John Wayne Pioneer Trail Reconnection Route

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THE CAMPUS ROUTE The campus offers several wide streets and an irrigation canal that re -connect the multipurpose trail in the most direct manner. CWU participants will clearly need to be a major part of the discussion, but it would be great to connect the rural areas on both sides of town to the campus and some of the most interesting neighborhoods in the City. Similar to the CWU Campus, the Burke Gilman trail through Seattle and the University of Washington is an excellent example of a multi -use urban trail. The benefits to the reconnection of the John Wayne Trail through Central Washington University are numerous. The trail would act as a non motorized link between scholastic institutions of the Ellensburg area including the university, high school, middle schools and elementary schools. The trail would provide the possibility for design and development by students in many disciplines of study as a hands on learning experience both in the plan and use of the trail. For instance, botany classes could develop natural vegeta- tion communities along the trail, while business students might handle financing the up keep of the trail, even art could be integrated along the corridor. (CWU, 1998) ,7obn Mayne Pioneer Anil Reconnection Study Final Report September 2001 18