Volunteers Wanted!

September 16, 2017 by

Trail Maintenance Volunteers Wanted:

East Haven SGT town team is in need of volunteers to help maintain our trail. We meet about 6 times a year for trail cleanup. Typically this involves trash clean up, raking, leaf blowing and weeding. The ideal candidate knows his way around a pair of clippers!

Although we understand that everyone’s time is important to them we hope you will consider volunteering with us. We meet for about 2 hours on a mix of weekend mornings and weekday evenings. If you are interested please reach out to East Haven SGT Chairwoman Barbara Brow. Looking forward to working with you to keep up our wonderful trail!

This is also a great opportunity for high school aged kids to earn community service hours!

Thank you very much!

Please contact Barbara Brow:

Call: 203-469-9127

Text Only: 203-494-7723

We all work together to keep the Shoreline Greenway Trail clean!

We all work together to keep the Shoreline Greenway Trail clean!

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Trail Maintenance Manager

August 31, 2017 by

Calling all volunteers! 

Do you enjoy outdoor work?  Are you looking forward to the completion of Branford’s  Tabor trail section?  

When the Tabor trail  is completed and added to our existing sections, the Branford Shoreline Greenway Trail  team will really need a Trail Maintenance Manager. The trails need to have their surface kept free of debris and their sides trimmed of weeds.  

The job entails keeping an eye on the trail sections to determine what work needs to be done, creating a maintenance schedule,  and organizing volunteer work parties to do it. 

Interested?  call or text Judy Miller at 203-589-8335 or email j.miller@snet.net.

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Call for Trail Development and Maintenance Volunteers

June 23, 2016 by

Trail Development and Trail Maintenance are the primary tasks of the Shoreline Greenway Trail. As such, they demand a great commitment of energy and expertise. Your help in the following areas can make our work faster and better.

TRAIL DEVELOPMENT

Signs: working with the Trail Development Committee and the Outreach Committee, develop a consistent format, and determine best practices with regard to sign placement, height, etc. Responsibilities would include ordering signs and maintaining a supply.

Trail surface: Gather information about the various trail surfaces, compare surface options and cost analysis, and make recommendations to the Trail Development Committee.

Maps: Use your experience in Juno 3BGPS systems and/or be willing to develop expertise in order to help SGT with Trail mapping.

  • Become familiar with ARC map mapping software.
  • Use your expertise as a graphic artist to take maps generated by the system and convert them into documents accessible to the public.
  • Develop an interactive mapping system for the internet.

Develop Trail:  work with town engineers to:

  • Define trail segments and develop tracking methodology.
  • Research and develop trail building standards encompassing shoulders, substructure, crossings, grades, radius of turns.
  • Manage and track trail development activities, expenses, etc.

TRAIL MAINTENANCE

Trail Maintenance Director:

  • Maintain a list of members willing to work on the trail
  • Organize Trail Stewards and monitor their reports
  • Organize work parties
  • Schedule regular trail maintenance work

Trail Maintenance Team:

  • repair the trail
  • weed as necessary
  • cut and dispose of fallen branches and debris
  • rake leaves
  • clear new trail as needed

If you are interested and willing to help, please contact John Paulson at jbpaulson@att.net or Judith Miller at j.miller@snet.net.

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Call for Volunteers in Branford

January 23, 2016 by

Would you like to have safe off-road biking and walking in Branford? Are you eager to see more trail being built? Come work on the Branford team of the Shoreline Greenway Trail, an all-volunteer organization dedicated to building a 25-mile continuous path for bicyclists, walkers and hikers on the Connecticut Shoreline from Lighthouse Point in New Haven through East Haven, Branford, and Guilford to Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison.

The Branford team is strong, but we find that we need volunteers to help us with some specific activities. If you have interest and skills in one of the following areas, please contact Judy Miller, SGT Chair, at j.miller@snet.net 203-589-8335.

Project Manager

  • Coordinate with Town Chair and Town Team to oversee development of a trail section from beginning to end.
  • Make a list of necessary land approvals and permits, and initiate and follow through on the process.
  • Maintain a record of activities.
  • Ascertain necessary funding and work with the team to provide it.

Local Publicity Leader

  • Distribute First Saturday walk cards and any other printed announcements.
  • Maintain notices on and check condition of trail head kiosks.
  • Organize events with the help of the entire team.

Fundraising Leader

  • Generate and implement ideas for fundraising to build trail with the cooperation of the entire team.

Bicycle Coordinator

  • Work with other town groups to form a bicycle collaborative that will work to make Branford a more bicycle friendly town!
  • Represent Shoreline Greenway Trail on the Bike Safety Rodeo with representatives of other town groups such as the Branford Recreation Department.
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