Click here to see Russell Mill work over the last 18 months

Dedication Saturday Marks National Bike Month

CHELMSFORD, MA – May 11, 2009 – The streets of Chelmsford are not the only place to ride a bicycle in Chelmsford. Many of the town’s open space properties attract bike enthusiasts – those who like a bit of a challenge like rustic terrain, some hills and a few surprises.

On Saturday, May 16th, 4.5 miles of new technical bike trails will officially open at Russell Mill Reservation & Town Forest located at 100-101 Mill Road across from Raymond Road in Chelmsford. The public is invited to a ribbon cutting at 11:45 a.m., followed by free hot dogs, burgers, lemonade and other refreshments. Those who use the trail, or other volunteers, may also participate in a trail clean-up on Saturday beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Jones Farm a huge supporter of the program has a new website!

Click here to Jump to their site
Click here for Photos of eveything they do for the town
Click here for Community garden construction

Well everyone ready? Hope to see everyone at White Wash day Sunday 12-4. If you want to come early and help set up or fix fences or cut brush feel free. Parking will be under the power lines. This DOES count as community service so make sure I get you name and address if you want a letter or bring your form. What better way to rack up 4 hour of service in the sun.

Any questions call me 978-273-1474 or Joanne 978-273-1473

Click here for photos of work we have already done<

Click here for map

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Where: Crooked Spring Parking Lot (on Crooked Spring rd, where Jordan St. meets)
When: Saturday April 11th, 9:00am - We will take the piles of brush pulled out last weekend and burn them. We will be there most of the day so come out when you can!

It was determined in discussions with DPW that there was too much for it to be picked up as part of the 'Curbside Brush Pickup.

We will also be clearing the remaining bitter-sweet vines around the parking lot area. Bring gloves and any tools (cutters, saws, rakes) you have to help clean up.

The Town of Chelmsford will be conducting a curbside pickup for brush debris that was downed in the December 2008 ice storm. The brush pickup plan will have DPW crews covering areas following a schedule that is linked to the regular trash pickup areas. Areas that regularly have their trash picked up on:

MONDAYS: Debris will be picked up during the week of
Monday April 13 to Saturday April 18

TUESDAYS: Debris will be picked up during the week of
Monday April 20 to Saturday April 25

WEDNESDAYS: Debris will be picked up during the week of
Monday April 27 to Saturday May 2

THURSDAYS: Debris will be picked up during the week of
Monday May 4 to Saturday May 9

FRIDAYS: Debris will be picked up during the week of
Monday May 11 to Saturday May 16

Any areas that need additional work will be re-visited
during the week of May 18 – 23.

Thanks to Paul Cohen for making this happen

Boy do we have a lot of fun Stuff going on:

Sat 9 am - ?? Community Garden: fix fences, help level parking lot , drag brush ect
Sun 9 am- Crooked springs: remove all the nasty words off over 30 trees at the site.
Sun 1pm Community Garden: paint fences!

all of these count as community service so if you have that teen who needs some hours this is a great chance.

Beth and Mike are looking for people with trucks who want to help haul what is in the the lot to Community Tree. If you are interested drop me a line.

Looks like the damage at Crooked Springs is now 10-15 trees and the new bridge... Reported it to both CPD and town. Hopefully they can bag them and with the new town rules they will be fined a LARGE amount of money ($100 for each tree or possibly as high as up to $300 for each tree). If anyone knows anything drop me a line.

Just a reminder that Dan Lenthall and Elizabeth McGuire of the US Department of Agriculture are planning a site walk of the Lewis Farm at 9 am on Tuesday, March 31, 2009. We have asked them to assess, evaluate and make recommendations concerning the property. We will meet at the Robin hill Road entrance to the farm. Feel free to ask anyone else interested.

Ok so what’s up? Lots so much I have not been able to post. First off Russell Mill signage is almost complete thanks to about 1000 dollar donation of materials from New England Mountain Bike assoc and a three day work party. (we have photos in the gallery). Last Sundays work party at Community garden has been moved to this Sat at 9am (Hope to see a bunch of people there). Sunday is Palm Sunday and we will be doing trail clearing over at Red Wing (lots of downed trees).

Click here for all the photos

Sat 3/14 9am we will be buring the brush from last years clean up at Crooked Spring. We are looking for people to help haul the brush from the piles around the lot to the burn pile. We should be a;; warpped by 1 am.

Some of wood is of pretty good size and if you want to take it home feel free.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Chelmsford Senior Center75 Groton Road
VISION QUEST 2020 HELP PLAN CHELMSFORD’S FUTURE
Please join the Master Plan Committee for a collaborative process in defining a vision for the future of our Town. Through an interactive discussion, the Towns ssets and strengths as well as weaknesses and liabilities will be identified. Ideas will be sought for capitalizing upon the strengths, minimizing the weakness, and creating new opportunities for the community. For additional information please go to www.townofchelmsford.us or call Evan Belansky, Community Development Director at 978-244-3341.

Every Sunday am from 7:30 till about 10 Paul and I check all the lots and some of the trails. We hit the 10 major spots in town and pick up a fair amount of trash. We also spot any trouble spots and report them. Paul can not do this for the next few month so If anyone want to join me for this drop me a line. Its a great way to learn about where all the sites are. We always swing by Jones Cafe and grab a coffee as part of the tour.

Interested? drop me a line at Phil@thechelmsfordian.com It does not have to be a commitment of every week and only once is fine. Paul and I have a lot of fun and laugh a lot and find some of the strangest things.

Well if this #$@#4 snow ever goes away we can get into major cleanup. Ice damage is far more extensive that we could see in the winter and almost every trail needs a major cleanup.

Scout groups.. come on down. Residents who want to get some fresh air .. we got it. Want to be part of the program! just want to donate a few hours we need you !

e-mail if you have any free time as we will be working all weekend and now the time has changed I will be out on sites from 4-7pm