Here`s - Mountain Goat Trail

The Mountain Goat Trail is a rail to trail community
outdoor recreation project to convert an abandoned
railroad right-of-way into a multi-use recreational
corridor between Grundy and Franklin Counties on the
Cumberland Plateau in Middle Tennessee.
Mountain Goat Trail
by the numbers
$266,200
total grants received in 2013
4.8
A University of the South study estimated that
the completed Mountain Goat Trail could have
an annual economic impact of $1.2 million on
the towns along the Trail.
miles of trails planned for
construction in 2014
4
towns to be connected to the
trail by these projects
(Sewanee, Monteagle, Tracy
City, Palmer)
Volunteers including residents of Tracy City
and Monteagle as well as students from the
University of the South participated in work
days along the Phase II section between
Sewanee and Monteagle.
From the President
What an encouraging year it has
been for the Mountain Goat
Trail!!
Consider these facts:!
We launched a successful
collaboration with the Land
Trust for Tennessee!
We were awarded a
$250,000 grant to build two
one-mile sections of trail in
Grundy County!
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We raised over $83,000,
allowing us to purchase
about 60% of the railbed
between Monteagle and
Tracy City!
We strengthened our ties
with municipalities by
collaborating on grant
applications with the towns
of Monteagle and Tracy
City!
As always, we know that these
milestones were possible
because of the support we
receive from all over the Plateau
and beyond.!
For all you’ve done to help us
get to this point, thank you!!
Here’s to a great 2014!!
Janice Thomas!
Board President!
St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School students
spent part of their Earth Day creating a
trail linking the Mountain Goat Trail with
Stillpoint Wellness Center
Board President Janice Thomas
was interviewed by The
Chattanooga Times-Free Press
for a feature story on the
$250,000 Recreational Trail
Program grant awarded to the
MGTA
DONATIONS & CONTRIBUTIONS – PHASE III CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
THANK YOU to everyone
who has contributed to the
MGTA this year, and to our
joint capital campaign
with the Land Trust for
Tennessee. With your help,
we have met our
fundraising goal, acquired
significant property along
the Mountain Goat
Railroad bed, and
sustained our momentum
on this project.
CAPSTONE LEVEL
($10,000+)
Phase III
Anonymous
Cammack Family Foundation
Doug Ferris
!
LIMESTONE LEVEL
($1,000-$9,999)
Phase II
Henry & Lelia Blizzard
James & Lisa Cheek
Annis & William Cox
Kathy & Bill Flatley
William & Knowles Harper
Sewanee Community Chest
!
Phase III
Albert Ambrose, Jr.
Mr. Melvin M. Barnes, Jr.
Steve Burnett
Doug & Ann Cameron
Ward Cammack
Citizens State Bank
Annis & William Cox
Anne & Bill Davis
Jessica Favaloro
William Harbison
James & Judith Humphreys
Burton Jablin
John & Bonnie McCardell
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Millar
Amanda & Barry Moody
Barron Patterson
Stacy & James Swiggart
John & Janice Thomas
!
SANDSTONE LEVEL ($250$999)
Phase II
Bradley Bullock & Benjamin
Papa
Doug & Ann Cameron
Rev. Hunter & Prestine
Huckabay
Sam & Emily McNair
Monteagle Sunday School
Assembly
Peggy & Randy Peterson
John & Cameron Swallow
John & Janice Thomas
Ridley Wills II
Woody’s Bicycles
Carol & Charles Wray
Michael & Fawn Yarworth
!
Phase III
Rt. Rev. Neil Alexander
Bank of America Foundation
Keith J. Barton
Ellie Billington
James & Betty Barton Blythe
Bradley Bullock & Benjamin
Papa
Jeanine "Dede" Clements
Anita & Jeff Conn
Henry & Nancy Crais
Rev. Senter Crook
Greer Cummings
Kathy & Martin Davis
Celia & Michael Delaney
Richard W. Deutsch
Jay Fisher
Alex & Zell Hoole
Lucy Keeble
Richard Lodge
Woody & Pookie McLaughlin
Ellen More
Jack Murrah
George Myers
Tom & Marilyn Phelps
Bran & Cindy Potter
Barry Rollins
John & Kathy Solomon
Ken Smith & Deb McGrath
Woody's Bicycles
!
BEDROCK LEVEL ($15$249)
Phase II
Scott & Laura Anderson, Sr.
Speed Baranco
Sheri Bergman & Scott
Wilson
Carol Chandler
Lila J Cruikshank
Trudy Cunningham
Anne & Bill Davis
Richard W. Deutsch
Col. James & Karen Dismukes
Robert Doherty
Beth Pride and Steve Ford
Dr. John (Jack) & Edie
Furman
Marshall Graves
Karin & John Haley
Harton Family Partners, LLP
Bruce Haygood
David Hickey
Louise Irwin
Charles & Melanie Keetle
Mountain Valley Bank
Sara Nelson
Ted & Sandra Nolan
Kathleen O’Donohue
Richard Paisley
Tam Parker
Mary Priestley
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Reynolds
Leah Rhys
Dr. & Mrs. Anderson Spickard
Larry Stine
Peggy & Tom Ward
Heather Welch
Wilson Family
Noel Workman
Charles & Catherine Zammitt
Susan Neubauer
Phase III
Patrick Dean
Hawksridge Farms, Inc.
Greg, Luellen, Kevin, & Staci
Hining
!
IN HONOR OF…
David and Judy
!
Ana Cornea
Zouheir Abdelnour
Bank of America Foundation
Henry & Lelia Blizzard
John Brewster
David & Marjorie Burnett
David Clough
David Coe
Ana Cornea
Trudy Cunningham
Andrew David
Patrick & Susan Dean
Celia & Michael Delaney
Arlyn Ende
Bert Fingerman
Janet & Gene Finnell
Beth Pride & Steve Ford
Stephen Garrett
Tim & Janet Graham
John Greeter
Sidney & David Hickey
Kathryn Hofeldt
Rev. Hunter & Prestine
Huckabay
Debbe Lane
Sarah Lodge
Ellis Mayfield
Blythe & Winston Orr
Mr. & Mrs. W. Scott Parrish
James M. Pierce
Mary Priestley
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Reynolds
Larry Stine
Joseph & Alyssa Sumpter
Christi Teasley
Beth Thoma
Joan Thomas & Michael Lee
John & Gail Thompson
Towee Boats
Rebecca Walton
Robert Watts
June Weber
Angela Williamson
Elizabeth Wilson
Flo Wilson
Charles & Catherine Zammitt
The Howick Family
!
IN MEMORY OF…
Martha Cammack
Ann Aitken & Tom McCawley
Chip & Leigh Manning
Jane Strobel
!
Jim Franklin and Harry
Yeatman
Leah Rhys
!
Doug Ferris
!
!
!
Katie & Timothy Trahan
David Glasgow and Van Pond
Barron Patterson
Jeff Heitzenrater
Laura Willis
Bonnie & John McCardell's
3rd anniversary on the
Mountain
!
!
Elliot & Terrell Harrigan
Ian Prunty
Louise Irwin
Janice Thomas & her
leadership at MGTA
!
Laura Willis
The kind supporters of
Sewanee Realty
Margaret Donohue
!
!
John Willis
Kim Heitzenrater
IN KIND
Bob Burns
SPECIAL THANKS
Land Trust for Tennessee
Jeanie Nelson
Julian Bibb
Steve Burnett
Jessica Favaloro
!
MGTA Board:
Henry Blizzard
David Burnett
Dede Clements
Woody Deutsch
Deb McGrath
Chris Roberts
Barry Rollins
Janice Thomas
!
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PO Box 968!
Monteagle TN 37356
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