Speakers cut the ribbon the Adamson-Catino Trail dedication ceremony in Green Valley's Canoa Preserve Park.
A new trail opened this weekend at the Canoa Preserve Park in Green Valley. The trail was dedicated to two bicycling advocates who have made contributions to the park.
Steve Anderson of Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation hosted the dedication ceremony to the new Adamson-Catino Trail on Saturday morning.
"I have hiked it. Many times," Anderson said. "I've ridden bikes down here."
The trail runs through a pecan grove owned by Farmer’s Investment Company, run by Richard S. Walden.
Anderson said it took the county about seven years to get the project approved and completed, which included negotiations with Union Pacific to include an underpass under a train line.
"It's a great trail that everybody can use. The trail is flat, but it’s not boring in any way," Anderson said.
The trail is named for Bill Adamson, who is a long-time bicycling advocate and Chuck Catino, who helped establish the park as a member of the Pima County Parks Advisory Board and passed in 2014.
Evelyn and Craig Kelley live near the park and helped clean up the trail as volunteers. They brought their dog Paco to the ceremony.
"That's why we got a dog, was so that we'd be forced to walk, but we're not really bikers at all. We just walk a lot. We enjoy the outdoors," Evelyn Kelley said.
Pima County and mining company Freeport-McMoRan provided the funding for the project.
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