Syracuse-Wawasee Park Foundation met Monday and heard updates from several of its committees on various projects, including the Syracuse-Wawasee Trail project. Mike Buhrt, who serves as the liaison between the foundation and the trail committee, said new trails Executive Director Megan McClellan had secured a Safe Routes to School grant, which will be used in …read more.

Syracuse Park Foundation approved signing the purchase agreement for property currently owned by the Syracuse Rotary Club during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night. The property will be purchased for $65,000 with the Laudeman family donating the funds. The new park will be named after the Laudeman family. Board member Mike Buhrt asked if there …read more.

Community members, mainly property owners along East Northshore Drive, were present at Monday’s Syracuse-Wawasee Trails Committee meeting. There has been some concern among homeowners regarding recent trail construction near their properties. The concern stems from the fact that, in accordance with a contract with the county highway department and after walking the proposed trail last …read more.

Indiana Department of Transportation recently notified the Syracuse-Wawasee Trail Committee it would not be receiving the $1.5 million grant it requested to put a trail segment on SR 13. This is the second time the trail committee has been turned down by INDOT for a grant application regarding the same segment of trail. The first …read more.

Application deadline for the executive director’s position with the Syracuse-Wawasee Trail Committee is Wednesday, July 25. The committee hopes to have a director hired by Aug. 1. Mike Buhrt, committee chairman, reported at press time that the job had been posted and only one application received. Chad Jonsson, park superintendent, said he sent the posting …read more.

Mike Buhrt, chairman of the Syracuse-Wawasee Trail Committee, announced a local family has come forward willing to hire a director for the trail system for two years. The announcement was made during the trail committee’s regular monthly meeting Monday night. Buhrt explained a sub-committee of the trail committee met and created a job description. The …read more.

Phil Beer II of USI Consultants attended the Syracuse-Wawasee’s Trail Committee’s regular monthly meeting Monday night to discuss plans to create a trail along SR 13. Beer, who grew up in the area, stated that his company does a lot of work within the county. Beer explained to the committee that there are changes taking place …read more.