Syracuse-Wawasee Trails Committee met Monday, Nov. 16, and mainly discussed the Conklin Bay trail section. It also heard of a big donation from the Lilly family foundation. Dave Weadock from Earth Source Inc. was present and took questions. He said the maps of the project are about 50 percent complete, but are good enough to …read more.

Syracuse-Wawasee Trail Committee met Monday night and discussed the Eli Lilly Road trail widening project. The committee has received a couple of donations for the widening project, including one for $1,000. “We have a long way to go,” said Syracuse-Wawasee Trail Committee Executive Director Megan McClellan. So far, $1,600 in donations have been received. It …read more.

Wawasee Property Owners Association recently gave the Syracuse-Wawasee Trail Project $5,000 for a feasibility study on installing trail along the southeast end of Lake Wawasee. With the trail nearly complete around Syracuse Lake, the trail committee is looking to start putting trail around Lake Wawasee.

Donn Baird, treasurer for the Syracuse Wawasee Trail Project, had good news to report at the committee’s regular monthly meeting Monday night. In addition to approximately $28,000 being raised through the annual holiday mailer, the trail committee received a $50,000 grant from the K21 Foundation. An anonymous donor, who offered to match up to $50,000 …read more.