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Musselwhite:
Former opponent of
adjoining public trail
is now a fan
To the Editor:
I am writing you today
about our experience with
the American Tobacco
Trail in Apex, North Caro-
lina. Ron Polk, a member
of the Joseph Branch Trail
Consortium, asked me to
share my story with you.
Our property in a rural
part of Wake County, North
Carolina, adjoined an old
railroad track that was no
longer in use. A group of
people formed to create
the Planning Board of the
American Tobacco Trail to
turn the railbed into a rec-
reational trail for runners,
cyclists, horseback riders
and individuals wanting to
spend time in nature.
Being accustomed to the
peace and quiet of rural
life, we were opposed to
the trail and went as far as
to join a group to halt the
trail being created. There
was talk of people on the
trail trespassing, stealing
or vandalizing personal
property and potential
threats to personal safety.
After numerous public
meetings, the American
Tobacco Trail (ATT) was
approved. Work began on
the initial 6-mile portion
of the trail, which has since
been expanded to 26 miles.
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happy with the fact that we
could see people using the
trail from our home. As the
months went by (without a
single incident) we began
using the trail for walks
with our dog. I purchased
a bike and began riding the
length of the trail multiple
times per week. We met
neighbors/friends out tak-
ing in the fresh air, exercis-
ing and enjoying nature.
As time passed, we became
ardent supporters of the
ATT.
Walking
year-round,
we never experienced any
issues. The people we en-
countered using the trail
were respectful of others.
We rarely saw any litter
and, of course, picked it up
if we did.
Running and biking
events are held on the trail,
and the ATT has become a
very popular trail that pro-
motes clean outdoor activ-
ity. In fact, we advertised
the easy access to the ATT
to help sell our home in
Apex three years ago.
I hope this letter pro-
vides insight from the per-
spective of a landowner
who was once opposed to a
recreational trail, then had
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➨➙→➥➯➳➢➠➯ ➜➣➦➹ ➧➨ ➶➛➨➯➤➣➹
➘ ➫➭➹ ➠➛➢➞➨➯➤➹ ↔ ➮➱ ➭➴
↔ ➮➱✃➫➭ ➫➴➘ ➷ ➴ ➴➭➭➹ ➣➡➨➥➞
➫➭➩ ➩ ➷ ➩➩✃➷ ➼➨ ➫➭➩ ➩ ➷
➠➛➤➣➯➦➯➠➵➣➙➪➡➨➥➞➦→➠➲➙➣➦➳➠➜➦
❒❮× ❒❰û ÐÔ ÏÑÕ❐Ô×ÕÕ×ÕÛ Õ❮× ÏÖÐ❰ÞÙæ ÕÑØØ×Õ❒×Þ ❒❮❰❒
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Ô××Þ ÕÑßßÐÖ❒ àÖÐÓ ❮❐Ø❮×Ö ×ÞÑÝ❰❒❐ÐÔ ÐàöÝ❐❰ÙÕ ❰ÔÞ
❰ÞÚÐÝ❰❒×Õ ❒Ð ßÑÕ❮ ❒❮ÖÐÑØ❮ ❒❮× ÏÑÕ❐Ô×ÕÕ ❒❰ûç ø❰Õ❒
Ò××êÛ Õ❮× Õ××Ó×Þ ❒Ð Ö×Ô×Ò ❒❮❰❒ ß❐❒Ý❮Û Õ❰æ❐ÔØ ❒❮❰❒
ÕÑÝ❮ ÕÑßßÐÖ❒ ÒÐÑÙÞ Ï× ×ÕÕ×Ô❒❐❰ÙÛ ×Õß×Ý❐❰ÙÙæ ❐à ❒❮×
❡
❒❰û Ò×Ö× Ö×à×ÖÖ×Þ ❒Ð ÚÐ❒×ÖÕç ëÐÒ ❒❮× ã×ÓÐÝÖ❰❒❐Ý
Ù×❰Þ×ÖÕ Ö×ÕÐÙÚ× ❒❮❐Õ ÝÐÔ ❐Ý❒ ÝÐÑÙÞ Ò×ÙÙ Þ×❒×ÖÓ❐Ô×
➠➛➞➤➔➛➨➤➣ ➣➯➢➣➛➹
➮➭➭➦ ➣➯➤➞➣➢➠➯ ➠➼➽➟➣ ➩➘➭
➬➦➚➦ ➬➣➟➠➯➤ ➬➢➦ ➬➲➥➢➣ ➘➭➫➹
➣➯➤➞➣➢➠➯ ➮➱✃➭➘ ➫➴➘
õÞÞ❐ÔØ ❒Ð ❒❮× ÝÐÓßÙ×û❐❒æ Ðà ❰ÙÙ Ðà ❒❮❐Õ ❐Õ ❒❮× óÑ×Õä
❒❐ÐÔ Ðà Ò❮❰❒ ❒Ð Ò❮❰❒ ×û❒×Ô❒ Ö×àÐÖÓÕ ❒Ð îÖ×ØÐÔÜÕ
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ÑÔÞ×ÖàÑÔÞ×Þ ßÑÏÙ❐Ý ß×ÔÕ❐ÐÔ ÕæÕ❒×Ó Ò❐ÙÙ ❮❰Ú× ❒Ð ØÐ
❰ÙÐÔØ Ò❐❒❮ ❒❮× ÏÑÕ❐Ô×ÕÕ ❒❰û ßÖÐßÐÕ❰Ùç
❰Ö❒ Ðà ❒❮❐Õ
➱✃ ➘➘ ➮ ➣➡➨➥➞ ➣➞➥ ➨↕➣➢→
➘➫➫➫➦
➠➼➽➟➣
➘ ➥➛ ➙➣➯ ➬➣➯➨➢➣
↔➼➽➟➣ ➲➥➞➤➥➯➳➹
➨➙→➥➯➳➢➠➯➹
➦ ➦ ➭➫➘➭ ➩➱➭➩ ➺→➠➯➣
➭
➱➘➱➦
➴ ➫ ➴➴ ➼➨
➭
➣↕➙➥➢➣ ➝➵➤➣➯➦➙➣➯➨➢➣➦
Ó❐ÑÓÕ Ù❐ê×Ùæ Ò❐ÙÙ ×❰❒ ❰Ò❰æ ❰ ❮ÑØ× Ý❮ÑÔê Ðà ❰Ôæ ❰Þä
➳➠➜ ➟➠➯➢➨➟➢ ➦ ➧➨ ➶➛➨➯➤➣
Þ❐❒❐ÐÔ❰Ù Ö×Ú×ÔÑ×ç õÔÞ ß❰Ö❒ Ðà ❐❒ Ó❰æ Ï× ßÐÙ❐❒❐Ý❰Ùï ì❮×
➠➼➽➟➣ ➘➭➫ ➥➛ ➬➢➦➹
ß×ÔÕ❐ÐÔ Ö×àÐÖÓÕç
➩✃➴➹ ➬➨➞➣➡➹ ↔
➫➭➩ ➮✃➷ ➘➴➫✃➦
➮➭➭ ➠➲➛➢ ➬➢➦
➦➚➦➹ ➬➨➞➣➡➹ ↔
➮➱➩➭➘ ➫➭➩ ➩➱✃ ➴➫✃ ➦
➶➛➨➯➤➣➹ ↔ ➮➱✃➫➭ ➫➴➘ ➮➷
➛➣➺➦➳➛➣➳↕➨➛➛➣➢➠➪
➠➛➣➳➠➯➞➣➳➥➙➞➨➢➲➛➣➦➳➠➜➦
➨➺➥➢➠➞➦ ➬➨➞➣➡ ↔ ➮➱➩➘➭
➭➱
➫➭➩ ➮✃➷ ➘➫ ➩➦
➬➨➞➣➡ ➠➼➽➟➣ ➮➭➭
➠➲➛➢ ➬➢➦
➚➦➹
➴✃ ➹ ➬➨➞➣➡➹
↔ ➹ ➮➱➩➭➘ ➫➭➩ ➮✃➷ ➘➴➫➱➦
➣➺➺➯➣➛ ➠➼➽➟➣ ➦↔➦ ➠
➥➯➢➣➛ ➬➢➦
➦➚➦➹
➘➮➹
➣➺➺➯➣➛➹ ↔ ➮➱✃➩➷ ➫➴➘
➬➲➥➢➣ ➘➭➭➹ ➬➨➞➣➡➹ ↔ ➮➱➩➭➘
➷➱➷ ➫➘➫➴
➩✃➮➷ ➫➭➩ ➩➱✃ ➴➩ ➮➦
➠➛➣➳➠➯➞➣➳➥➙➞➨➢➲➛➣➦➳➠➜ ➙➡➥➢→➳➦
➱➷➮➘ ➼➨ ➹ ➫➴➘ ➮➷➩ ➭✃✃➫ ➣➡➨➥➞
➣↕➙➥➢➣ ➝➝➝➦
➚➡➨➥➞ ➛➣➺➦➳➛➣➳➙➡➥➢→➪
➨➢→➞➣➣➯ ➟➨➢→➣➵➪➝➵➤➣➯➦
➙➣➯➨➢➣➦➳➠➜➦
➮➱➩➭➘
➣↕➙➥➢➣
↔➛➣➳➠➯ ➬➣➟➛➣➢➨➛➵ ➠➼ ➬➢➨➢➣
➩➫➭
➠➦ ➘➭➹ ➧➨
➚➦➹
➳➠➜ ↕➨➛➛➣➢➠➦ ➚➡➨➥➞
➣➯➯➥➙ ➥➟→➨➛➤➙➠➯ ➘➩➷ ➬➢➨➢➣
✃
➳➠➜➦ ➚➡➨➥➞ ➝➵➤➣➯➦➙➣➯➨➢➣➦
öà❒❮Õ Ó❰åÐÖ❐❒❐×Õ ❐à ❐❒ ÞÐ×ÕÔÜ❒ ØÐ ❮❰ÔÞ ❐Ô ❮❰ÔÞ Ò❐❒❮
➬➨➞➣➡
➠➼➽➟➣ ➮➭➭ ➠➲➛➢ ➬➢➦
➝➝➝➦➠➛➣➳➠➯➞➣➳➥➙➞➨➢➲➛➣➦
➙➟→➣➣➞➣➛➪➡➣➛ ➞➣➵➦➙➣➯➨➢➣➦➳➠➜➦
❐Õ ßÖ❰Ý❒❐Ý❰Ùï ñ❐❒❮ÐÑ❒ Ö×àÐÖÓÛ ❐ÔÝÖ×❰Õ❐ÔØ ß×ÔÕ❐ÐÔ ßÖ×ä
ßÖÐßÐÕ×Þ ❒❰û Ó❐Ø❮❒ ÔÐ❒ ÓÑÕ❒×Ö ❒❮× Ö×óÑ❐Ö×Þ ❒❮Ö××ä
➨➥➯ ➙➝➥➢➟→↕➠➨➛➤➹ ➭ ➫➭➴
➭➭➭ ➟➠➡➡➣➯➢ ➞➥➯➣➹ ➭ ➩➫➩
➦ ➦
❒❮× à❰❒× Ðà ❒❮× ÏÑÕ❐Ô×ÕÕ ❒❰ûç
➦➬➦ ➣➺➨➛➢➡➣➯➢ ➠➼ ➲➙➢➥➟➣
➠➛➣➳➠➯➞➣➳➥➙➞➨➢➲➛➣➦➳➠➜➦
➲➙➢➥➟➣
➠➛➣➳➠➯➞➣➳➥➙➞➨➢➲➛➣➦➳➠➜➦
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➟➠➡ ➠➛ ➡➨➥➞ ➢→➣➡ ➢➠
➧➨ ➶➛➨➯➤➣ ↔↕➙➣➛➜➣➛➹
➘➴➭➷ ➫➢→ ➬➢➦➹ ➧➨
➶➛➨➯➤➣➹ ➮➱✃➫➭➦
his mind changed by expe-
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➃❼➄➅➆ ➇➆❸➈❾➉ ➊➁➆➄➁❺➁➅
➧➣➳➥➙➞➨➢➥➜➣ ➤➠➟➲➡➣➯➢➙ ➨➯➤
➥➯➼➠➛➡➨➢➥➠➯ ➨➛➣ ➨➜➨➥➞➨↕➞➣
❅✩✫✏✛✌●✦✣✍✦☛❞✥✑▼
t ✒ t ✗✵ ✒ ❇ ✗ ▼ ❛ ✔ ✷✔
✗ ☛❅✛✺☛✫✏
❛ ✔ ✔
❯☛✩
✛
❅✛✽✽✩
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✗ ✗ ❍✮ ✔ ✔
t
✗ ✇✦❅✛✺☛✫✏
❛ ✔ ✔
❲✦✎
✎
✛
❅✛✽✽✩ ✜ ✪✪✩✛☛✥✍✪✑✰ ✸ ✖
t t ✷ ✗ ✷ t t
✷ ✗ ✔ ✷ ✔ ✔ ✷ ✔ ✷ ❛ ✗
❛ ❊☛✫✥✍✢✍✩
▼ ✪✥❅✩✫✏❅✛✺☛✐✩
❍ ✖ ✎✛✍✪✑
✗✰ ✗✮ ✓ ✗❉ ✗▼
✵ ✒ ✮ ✗ ✗ ✔ ✒ ✷ ✔ ✜ ✗ ✗✒
t ✷
➠➯➞➥➯➣ ➨➢ ➝➝➝➦➞➣➳➦➙➢➨➢➣➦➠➛➦➲➙➦
➨➵➠➛
➬➢➣➜➣ ➞➣➡➣➯➢➙➹ ➥➢➵
➨➯➨➳➣➛
➠↕➣➛➢ ➬➢➛➠➺➣ ➦↔➦ ➠ ➷➱➭➹
➧➨ ➶➛➨➯➤➣➹ ↔ ➮➱✃➫➭ ➫➴➘ ➮➷
➘➩➭➮ ➼➨ ➫➴➘ ➮➷➩ ➩➩➩➩➦
➠➯➯➨
➣➜➣➛➨➳➣➹
➨➢➢ ➬➟➨➛➼➠ ➨➯➤
➨➲➞ ➯➤➣➛➣➙ ➘➘➭➷
➜➣➦➹ ➧➨
➶➛➨➯➤➣➹ ↔ ➮➱✃➫➭ ➫➴➘ ➮➷➩
➘➭➭➘ ➼➨ ➫➴➘ ➮➷➩ ➘➭➱➮➦
➠→➯ ➥➞➞➠➟ ➹
➔➠➤➤
➨➙→ ➨➯➤ ➬➲➙➨➯
➠↕➣➛➢➙ ➘➭➘ ➬➦ ➥➜➣➛ ➬➢➦➹
➠➠➡ ➭ ➹ ➚➯➢➣➛➺➛➥➙➣➹ ↔
➮➱✃ ✃ ➫➴➘ ➴ ➷ ➴➫➴➩➹ ➣ ➢➦ ➘➘
➼➨ ➫➴➘ ➴ ➷ ➭➫✃ ➦
➨➵➠➛ ➬➢➨➟➣➵ ➨➛➜➠➙ ➥➹
➡➨➵➠➛➠➼➣➯➢➣➛➺➛➥➙➣➪➳➡➨➥➞➦
➟➠➡ ➣➯➯➥
➚➞➞➥➠➢➢
➠➛➤
➨➜➣
➙→➞➣➵ ➬➲➞➞➥➜➨➯
➳➯➣➝ ➧➨➛➛➵ →➛➥➙➢➡➨➯
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