Website Update
Thank you to Gordon Mayer Communications for help with updating our website, we hope you enjoy the updated site, and drop us a line if you have questions or suggestions.
WGN Radio: International cycling legend Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor
Today WGN Radio highlighted the efforts of Bronzeville Trail and others to recognize Major Taylor with a Congressional Medal of Honor. Listen to the story
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Block Club: How Can the City Make the Major Taylor Trail Better?
Thank you to Block Club Chicago for covering our plans for improving the Major Taylor Trail Neighbors want to see a bike repair shop, restaurants and grocery stores, affordable housing, a dog park, a playground and urban farms along the Far South Side trail. WEST PULLMAN — Far South Side residents want to see better acknowledgment
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Our 2018 Wayfinding Plan
We’re sharing here a link to the full way finding plan developed for us by Brook Architecture and funded by The Chicago Community Trust with a Great Rivers grant in 2018. The city and county implemented one part of the plan, the half mile markers. We are deeply grateful and thankful for this implementation and
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WGN TV: Cycling Community Keeps Major Taylor’s Legacy Alive
Today WGN TV did a cover story on Major Taylor Trail’s history and efforts to gain better engagement within the community. Check out the story here.
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Belt Magazine: What Chicago’s Major Taylor Trail Could Be
Dedicated to a cycling legend, the Major Taylor Trail is supported by many community groups that seek the amenities to improve the trail and the neighborhoods it runs through. Read the BELT Magazine article here.
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American Trails- 2019 Advancing Trails Awards: Major Taylor Trail Mural
Major Taylor Trail received the Trails and the Arts Award for adding its trail mural. The mural elevates the trail users’ experience and expresses its cultural history with ties to Major Taylor, an African American sports hero. Read more about the award here.
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