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Metroparks official briefs Waterville council on decade of growth, new projects
Summary
Metroparks Chief External Relations Officer Matt Killam updated the Waterville City Council on the regional parks system’s expansion, visitor trends and planned projects including trail and facility improvements at Farnsworth and Providence Dam Shelter; the presentation was informational and no council action was taken.
Matt Killam, chief external relations officer for the Metroparks, told the Waterville City Council on April 28 that the park system has expanded acreage, trail mileage and visitor services over the last decade and highlighted several local projects the agency is planning.
Killam said Metroparks now stewards about 13,000 acres and roughly 231 miles of connected trails across its service area and has added about 1,000 acres and 50 miles of trails since 2016. He said the system has secured roughly $100 million in state and federal grants and added 10 new metro parks during that period. "We steward about 13,000 total acres. We have 231, miles of connected trails," Killam said.
The presentation noted 21 million visits to the park system since…
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