Wednesday 3/30/22 and Thursday 3/31/22
Come join fellow Friends of the MST volunteers as we work to install a new brick paver pathway in downtown Roseboro. The event is on Wednesday (3/30/22) and Thursday (3/31/22) from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm each day. We will be first working to load a previously dug and compacted pathway bed with paving sand and screeding it level. We will then be laying brick pavers in a pattern across the small linear park and installing edge supports before finishing with sand to fill in all the gaps/grooves. This will be some of the first MST trail built in Sampson County and will provide the town with a beautiful focal point where people can do more than just walk the trail route! The weather should be fantastic this time of year and I can’t wait to get out on the trail and work together again!
We will meet at the parking area located on NW Railroad Street in downtown Roseboro right up against the small linear park where we will be working. You are welcome to arrive anytime between 10:00 – 4:00 and join our efforts. Once arriving you can sign in and I will get you up to speed on what we are doing and how you can help. The primary activities will be wheel barrowing sand to the paving area, spreading and “screeding” the sand, bringing bricks from the pallets to the paving area, laying bricks, installing edging, and sweeping sand into the paver cracks. Also, please call if you need driving directions or any other assistance at (828)-551-1545.
Most tools are already secured for the event but if it is convenient please bring one or more of the following tools: hand pruners (to cut edging strips), shovel, hand trowel, rubber mallet, wheel barrow. Please bring gloves, adequate water and a packed lunch (we will stop to eat around 12:30). If poor weather conditions arise I will send an email no less than 24 hours in advance to reschedule the event. Our backup day will be Friday April 1st (this is not a joke!).
I will be looking forward to seeing you in Roseboro and so appreciate you pitching in to help make the MST the best trail in North Carolina!
Please be sure to register so we can prepare accordingly and contact you in the case of rescheduling. Also, don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about the event or how to register.
Thank you for your continuing support of the MST and I look forward to seeing you on the trail in Roseboro!
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