Ribbon Cutting to Celebrate the Grist Mill Trail Extension Opening at Patapsco State Park

Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Ribbon Cutting to Celebrate the Grist Mill Trail Extension Opening at Patapsco State Park
The Friends of the Patapsco Valley and Heritage Greenway, in cooperation with Patapsco State Park, DNR and Howard County Tourism, is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Grist Mill Trail Extension and its pedestrian bridge on Saturday, November 4, at 10 a.m., just north of the intersection of Ilchester Road and Bonnie Branch Road in Howard County. Free parking will be at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 4795 Ilchester Road, Ellicott City. Shuttle buses will run from 9 a.m. until noon. No parking is available at the site. The Grist Mill Trail Extension was first conceived shortly after Tropical Storm Agnes wiped out portions of River Road in 1972, eliminating the Howard County connection to the Park. For more information, visit www.patapscoheritagegreenway.org/
October 30, 2006
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is the state agency responsible for providing natural and living resource-related services to citizens and visitors. DNR manages more than 446,000 acres of public lands and 18,000 miles of waterways, along with Maryland's forests, fisheries and wildlife for maximum environmental, economic and quality of life benefits. A national leader in land conservation, DNR-managed parks and natural, historic and cultural resources attract 11 million visitors annually. DNR is the lead agency in Maryland's effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay, the state's number one environmental priority. Learn more at www.dnr.maryland.gov