INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Five Indiana trails projects, including three in the Indianapolis area, have received money from the state government for development assistance, the Department of Natural Resources said in a news release issued Thursday.
Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation Department will receive one of the two largest grants, each totaling $400,000, for a half-mile of its White River Greenway in Hamilton County. The Fort Wayne city government received the other $400,000 grant for about three-quarters of a mile of its Fishing Line Trail.
Carmel recently began on a north extension of the White River Greenway, which was first developed in 1998 and 1999. The asphalt trail in the very northeastern part of Carmel winds through wooded acres parallel with the White River…