Commissioner George Kruse’s first priority after being elected in November 2020 was building a trail system in Manatee County.
At the time, Director of Natural Resources Charlie Hunsicker showed Kruse a newspaper article about a proposed trail system for Manatee County. The article was dated 1999.
“Now, a short quarter of a century later, we’re here for Stage 1 of our trail system,” Kruse said June 18 at the groundbreaking. “Fortunately, people still ride bikes.”…