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The show draws people from all over the nearby area, said Travis Skidmore, chairman of the committee overseeing the fundraiser. Cars from Arkansas, southern Oklahoma, and all over Northeast Texas
I was thrilled when I finally made the connection between the young man I interviewed many times more than 30 years ago at the Sam Bell Maxey House and the Texas State Parks director who sat across the table from me last week at Love Civic Center.
Along with an assistant, Texas State Parks Director Rodney Franklin came to Paris with good news for supporters of the Northeast Texas Trail. After more than a decade spent converting an abandoned railroad bed into a 130-mile long recreational trail from Farmersville to New Boston, supporters learned that Texas Parks and Wildlife Department plans to study the possibility of turning the trail into a state park, a goal of supporters from the start.
âTexas Parks & Wildlife Department will perform a feasibility study to establish the 130-mile-long Northeast Texas Trail as a possible state park,â agency officials told a group of supporters Wednesday at Love Civic Center.
âWe have come up here to talk to the Northeast Texas Trail Coalition about the next steps in figuring out what the trail would look like if it was a state park,â Texas Parks Division Director Rodney Franklin said after meeting with representatives from the coalition, rail banked agencies, and city and county leaders along the trail.
âWe need to develop a plan for the study,â said Kevin Good, special assistant to the director. âWe wanted to update all of our partners, get information from them and share with them what to expect.â