AUGUSTA — The Augusta Center for Health & Rehabilitation and a community of friends, family and neighbors joined in to complete phase I of Outdoor Access for All this fall.
Volunteers included Mike Presby, John Milne, Jeff Jones, Bruce and Frankie York, and 43 trail volunteers from Central Church’s “Serve Central 2024” community outreach.
Residents can now access the forest lands at their leisure. The new trail connects to an existing multi-purpose paved path. Residents can travel a loop encompassing the red oak/white pine forest, the campfire/picnic area at Camp Kennebec, and the community wheelchair-accessible gardens.
Come spring, residents and staff plan to begin phase II. They hope to extend the forest trail, construct an Outdoor Events Center, install interpretive kiosks and signage, and create an observation deck on the forest trail.
For more information, contact Keith Smith, director of life enrichment, at [email protected] or 207-623-6849.
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