Update: Trailer Site Project Mendon Ponds Park

Welcome to a special edition of the Rochester Trail Riders podcast. I am Lindsay LaBella, and today I provide an important update from Mendon Ponds Park. This episode discusses the collaborative efforts between local riders, Monroe County Parks, and Tractor Supply of Caledonia to enhance the cleanliness and beauty of our park. Thanks to community involvement and generous support from Tractor Supply, and labor from Monroe County, we are equipped with new tools and preparing to install instructional signage aimed at maintaining our trails and parking areas. 

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Episode Transcript

Lindsay (00:00):
Oh hey, it's me, your horse that just left a big

(00:02):
dookie while it's tied up nextto your trailer at Menden Ponds
Park, Lindsay LaBella.
And I'm here today to give youguys an update on all things
manure and Menden Ponds.
Why?
Because you're listening toRochester Trail Riders.
This one is a short and sweetepisode.
I am just giving you guys alittle bonus update here because

(00:24):
I did reach out to Monroe CountyParks Department and they are
over the moon ecstatic that themajority of us Really want to
keep Mendon Ponds beautiful,want to treat the trails with
respect and the parking areawith respect, and they are all
in and helping.
So, as it stands right nowthere's going to be some work

(00:45):
behind this, but I want to letyou guys know that Tractor
Supply out of Caledonia has beenkind enough to, give us a
pitchfork so we can have itthere.
We all expect it to be stolen,but you know what?
When in doubt, give people theopportunity to be good first.
Right.
So thank you.
Tractor supply, Caledonia.
You guys are awesome.

(01:06):
And I will be over there as soonas I have the go ahead to go
grab a fork and get a sign up.
Sign number two, Monroe Countyis going to work with me and I
am coming up with a couple ofdifferent designs for a signage
that we can put up there saying,Hey, thanks for keeping our
park, beautiful, clean up yourmanure.
Maybe I'll make it witty.
I don't know.

(01:27):
I'll probably have to have threedifferent, signs for them
through which they choose andapprove.
those signs will also have, uh,thank yous to Tractor Supply,
Monroe County Parks, andRochester Trail Riders, because
this is a wonderful Group effortto get this together.
Monroe County, it says they areall in for bringing out the
manpower to put in the post forus and actually mount the sign.

(01:49):
I just need to get it to them.
At this moment, we are in thedesign phase to get a sign up.
We have a pitchfork ready and inhand, and we have labor on
standby.
And I am so excited that youguys really, really want to help
and put all this together.
If this works, we'll do a littlecrowdfunding and we'll get
things moving at some of theother parks.

(02:11):
But for now, huge thank you, andjust wanted to give you an
update that things are movingforward.
So until next time, remember torespect the trail, wear a
helmet, and guess what?
Still clean up at your trailersite.
Happy Trails!