by Liz Hersh | Oct 22, 2018
Hemlock Creek Trail On National Trails Day, June 2nd, over 80 officials, trail enthusiasts, and project partners gathered in Independence to celebrate the groundbreaking for Hemlock Creek Trail. The 1.7-mile trail is part of the West Creek Greenway, an evolving...
by Liz Hersh | Jul 29, 2018
Treadway Creek Trail Many environmental projects have a rich history, and Treadway Creek Trail is no exception. The Treadway Creek ravine in the Lower Big Creek Valley watershed within Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood had been neglected for many years. Over time...
by Liz Hersh | Jul 29, 2018
The West Creek Greenway Fresh air, clean water, and natural green spaces for kids, for families, for wildlife— this has been the ongoing vision of West Creek Conservancy. Cleveland Metroparks West Creek Reservation has become a reality; and the evolving vision of an...
by Liz Hersh | Jul 29, 2018
Snake Hill Parkland When John Busch, whose family operates the adjacent Busch Funeral Home, indicated his desire to see their woodland property along Big Creek preserved, Parma Mayor Dean DePiero suggested to him that West Creek Conservancy (WCC) might attempt to...
by Liz Hersh | Jul 29, 2018
Since 1999, Dave Vasarhelyi, founding Director of West Creek Preservation Committee (now West Creek Conservancy – WCC), had envisioned a trail extending east from Cleveland Metroparks West Creek Reservation to the Towpath Trail at Cuyahoga Valley National Park. He...
