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Green River Greenbelt Task Force details $1.5M of volunteer and grant‑funded projects, seeks a county liaison
Summary
Greenbelt Task Force volunteers told commissioners they delivered about $1.5 million in local trail, park and habitat projects over two years and asked for a commissioner liaison; the board assigned Commissioner Slaughter as a liaison.
A Green River Greenbelt Task Force representative summarized two years of volunteer and partner work that produced trails, a new dog park, wetland repairs and bank stabilization projects, and said volunteers and partners contributed substantial in‑kind labor as well as cash grants. The presenter said the task force wrote roughly $107,000 in grants last year and estimated the group’s two‑year contribution at about $1.5 million in completed projects.
Task Force leaders asked the commission to appoint a liaison to help coordinate county support and in‑kind services; Commissioner Slaughter volunteered to serve as that liaison. Commissioners praised the volunteer effort and discussed how county assistance (equipment, dump truck time, or matching funds) could help accelerate ongoing trail accessibility and ADA retrofits.
