Snapshot: Construction begins on Big 4 Trail in Boone County
From left, Elise Nieshalla, Boone County councilor; Kevin Van Horn, Boone County councilor; Donnie Lawson, Boone County commissioner; Dave Williams, Thorntown councilor; Angie Moody, Thorntown Community Development & Parks director; Dan Warkentien, board treasurer of Friends of Boone County Trails; Derek Warren, board president of Friends of Boone County Trails; Tom Santelli, Boone County commissioner; Steve Clossin, Colfax Utility & Street Dept. superintendent; Betty Snell, Colfax clerk-treasurer and Liz Stitzel, Clinton County Area Plan director. Colfax recently received a Next Level Connections trails grant to connect Colfax and Thorntown with the Big 4 Trail. Construction is under way and is expected to be complete in June 2020. Two more rounds of grant awards are expected and Lebanon, Whitestown, Zionsville and Boone County are working together with hope that additional applications for state funds to connect the trail countywide will be successful. (Submitted photo)