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2009 Mayor's Community Service Award
by: Joyce K. Somers,
Mayor
I am pleased to award the 2009
Mayor’s Community Service Award to the Westmoreland Conservancy.
Founded in 1991 by volunteers in Murrysville, the Westmoreland
Conservancy is an all-volunteer, non-profit, 501c-3 Corporation
dedicated to acquiring rural and rustic lands for the
preservation and conservation of land, wildlife and habitat. The
Conservancy has been instrumental in preserving approximately
300 acres of open space for our enjoyment and the enjoyment of
future generations.
Through gifts, grants, and in
cooperation with the Municipality, their first acquisition was
the Kellman property, which is now apart of the Municipal Parks
system. Since that first venture in 1991, the Conservancy has
added an additional 250 acres of conservation lands by acquiring
the King, Walter, Tomer, Flinn, McGinnis, Potter’s Corner and
Caywood Reserves. These reserves are owned and maintained by the
Conservancy, and more than 100 acres of this land was acquired
through direct gifts!
All seven of these reserves
contain minimally invasive trails and are open to the public for
the enjoyment of nature and passive recreational uses such as
hiking, photography, or geocaching.
The Conservancy is currently
negotiating a right-of-way with Dominion Gas in order to connect
a trail from the Walter Reserve on Wiestertown Road, through
Murrysville Community Park, the Caywood Reserve, the Shagbark
development, the King Reserve, exiting on Crowfoot Road. They
envision that trail to eventually extend all the way to Townsend
Park, effectively traversing Murrysville from west to east.
For their dedication to the
natural preservation of lands and open space for us and future
generations, I am happy to present the 2009 Mayor’s Community
Service Award to the many hard-working volunteers who make up
the organization known as the Westmoreland Conservancy. I also
wish you success in your future endeavors!
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Murrysville Mayor
Joyce K. Somers presenting the award the Conservancy
president Shelly Tichy |

Conservancy members
present at the
award ceremony |
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April 2010 Elections Meeting
Our
regularly scheduled April 2010 meeting will include the election
of our board of governors. This election is by the general
membership, so please attend if you can. After the general
membership elects the new governors, the governors will then
elect the 2010 officers.
Remember -
Annual Elections Meeting on April 28, 2010 at 7:30 pm, in the
conference room (formerly the Tax Office) on the left as you
come in the Library entrance. |