GOLDEN SPIKE PLAQUES over the years
In 2014, when we did a Golden Spike event in Clinton in the Old Timer Restaurant, we handed out several awards to people who did extraordinary things to get the trail developed.
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Secretary Richard Sullivan, who did a lot internally with the Environmental Affairs agencies to move this project forward.
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Ed Yaglou, on the original Board of Wachusett Greenways
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The Fisk Family, who trekked the length of the corridor in the 1980s and wrote an as yet unpublished manuscript about the journey.
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Bruce Pennino, PE, who donated his professional expertise to renovate several old railroad bridges on this corridor.
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An award to the family of the late Danny O'Brien of DCR. Danny did a lot to get the trail onto the radar screen of the State Parks agency and he designed and planned the Norwottuck section of the MCRT.
In 2018, when we did a Golden Spike event in Northampton at Union Station we continued that tradition and passed out Golden Spike awards to more people who did extraordinary things to get the trail developed.
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Governor Charlie Baker
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Lt Governor Karyn Polito
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Wayne Feiden, Director of Planning & Sustainability at the City of Northampton
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Colleen Abrams, President of Wachusetts Greenways
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Kurt Gaertner, Asst. Sec. for Environmental Policy at MA Exec. Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
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Dr. Richard Williamson, Sudbury