Walking New Ground in 2024
The holidays are a fond memory, and we hope yours were both happy and healthy. January is the time of year when most of us make time to reflect on our health, work, and/or play in the previous year and make adjustments or reimagine priorities for the coming year—new year, new you!
As an organization, we find this a useful practice, and this past weekend, we held our annual retreat. Our Board of Directors spent time reflecting on our work in 2023 and engaging in meaningful strategic planning for the coming year.
The result? The Foundation’s Board of Directors committed to walking new ground in 2024 by advancing innovative ideas and strategies that we believe will expand our fundraising, outreach, and advocacy projects in order to better support a thriving system of parks, trails, and open spaces in our community.
And we’d LOVE to have you join us in these efforts! Check out the volunteer opportunities available as a Friend of the Foundation—together, we can make our parks, trails, and open spaces places where everyone can thrive!
As we look ahead to this new year, we want to express our deep gratitude to all of YOU—our donors and supporters—who have so faithfully given to our projects over the last six years. Your dollars have been used to directly enhance the Redding community by helping to expand our system of parks, trails, and open spaces for everyone to enjoy!
Happy New Year, everyone!
Remember—Winter Is for Walking & Biking!
Winter is actually a fantastic time to get out and walk or bike on your favorite routes or in new areas! Our trails, parks, and open spaces offer numerous options for people to enjoy, including Nur Pon Open Space, the historic Sacramento River Trail, Clover Creek, Lema Ranch, and Salt Creek. Our community is home to over 200 miles of trails, perfect for hiking and biking! But we shouldn’t forget that our city’s neighborhoods and downtown areas offer endless possibilities to walk and bike, inviting us to slow down, engage with neighbors and/or community members, view stunning murals up close, and gain new perspectives unavailable from a seat in a car.
Need a challenge to get you out the door? Check out Healthy Shasta’s 2024 Healthy Shasta Walks Passport. Healthy Shasta makes it easy to find motivation and explore new places with this fun challenge, which runs from January 1–February 29, 2024.
More good news: Redding’s downtown has continued to become more and more walkable and bikeable in the last couple of years, and it looks like that trend will continue in 2024:
The much anticipated Shasta Bike Depot is finally set to open in the coming month, joining their world-class bike share program already in progress—at the Depot and around town!
Each month on First Fridays, people walking and biking enjoy strolling downtown for art, shopping, and food! AND… Entertainment zones are now in the plans for the downtown area!
It looks like NOW is the perfect time to get in some walking and biking—on new trails or old familiar paths—and more fully enjoy all our community has to offer! See you outside!
— The Redding Parks & Trails Foundation
