Some 60 acres of Oostanaula River floodplain and wetlands that could become Rome's Central Park are slated for conversion into a regional shopping center.
The Coosa River and its tributaries are threatened by massive water diversions to Metro Atlanta. Visit Paddling Through History 2011
An event to benefit the Coosa River Basin Initiative and the Etowah River Blue Trail Project: Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011.
Valley View Tour & Paddle Trip: 1:30- 5:30 p.m.
Dinner at 6:00 p.m.
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Six-mile Paddle on the Etowah
Homemade Lasagna Dinner
Dessert provided by Star Provisions
Kayak Raffle
Fly Fishing Trip Auction, Courtesy of Cohutta Fishing Co.
Suggested Donation:
$75 per person or
$130 per couple (includes raffle ticket to win new recreational kayak,
canoe and kayak rentals for paddle trip, dinner, beer, wine and
beverages and a year’s membership in CRBI). Only 75 tickets are available. Reserve your tickets now before they're all gone!
Enjoy...
Rock dams built by Native
Americans, Graffiti left by occupying Union soldiers, Riverside springs
bubbling forth cold pure water…see it all on this afternoon of
exploration to support the Coosa River Basin Initiative as we work to
improve public access to the Etowah.
Host Committee:
GREG BATES
BECKY CHAMPION
KATHY FOULK
CHAD JOHNFROE
JOANNE SMITH
JIM LANIER
DAVID & LISA LEE
JAMES & DEBBIE LOSSICK
NINA LOVEL
MARY LUCCHESE
BOB & MARY NORTON
RON THOMAS
Anheuser-Busch Brewery-Cartersville
Barefoot Wine
Cedar Creek Park
Covered Bridge Country Store & Mercantile
Cohutta Fishing Co.
7 Visuals Design
Star Provisions
Paddling Through History 2010 Attracts Sell Out Crowd!
A sell out crowd of some 75 people participated in CRBI's Paddling Through History event on Oct. 17 at Valley View Farm in Cartersville, helping generate more than $5000 for the Etowah River Blue Trail project and CRBI.
Participants enjoyed a tour of the historic antebellum home from Mary & Bob Norton and then took in six miles of the Etowah from Valley View to Euharlee Road before returning to Valley View for a catered Greek feast dinner prepared and donated by CRBI board member, Ed Bostick.
Shepherd Howell of Cartersville placed the winning bid for a guided striped bass fishing trip on the Etowah donated by Nathan Cooper and Sam Woodie of Cartersville took home a Perception kayak donated by Cedar Creek Park in Cave Spring as the winner of the kayak raffle.
The funds generated through this event will be matched by the Lyndhurst Foundation in Chattanooga, bringing the total amount raised to more than $7500. CRBI thanks the participants and volunteers, Mary & Bob Norton, Ed Bostick, Anheuser-Busch Brewery-Cartersville, Redwood Creek Wine, Cedar Creek Park and Monica Cook of Seven Visuals Design for their support in making this event successful.
