Bob Strader on March 4th, 2011

It’s been nearly two years since I wrote last on the Big Creek Greenway so an update is due. You can review that post for information on which communities the trail will run by. For those of you that use the trail system, you know that Phases I,II & III are complete. What a great complement [...]

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Bob Strader on August 9th, 2010

In another show of “defying the odds growth” in this down market a local family is opening Forsyth Counties first ice rink this week. The facility, call The ICE, will open Tuesday Aug. 10th. Built by the same people who constructed rinks for the NHL and the Olympics, this is a great facility. Along with [...]

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Bob Strader on June 18th, 2009

It would be wonderful if every community had access to a trail system but we all know that isn’t possible. But Forsyth County hit the mark with their planning of the Big Creek Greenway. Basically it’s a 12 foot wide path, concrete in some areas and boardwalk in others, that works it’s way along Big [...]

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Bob Strader on June 9th, 2009

I took my girls and a friend of theirs to Poole’s Mill Park last week but didn’t tell them what we were doing. Of course, they KNEW we were going someplace boring. What they didn’t know is that Poole’s Mill Park is on of the great little secrets of Forsyth County for kids and adults [...]

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