Articles, Editorials and Correspondence about the Blue Star Trail 

​Friends roll out $10K trail matching grant (December 17, 2020 Commercial Record)
Forum makes candidates’ trail stands clear (October 15, 2020 Commercial Record)
Fact check on Blue Star Trail (October 15, 2020 Commercial Record)
'Experience’ vs. ‘new ideas’ in council race (October 15, 2020 Commercial Record)
Bike trail plan deserves our support (October 8, 2020 Commercial Record)
Blue Star Trail Friends add two to board (August 27, 2020 Commercial Record)
Trails go on, even with plans here on hold (August 8, 2020 Commercial Record)
Trail letter misleads, offends (January 23, 2020 Commercial Record)
Trail Pledge Terms Not Met (January 9, 2020 Commercial Record)
Pledge of $200,000 for Blue Star Trail expires (January 5, 2020 Holland Sentinel)
City first to sign onto new joint trail plan (January 2, 2020 Commercial Record)
Trail opportunity now at hand (December 5, 2019 Commercial Record)
Saugatuck City Names Trail Study Reps (December 5, 2019 Commercial Record) 
Fleis bails on trail; Friends of the Blue Star Trail ask why (November 21, 2019 Commercial Record) 
Request for Saugatuck's Council approval of route to save $200,000 pledge (November 19, 2019 letter)
Blue Star Trail ‘collaboration’ - on whose terms (November 14, 2019 Commercial Record) 
Trail Friends will bail if city plan goes through (October 31, 2019 Commercial Record)
City trail 'support' is step backward (10/2019 Commercial Record)
Saugatuck council supports its version of trail plan (10/2019 Commercial Record)
City of Saugatuck Resolution 191014-B re: Friends of the Blue Star Trail (October 14, 2019)
Council forum shows harbor, trail support (10/2019 Commercial Record)
Friends’, city manager’s trail accounts differ  (10/2019 Commercial Record)
Ride’s success shows value, need (9/2019 Commercial Record)
Harvest Ride draws 400 plus, raises more than $24K (9/2019 Commercial Record)
Time has come to support trail (9/2019 Commercial Record)
Blue Star Trail will be big win-win (9/2019 Commercial Record)
Lakeshore Harvest ride tour rolls Saturday (9/2019 Commercial Record)
Advertisements paid for by Friends (9/2019 Commercial Record)
City imposes another trail hurdle (9/2019 Commercial Record)
City wants trail stakeholders’ meeting (8/2019 Commercial Record)
Lakeshore Harvest Ride to roll through Sept. 14 (8/2019 Commercial Record)
City gives Trail Friends runaround (8/2019 Commercial Record)
Non-agenda trail safety dominates fire board talk (8/2019 Commercial Record)
OK Trail, former mayor says​ (8/2019 Commercial Record)
Trail Friends have sought fire input​ (8/2019 Commercial Record)
​City Trail holdup makes no sense (8/2019 Commercial Record)
Bridge sidewalk is unsafe substitute (8/2019 Commercial Record)
Trail Friends have met city concerns (7/2019 Commercial Record)
Vision future with Trail gift (7/2019 Commercial Record)
Progress, change can lift us all (7/2019 Commercial Record)
Friends thank council, supporters (7/2019 Commercial Record)
​Where will city trail talks lead? (7/2019 Commercial Record)
​Safety is big key to trail's design (7/2019 Commercial Record)
City ‘supports’ trail? Get real  (7/2019 Commercial Record)
Friends unfurl campaign to "sell" City Trail (6/2019 Commercial Record)
Time for city to work with Friends (6/2019 Commercial Record)
Encourage council to support trail (6/2019 Commercial Record)
Friends present lower-cost trail plans (6/2019 Commercial Record)
City should OK new trail plan (6/2019 Commercial Record)
Tri-Community Trail Update letter to Saugatuck Twp., Saugatuck City & Douglas (5/2019)
$200K pledge may spur finishing north trail (5/2019)
Saugatuck's City Manager update to Council on trail (2/2019 - memo to City Council)
City wants time to study interim trail plan (2/2019 - Commercial Record)
What's the hold-up on Bike Trail? (2/2019 - Commercial Record)
Trail route options, plans and requests (1/2019 - letter to Saugatuck City Council for workshop meeting)
Exhibits for workshop meeting & letter:
Proposed regional trail route
Construction plans for Saugatuck City & Township
Trail organizational structure for maintenance plan
City maintenance plan proposal           
Ask city to support west trail plan (1/2019 - Commercial Record) 
Will east meet west on Blue Star Trail (1/2019 - Commercial Record)
​Project manager says LO story wrong (1/2019 - Commercial Record)
West Trail plan was thought out (1/2019 - Commercial Record)
Douglas to make fall bike path changes  (10/18 - Commercial Record)
Thank You to our sponsors! (10/18 - Commercial Record)
Harvest ride hosts 400+, boosts Blue Star Trail ( 09/18 - Commercial Record)
Setting Blue Star Trail facts straight (08/18 - Commercial Record)
Trail partners (08/18 - Commercial Record)
Three towns sign Blue Star Trail pact  (08/18 - Holland Sentinel)
Proposed Collaboration Between Saugatuck Township & Douglas Over Bike Trail Issues Is Needed As Group Behind Effort Seeks State & Federal Grants (08/18 - Local Observer)
False, rude letters disserve all (06/18 - Commercial Record)
Toast to Blue Star Trail raises more than $40K  (06/18 - Commercial Record)
Bike Trail Group Pitches Interim Path To Saugatuck City Officials For Grant Try (05/18 - Local Observer)
How dry we aren’t (05/24 - Commercial Record)
Blue Star Trail celebration Sunday (05/18 - Commercial Record)
Celebration planned for trail section (05/18 - Holland Sentinel)
Blue Star Trail celebration slated May 23​ (05/18 - Commercial Record)
Risk & Rhetoric  (05/18 - Commercial Record)
Blue Star Highway Work In Douglas Expected To Be Completed By Memorial Day (05/18 - Local Observer)
Township eyes sidewalk, interim trail plan  (05/18 - Commercial Record)
Saugatuck Township & Douglas Eye Trail Expansion Plans (03/18 - Commercial Record)
County gives go-ahead for bike trail’s southern stretch (01/18 - Commercial Record)
Bluestar Trail Friends Change Leadership (12/17 - Commercial Record)
Recreational Trails are boons to communities (10/17 - Commercial Record)
Path to Somewhere (09/17 - Commercial Record) 
Time for common-sense safety steps (09/17 Commercial Record)
Get Outside - an article about the development of a similar trail (08/17 - Cincinnati Enquirer)
Township urges bike path cooperation (07/17 - Commercial Record)
When in doubt writing about about trail try facts (06/17 - Commercial Record)
Subdivision board backs path plan (05/17 - Commercial Record)
Anti-trail letter misrepresented facts (05/17 - Commercial Record)
Character assassin's tactics, background reveal much (04/17 - Commercial Record)
Community Should Support Blue Star Trail (04/17) - Local Observer
Dear Saugatuck City Council (04/17 - letter)
President of Friends respond to "mistruths" about the project's plans and funding (03/17 - Local Observer)
Setting Record Straight (03/17 - Commercial Record)
Set Aside Differences (03/17 - Commercial Record)
Progress Made on Blue Star Trail (07/16 - South Haven Tribune)
Friends Raise Funds for next Stage of Trail (07/16 - Commercial Record)