of the Chenango County Planning and Economic Development Committee agreed last week to promote use of the trail with financial support for a new shelter within the Town of Pharsalia. The committee granted $2,000 to the Chenango County Bullthistle Hiking Club toward the estimated $3,000 lean-to.
Trail volunteers build and maintain 30 temporary shelters across New York State during three weeks of every summer. The state Department of Environmental Conservation provides the logs and volunteers build and repair the structures.
Town of New Berlin Supervisor Ross Iannello suggested funding the entire cost of the lean-to. He said club volunteers are already responsible for maintaining 72 miles of trail in Chenango County.
However, Otselic Supervisor David J. Messineo said funds granted from the committee’s infrastructure, promotion and business development account should be only a portion of the funds needed for any particular project.
“Cost sharing is what we should be doing with everything,” he said.
City of Norwich Supervisor James J. McNeil supported Messineo’s premise, but also asked for guidance on tapping the reserve account, something he said he has been requesting for many years.
“It’s the principle, not the project,” he said after voting in favor of the grant.
Chenango County Planning Department Director Donna M. Jones said her office had been directed to write up the guidelines back in 2006, but was still working on them.
The hiking club received funds from the business development account back in 2007 for signage and another lean-to project on the Finger Lakes Trail in Pharsalia.
The economic development account was created in 2003 and is capped at $90,000 per year. Other entities that have received funding through the years are the Town of Bainbridge; Cornell Cooperative Extension; Chase Memorial Nursing Home in New Berlin; Federated Sportsmen’s Clubs; Chenango Bounty at Your Door; Chenango County Area Corp.; Gaius Cook Memorial Park in Greene; Morrisville State College in Norwich; Catholic Charities; a consultant to explore economic development opportunities from natural gas development; the Chenango County Agriculture Society Fair; The Christian Neighborhood Center of Norwich; and the Chenango County Historical Society Maple Festival.
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