Key parcel added to Eldora Trail

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This article first appeared in INHF's Winter 2008 magazine.

“This trail network helps promote a healthy, active lifestyle for residents as well as for visitors.”

- Lisa Hein, INHF program and planning director

Eldora has developed a local trail plan that requires the acquisition of several properties over multiple years. One of these key pieces was a parcel belonging to the Union Pacific Railroad. Thanks to cooperation between the railroad and INHF, it will soon belong to Eldora.

INHF purchased this one-half-mile piece from Union Pacific in November. The city will use acquisition funds from a state Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) grant and INHF’s Gunderson Family Fund.

This new trail section is part of a larger network that will eventually connect trail users to Pine Lake State Park, the Hardin County Farm Museum and more.

“The goal for this corridor is to tie it into the regional trail system,” said Lisa Hein, INHF program and planning director. “This trail network helps promote a healthy, active lifestyle for residents as well as for visitors.”

For more information, e-mail Cathy Engstrom, Director of Communications, or call (515) 288-1846.