Wright County Begins Trail and Bikeway Planning Process

Here is your chance! 

Wright County has begun the process of creating a Trails and Bikeways Master Plan to improve county-wide connectivity and to foster active living. 

The community is invited to attend any one of four community meetings to kick-off the master planning process.  The meetings will allow the public to provide input on county-wide trail and bikeway needs, opportunities and priorities.  The master planning process is expected to last six months, when complete, the Wright County Trail and Bikeway Plan will be a clear guide to future bikeway and trails development, policies, funding, operations, and implementation. For more information, visit the County website http://www.co.wright.mn.us/department/parks/parkprojects.asp

Community members are also encouraged to provide input by filling out an on-line Pedestrian and Bicycle questionnaire.  To fill out the questionnaire visit http://wrightcotrailsbikeways.questionpro.com/

The open houses will held jointly with separate, but concurrent, City Park and trail planning projects in Buffalo, Howard Lake, and Albertville. Residents are encouraged to drop in anytime during the open house to provide input to the planning team and learn more about the project.  There will be a short trails and bikeways best practices presentation at each open house.  All four open houses will have the same format and information.

Meeting 1

Location:        City of Buffalo City Hall

212 Central Avenue,

Buffalo, MN 55313

Date/Time:      Tuesday, February 8, 2011

6:30-8:30 PM

A brief presentation will be held at 7:00 PM

Meeting 2

Location:        Ney Nature Center

5212 73rd Street Northwest
Maple Lake, MN 55358

Date/Time:      Wednesday, February 9, 2011

6:30-8:00 p.m.

A brief presentation will be held at 7:00 PM

Two additional meetings will be held in Howard Lake and Albertville, time and dates to be determined.

For more information: Marc Mattice, Wright County - (763) 682-7693 Marc.Mattice@co.wright.mn.us

Second Harvest Heartland

The Pound for Pound Challenge, partnering with NBC's The Biggest Loser, General Mills, and Subway are donating 1 pound of food for every pound of weight pledged.  For those joining the Live Wright team the local food bank that is chosen is the Second Harvest Heartland so I thought you might want to know a little bit more about them! 

Second Harvest Heartland's mission is to end hunger through community partnerships.  As the Upper Midwest’s largest hunger relief organization, their goal is not only to help our hungry neighbors today, but to provide the means for everyone to be fed tomorrow.  In 2010 alone Second Harvest Heartland will have collected, warehoused and distributed nearly 60 MILLION pounds of food.  Food is delivered to 1,000 member agencies including  local food shelves, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, senior community centers and children's after school programs.  For each $50 donated, Second Harvest Heartland can distribute more than 180 meals to those in need. For more information, log on to 2harvest.org.

How to Shake those Winter Blues

OUTDOOR WINTER RECREATION FACILITIES

The Wright County Parks Department offers winter recreation facilities for your enjoyment.  These areas include sledding hills, ski trails (traditional and skate ski), winter walking trails, and snowshoe areas.

Cross Country Ski Trails

v  Robert Ney Regional Park (Traditional and Skate Ski)

v  Harry Larson County Forest (Traditional)

v  Collinwood Regional Park (Traditional)

v  Otsego Regional Park (Traditional and Skate Ski)

v  Stanley Eddy Regional Park – South Unit (Traditional)

Snow Shoeing Trails

v  Marcus Zumbrunnen County Park

v  Stanley Eddy Regional Park – North Unit

v  Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park

v  Bill Anderson County Park

Winter Walking Trails

v  Clearwater/Pleasant Regional Park

v  Montissippi Regional Park

v  Otsego Regional Park

Sledding Hills

v  Bill Anderson County Park

v  Collinwood County Park

v  Montissippi County Park

Ney Park and Nature Center is located at 5212 73rd Street NW, Maple Lake, MN.  The Naure Center will be open to the public Saturdays, 12:00(noon) to 4:00 p.m., January 1st through March 12th.  Come enjoy the trails of Ney Park, and then come inside the Nature Center to warm up and view the Nature Center's displays.   There are a limited number of rentals available for traditional ski packages and snowshoes, both at a reasonable fee.

Biggest Loser Minnesota Challenge

It's Time to Register!! For those of you interested in joining the Live Wright team for the Biggest Loser Minnesota Challenge visit http://www.competeforhealth.org/ to register, after you have registered visit: https://www.competeforhealth.org/consumer/challenges/compete/joinChallenge/honorCode?teamCode=929UE&challengeId=30  to join the Live Wright team! 

Remember this competition also includes physical activity and healthy eating, so even if you aren't interest in losing weight you can still participate! 

Live Wright also has a Pound for Pound challenge team, where every pound of weight pledged is a pound of food donated to the local food bank!  Again, even if you do not want to lose weight, you can still participate!  For those who pledge to maintain their current healthy weight, 5 lbs will be donated!  So what are you waiting for?  Visit http://www.pfpchallenge.com/ to sign up!


Competition begins January 24th, 2011,
last day to register is January 23rd, 11:00pm.

Pinewood Learning Garden

Click on the link Pinewood Learning Garden to check out a video of students enjoying the Learning Garden at Pinewood!

Let it Grow, Let it Grow, Let it Grow

Check out the article in the Monticello Times about Farm to School in the Monticello Middle School!
Let it Grow, Let it Grow, Let it Grow