ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — As southwest Fort Wayne prepares to add another stretch of trail to the existing miles of interwoven paths, some of those who spearheaded the push for more trails in the area are amazed at the progress that has been made.
“When you sit down 20 years ago and think about what things could be, I don’t we even ever envisioned anything like this,” said Bill Zielke, former vice president and fundraising chairman for Aboite New Trails, a nonprofit that used to raise money for trails in southwest Allen County.
On Tuesday, Fort Wayne Trails will host a groundbreaking ceremony for a new trailhead along the Covington Road Trail , which will also receive a 0.9-mile extension. The trail resides in southwest Fort Wayne — an area where Zielke and Lynn Reecer, co-founder and former president of Aboite New Trails, spent nearly a decade working to add connective trails.
Reecer first had the idea to start Aboite New Trails after visiting the Monon Trail in Indianapolis and seeing what it provided for the city and its residents.