Blaine - Birch Bay Trails and Parks Vote Nears
This coming Tuesday voters in the Blaine and Birch Bay, WA areas will be voting for a small increase in property taxes to help fund the much needed work on local Trails and Parks. This is the Parks and Recreation District Two area. The tax would fund the district, which has been inactive for several years, with the aim of maintaining parks and creating bicycle and walking trails in the area. said Kathy Berg, Birch Bay Steering Committee chairwoman.
The district’s board of directors wants to create a master plan for the area, which is in need of trails connecting, Birch Bay to Blaine. Outside of Birch Bay State Park, the area has very few parks. Among the existing ones are Semiahmoo Park in Blaine and Bay Horizon Park in Birch Bay. Adding some connecting trail systems would be really nice for the area and enhance the outdoors experience.
Creating links to the Coast Millennium Trail is also a goal. Completing those links could benefit the area economically, attracting locals and outsiders alike. With the Winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010 coming, it would be nice to do some of these nice upgrades to also add value to the expected throngs that will visit these border areas.