ELIZABETHTON â It appears that a mountain bike project on the Hampton Springs Watershed is receiving support from both City Council members from Elizabethton and county commissioners from Carter County.
The latest incident of cooperation was on display Monday evening in the meeting of the Budget Committee of the Carter County Commission. The Budget Committee voted to recommend the county donate $75,000 to city-owned property at the watershed to help expand a mountain bike trail system.
Wesley Bradley, trail liaison with the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association, discussed the various phases of trail development on the 238-acre hilly watershed property the city owns in Hampton, just blocks from Hampton High School and Hampton Elementary School. Although the property is several miles from Elizabethton, the city owns it because the springs flowing in the city provide over half of the cityâs drinking water. The city acquired part of the property when it appeared the land was going to be forested if the city did not purchase it.