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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. SPIGOLON: Trails will benefit Newton County for years to come The Cricket Frog Trail - photo by File Photo
This is an opinion.
I stumbled onto a hopeful sign about Newton County’s future the other night, and it’s something that’s been working to help this county for quite some time already.
The volunteers with the nonprofit Newton Trails have been working for decades to create a series of trails countywide using natural or often abandoned, manmade resources already in place to create free recreation options at little to no cost to taxpayers though local governments have used some sales tax and other public funds for some paving and other work.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Council nods park master plan, downtown Covington traffic study firms Also approves company to renovate railroad bridge for Cricket Frog Trail The Dried Indian Creek Trestle Bridge is shown in this photo from 2018. - photo by Special to The Covington News
COVINGTON, Ga. Covington City Council has chosen the companies that will create a master plan for Central Park and recommend ways to improve downtown parking and traffic.
It also voted Monday, Feb. 15, to select a company to rebuild a former wooden trestle railroad bridge near Covington City Hall for use as part of the Cricket Frog Trail.