For years the Capital Area Greenbelt — a 20-mile hiking and biking trail that loops around the Harrisburg area and passes around and through Harrisburg, Paxtang, Penbrook, Susquehanna Township and Swatara Township — ran through private property at 1103 S. Front St., the site of the former Phoenix Steel Corp. Mill.
But as construction began two years ago on Veterans Grove, a tiny-home community for homeless veterans, a detour was put in place. That project has since been completed. and construction is now underway in the same area for the Tunnels to Towers Veterans Village, a second community for homeless veterans. And Eden Village, a tiny-homes village for unhoused residents, is also planned for the same area.
The Greenbelt trail initially rerouted up Sycamore Street and along Cameron Street before reconnecting to the old trail, as a temporary measure during the construction. But now the trail will need to permanently relocate about a quarter mile in this area of Harrisburg…