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Funding Sources : Corporate and Business Community

    • In Evansville, Indiana a boardwalk is being built with Corporate donations from Indiana Power and Light Co. and the Wal-Mart Foundation.

    • In Arizona, trail directional and interpretive signs are being provided by the Salt River Project a local utility. Other corporate sponsors of the Arizona Trail are the Hughes Missile Systems, BHP Cooper and Pace American, Inc.

    • Recreational Equipment, Inc. has long been a financial supporter of local trail and conservation projects.

    • The Kodak Company now supports the American Greenways Awards program of The Conservation Fund, which was started in partnership with the Dupont company. This annual awards program provides grants of up to $2500 to local greenway projects for any activities related to greenway advocacy, planning, design or development.

For further details and tips for accessing the corporate and business community contact the Trails and Greenways Clearinghouse at the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy: 1-877-GRNWAYS (476-9297), or on the web at: www.trailsandgreenways.org