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2009 RTP Achievement Awards

Award-Winning Trail and Greenway Projects

 

The members of the Coalition for Recreational Trails (CRT) have selected the winners of the "Annual Achievement Awards" in recognition of outstanding use of Recreational Trails Program (RTP) funds. The award winners were recognized at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 2009 at the U.S. House of Representatives Rayburn House Office Building, during the annual celebration for Great Outdoors Week.

Learn more about the Recreational Trails Program

 

 

Southwest Key Trail (Texas)

Accessibility Enhancement

• Sponsor/Partner: American YouthWorks Environmental Corps
• Congressional District: Lloyd Doggett (D-25-TX)
• Senators: Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) and John Cornyn (R)

 

In 2008, Environmental Corps members utilized RTP funds to construct a trail in East Austin consisting of road base and granite to allow access to wheelchairs, bicycles and pedestrians.

The trail is located on property owned by Southwest Key Programs, but will be open for use by the general public. Southwest Key is a national nonprofit organization providing transformative education, innovative safe shelters and alternatives to incarceration for over 6,000 youths each day.

The trail is located in an under-served residential area of Austin on land that was previously used as an illegal dumping ground. Trail features include limestone retaining walls, a concrete bridge and a portion of trail hardened with cement to withstand a high amount of water drainage.

Contact: Parc Smith, American YouthWorks Environmental Corps, 1901 E. Ben White Boulevard, Austin, TX 78741. Phone: 512-423-2887

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coalition for Recreational Trails:

The Coalition for Recreational Trails, a national organization representing the nation's major trail interests, has been working since 1992 to build awareness and understanding of the Recreational Trails Program, to support its implementation and to help insure that it receives adequate funding. The Annual Achievement Awards are part of the Coalition's ongoing effort to promote and celebrate this highly successful program, which has greatly enhanced the quantity and quality of trail experiences available to the public. For more information about CRT and its members, go to: www.funoutdoors.com/coalitions/crt.

 

Annual achievement awards presented by the Coalition for Recreational Trails:
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000