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News Advisory
RI Department of Environmental Management
235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908
(401) 222-2771 TDD/(401) 222-4462
FOR AP AND METRO NEWS DAYBOOKS:
Date: Thursday, August 23

Time:

 11:00 a.m.
Location: Levy Elementary School
135 Harrisville Main Street
Harrisville, RI
Event: RailTrail Grant Announcement

For Release:

 August 22, 2007
Contact: Gail Mastrati 222-4700 ext. 2402
Stephanie Powell 222-4700 ext. 4418

DEM TO ANNOUNCE GRANT FOR RAIL TRAIL PROJECT THAT WILL CONNECT TWO BURRILLVILLE VILLAGE CENTERS

PROVIDENCE - W. Michael Sullivan, Ph.D., Director of the Department of Environmental Management, will announce a grant regarding the Harrisville-Pascoag RailTrail Project at an 11 a.m. event with state and local officials, including Burrillville Town Council President Nancy Binns and Councilman John Michael Karmozyn.

The smart growth-based project, central to the town's land use planning, will connect the villages of Harrisville and Pascoag through an abandoned rail bed and enable people to walk, bicycle, or cross country ski between the village centers and explore undeveloped open space around Duck Pond.

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Directions from Providence: Route 6 West to I-295 North, to exit 7B Route 44 West. Travel 9.6 miles and take Route 102 North (Money Hill Road) for 9/10ths of a mile. Turn right on Route 98 (Harrisville Road) and travel 2.7 miles.
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