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Bracken Mountain to open soon
Mountain bikers, trail runners and nature lovers will have new ground to explore when 7.1 miles of trails within Brevard’s Bracken Mountain Recreation Area open to the public July 27. The 395-acre Bracken Mountain tract off Pinnacle Road, near Brevard Music Center, has been off limits to recreationalists for decades, originally to protect the city’s [...]
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Work Days April – May 2012
We’re planning on one final corridor clearing work day for next weekend the 28th at 9:00am. Daniel will be organizing this work day but after that Todd Branham with Long Cane Trails will coordinate the rest of the work days. That work will entail root trimming and finish work on sections of trail that are [...]
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The Bracken Project Schenck Students Team Up With The City Of Brevard
Since mid-January, students from Schenck Job Corps Civilian Conser-vation Center have teamed up with the City of Brevard on the Bracken Mountain project. Joining several other volunteers in the community, Schenck students have volunteered many weekends in an effort to pave the way for a no-table milestone for the City of Brevard and its residents. [...]
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Bracken Mountain Work Is ‘Tough’ But ‘Rewarding’
Rick Daniel calls volunteering to help create the proposed six miles of new trails at Bracken Mountain “tough but rewarding work.” Daniel, an assistant district attorney for the Judicial District 29B, lives near the city of Brevard-owned Bracken Mountain property, which looms over downtown adjacent to the Brevard Music Center. Daniel moved to Brevard [...]
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Bracken Mountain Project Breaks Ground
The City of Brevard now joins a small handful of other places in America that can offer residents and visitors the chance to hike and bike from downtown to a national forest, Mayor Jimmy Harris said Friday at the groundbreaking for the Bracken Mountain property. Around 100 people gathered at the newly constructed parking area [...]
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Bracken Mountain Trail Moving Ahead
At 2 p.m. this Friday the City of Brevard will host a groundbreaking to recognize the beginning of construction of the Bracken Mountain trail system. Todd Branham of Blue Ridge Adventures and Long Cane Trails has volunteered his time since last spring to finalize the layout of the internal loop trail, as well as the [...]
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City Candidates Lay Out Vision For Brevard
The five candidates seeking three open seats on the Brevard City Council expressed their opinions on a variety of issues during the forum held Tuesday at the library. The forum was organized by the Chamber of Commerce. The candidates in the Nov. 8 non-partisan election are incumbent Larry Canady, Wes Dickson, Maurice Jones, Charlie Landreth [...]
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