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High Springs Officials Resurrect Idea To Transform Railway To New Recreational Trail
By Haleigh Donahue
April 9, 2021
For Tom and Linda Hewlett, interest in establishing a recreational trail in their community began with the creation of a bicycling club.
The Hewletts, residents of High Springs for 15 years, began their involvement within the community by creating a local High Springs bicycling club: the Yellow Bellied Sliders Bicycling Society. Taking its name after the most common turtle in the High Springs area, the club was established in 2009.
Through their biking, the Hewletts became aware of the abandoned CSX Railway, which runs directly through the downtown area of High Springs. In 2014, after the CSX railroad tracks were pulled from the ground, talk about establishing a rails-to-trails project in High Springs began. For seven years, Tom, 69, and Linda, 70, have be