{"id":46274,"date":"2022-08-22T06:44:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T10:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=46274"},"modified":"2022-08-22T06:44:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T10:44:23","slug":"recreational-welch-trail-nearing-completion-in-westfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/recreational-welch-trail-nearing-completion-in-westfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Recreational Welch Trail Nearing Completion in Westfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_46275\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Welch-Trail.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46275\" data-attachment-id=\"46275\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/recreational-welch-trail-nearing-completion-in-westfield\/welch-trail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Welch-Trail.jpg?fit=741%2C741&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"741,741\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Welch Trail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Welch Trail in Westfield&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Welch-Trail.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Welch-Trail.jpg?fit=741%2C741&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-46275\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Welch-Trail.jpg?resize=375%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Welch-Trail.jpg?w=741&amp;ssl=1 741w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Welch-Trail.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Welch-Trail.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Welch Trail in Westfield<\/p><\/div>\n<p>New recreational trail, <strong>The Welch Trail<\/strong>, is nearing completion in the <strong>Village of Westfield<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The non-motorized, shared-use trail is approximately 1.25 miles long. It&#8217;s being developed along a former historic trolley bed and will provide the public with an access point to Chautauqua Creek, which was previously inaccessible.<\/p>\n<p>Once completed, the trail will include an overlook area and other amenities along the trail such as benches and picnic tables. The primary uses for the trail include: walking, jogging, cycling, inline skating, snowshoeing, and cross-county skiing.<\/p>\n<p>The project cost is $312,250 with the <strong>Town of Westfield<\/strong> receiving a $200,000 grant in 2015 from the <strong>State Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Office<\/strong>. Additionally, they received financial assistance from the <strong>Westfield Development Corporation<\/strong> and the <strong>Chautauqua County Department of Planning and Development<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Chautauqua County Land Bank<\/strong> also assisted by leveraging the cost of demolishing the dilapidated Portage Inn as the local match. The Village of Westfield was also able to provide in-kind contributions to assist with the demolition of the Portage Inn.<\/p>\n<p>The Town of Westfield was able to provide the property for this joint venture as well as the expertise of the Highway Department to construct the scenic walkway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New recreational trail, The Welch Trail, is nearing completion in the Village of Westfield. The non-motorized, shared-use trail is approximately 1.25 miles long. It&#8217;s being developed along a former historic trolley bed and will provide the public with an access point to Chautauqua Creek, which was previously inaccessible. Once completed, the trail will include an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":46276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[6762,8164,11899,11870,2098,12024,10726,3251,12025],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Welch-Trail-feat.jpg?fit=1274%2C742&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-c2m","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43991,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/credc-receives-grant-for-feasibility-study-of-creating-friends-of-chautauqua-county-greenways-group\/","url_meta":{"origin":46274,"position":0},"title":"CREDC Receives Grant for Feasibility Study of Creating &#8216;Friends of Chautauqua County Greenways Group&#8217;","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"April 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation has received a grant to work on ways of bringing trail groups together. 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