AmeriCorps NCCC Class 28B Yearbook

Project 3 - Wise County, VA
CITY OF NORTON
9/12 - 10/10
River 4 worked for the City of Norton to build
mountain bike trails. Over the month-long project,
the team was able to completely finish Ground
Control, which is just over 0.45 miles long, and all
but about 100 feet of Stardust, a trail just over a third
of a mile long. Between the two, they completed over
4,000 feet of finished trail. The steps involved in
creating a finished trail include: removing roots,
scoring, broadcasting organic material off the trail,
cutting backslope, shaping trail tread and
broadcasting excess material, and tamping the tread,
backslope and critical points. They also installed 3
water bars and relocated over 62,745 pounds of
organic matter.
They also spent time working
with the Family Crisis Support Services,
at Hope House Charities. There, River
4 organized roughly 5,700 pounds of
household goods and furniture. and
furniture. They also volunteered with
the Norton Fire Department at their Sound the
Alarm event,
who partnered with the Red Cross in efforts to install
fire
alarms across the local community.
One event River 4 enjoyed volunteering at was the
High
Knob Naturalist Rally. Some of the team volunteered
to