The couple came to Great Falls as active outdoors people at a time when the national Rails to Trails movement was in its infancy. The city started adding bike routes in the 1980s, with the first route along Fourth Avenue North, according to city records. Chuck had always had his eye on the old railroad routes through town, and when the old rail bridge on 6th Street North between River and Park drives came down, it created a break in one often-used bike route. The minutes include discussion of developing a master plan for bike trails in Great Falls. The metal bridge, which was first put in place in 1914, had been stored for nearly a decade at an old meat packing plant east of Great Falls, according to Tribune archives. The Great Falls Home Builders Association donated the reinforced concrete deck and railing. Volunteers have undertaken an ongoing intensive cleanup of riverfront land that had been littered with debris over the past decades, and have spent thousands of hours on weed control, tree planting, maintenance and enhancement projects, according to the River's Edge Trail Foundation. In January 1991, a name the trail contest was announced, and by February 1991, more than 400 area residents had responded and 220 name ideas were submitted in addition to the six names proposed by the trails committee. For years, Chuck was president of Recreations Trails Inc., which grew out of the Vision 2000 trails committee, but he said Wicks was a tremendous asset who was persistent in his trail efforts. Chuck remembers a Tribune letter to the editor in the early days asking why the city would spend money on a trail when there were potholes to be fixed. "River's Edge Trail is a model for other small communities because it shows how you can get things done," wrote award juror Bonnie Harpore-Lore in the APA magazine in April 1996. The upcoming goals are to maintain a relationship with Preservation Cascade to eventually c
A Newcomer's Idea Grows Into River's Edge Trail
By JENN ROWELL, Great Falls Tribune, San Antonio Express-News: World
Sat, 02/13/2016 - 12:39am
Topics: fourth avenue north street north park the great home builders association volunteers foundation in january february recreations trails inc vision tribune bonnie harpore-lore apa april preservation cascade great falls trails chuck river the river's edge trail idea city bike route committee routes bridge
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