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CT Trails Weekend- Come celebrate in Woodbury on Saturday, June 6th!
Life Scout Jakob G. , a member of BSA Troop 480, and Woodbury Park and Recreation are sponsoring an event for CT Trails Weekend 2015.
CT Trails Weekend – Come celebrate in Woodbury on Saturday, June 6th
Connecticut will host one of the largest National Trails Day (NTD) celebrations in the country on Saturday June 6, 2015. Woodbury, CT will join the activities by unveiling the Eagle Scout Project of Jakob G. on the new My Town Trails web app.
To achieve Eagle Scout status, 15 year old Jakob G. decided to do a project which focused on several of the main pillars of the Boy Scouting Program; hiking, the outdoors, community service and STEM concepts. Using a host of volunteers, and their smart phones or GPS devices Jakob recorded all of the hiking trails in Woodbury CT onto a user friendly website called My Town Trails.com. The recording included parking lot location, points of interest and even benches.
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Once the trails where hiked, Jakob had to fine tune the webpage. He added important trail information such as difficulty, activities permitted and pictures.
Eagle Scout Projects are designed to give back to the community. This project does just that. First and foremost this project makes the trails accessible. There is no need to get lost in Woodbury anymore. The web app will tell you your whereabouts, the length of the trail, its difficulty and even show you scenic pictures. But the whole premise of the trails project is to put Woodbury on the map. It is the hope that the beautiful, scenic trails of Woodbury will attract hikers, dog walkers and other outdoor enthusiasts to
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Woodbury to hike the trails, visit the restaurants and frequent the town’s businesses.
On Saturday June 6, 2015 at 12:00 NOON at the Hollow Park in Woodbury Life Scout Jakob G. from Troop 480 and his assistants will demonstrate the app and answer your questions about the project before you go out and celebrate National Trails Day in Woodbury. Trail maps and easy to follow directions to get acquainted with the “My Town Trails” web app will be available. Please be sure to wear proper attire and bring water.
For more information please contact Jakob G.@ 203-263-3977 or Jenifer Miller at
jmiller@woodburyct.org or 203-263-3113
