Color on the canal.
Happy St. Patrick's Day too!
Posted: Friday, March 16, 2012 5:00 am
You may have noticed recently daffodils by the thousands blooming on both sides of the historic Delaware Canal in Bucks County. There’s a reason why.
Last year, the Bucks Beautiful organization planted 300,000 bulbs the length of the waterway, which stretches 60 miles from Easton to Bristol. Bucks Beautiful is a nonprofit beautification program of the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce. The planting effort was carried out with specialized equipment this past fall. For more information, go towww.bucksbeautiful.com or call 215-348-3913, ext. 114.
Bucks Beautiful was founded in 1990 by Bob and Joyce Byers of Chalfont and Jack and Carol McCaughan of Doylestown. The mission is to enhance the beauty of Bucks County with flowers and gardens visible from the roadside.
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Bike path brainstorm
Posted: Friday, March 23, 2012 1:05 pm | Updated: 8:25 pm, Fri Mar 23, 2012.
By GEMA MARIA DUARTE Staff writer | 0 comments
Public input will be welcomed Tuesday on a bike accessibility project that seeks to boost tourism and economic development in the four Landmark Towns communities.
The projects consultant, Carter van Dyke, will present a draft of the Landmark Towns of Bucks County Bicycle Strategy and Marketing Initiative, which will run through the river towns of Bristol, Morrisville, Yardley and New Hope — all of which are located at the southern end of the 165-mile Delaware and Lehigh trail system.
The public will be able to view and comment on the draft during the 7 p.m. meeting at Yardley Borough Hall, 56 South Main St.
Landmark Towns of Bucks County is leading the project with help from a 2010 Transportation Community Development Initiative grant to develop a strategy that will enhance and expand existing bicycle amenities where needed.
The idea is to have trail heads and bike racks and to market existing trails to recreational users, specifically bicyclists, said Donna Boone, regional coordinator of the county's Landmark Towns program.
Throughout the project, which has been in the works for a couple of years, the objectives have been to conduct an inventory of existing bike trail resources and develop plans to fill gaps in the existing bike trail system.
Another goal is to stimulate economic development in the area by providing trail-related business attractions for visitors, which would lead to recreational tourism job creation, Boone said.
Landmark Towns of Bucks County is a Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor program. For more information about Landmark Towns, visit www.landmarktowns.com. For information regarding the D&L Trail or the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Inc., log on to www.delawareandlehigh.org.
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