Trail Sponsorship Program
Trails at I-Park

Becky’s Trail

Pond Path
Trail Sponsorships
The system of inter-connecting trails – now more than 25 – requires constant care. After a few months of neglect, a trail is no longer a trail. I-Park expends an estimated $20,000 per year to maintain the aesthetics, functionality and safety of this system for the benefit of our resident artists and visiting guests – as well as, every two years, to undergird I-Park’s international Environmental Art Biennale. Please help us to maintain, improve and extend this wonderful resource by contributing to our Trail Sponsorships Program. Received monies will be used for clearing, bedding materials, debris removal, safety
improvements and mapping. In the case of certain trails, artists’ fees, including commissions, materials and transportation will be supported. Note that the Pond Path has the added cost of a lighting system that requires annual upkeep. Your contribution (or your pledge, to be fulfilled within four months of submission) will result in your being named the sponsor of YOUR trail for the current residency season – on the I-Park website and on the trail maps that get picked up regularly by the artists-in-residence and visiting guests (an estimated 500 maps are put to good use each year).

dj’s Trail
The ADA Trail (working title)
You are also invited to become a founding sponsor of I-Park’s ADA Trail Project, an ambitious new pathway network and trail system that will connect all of I-Park’s ADA compliant facilities – and extend out into the landscape, at least as far as the pond. This will provide much needed access, especially to those with ambulatory disabilities, to I-Park’s beckoning grounds and the evolving collection of art installations that they sustain. For this trail, financial gifts in any denomination are most welcome. We have initiated discussions with potential beneficiaries of this new resource and done preliminary materials and design research. We will start the civil engineering and landscape design phase of the project once $5,000 has been contributed.Special Thanks to our Current Trail Sponsors
Dennis & Kathleen Crispino, Thanatopolis Trail – In Memory of Ralph Crispino, Sr.
Mark Thiede, Pond Path – In Honor of Harold Thiede, Harry Thiede, Lillian Thiede and Richard Budelis
Eric Seitz Land Surveying, Inc., Junk Trail
Hitriz Brothers, LLC, Pond Trail/Boardwalk
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Picone, Piano Field Trail
Law Offices of Charlies I. Miller, Civerance Trail
Josh Becker, River Trail – In Loving Memory of Gram Becker
Juliano & Marks, LLC, Bridge Trail
Kristopher Bates, Pine Circle Trail – In Memory of Bettie E. Bates
David Madacsi (I-Park Fellow), Dave’s Trail
Ryan Arias, In & Out Trail
Colette Lucas (I-Park Fellow), Field Trail
ADA Trail Fund Contributors (Current Fund Balance: $2,290.00)
Angelina Bertoldo – In Memory of Giovanni Bertoldo
Judy & Michael Buchholz
Ralph Chappell & Joene Hendry – In Memory of Rift Fournier, MFA, Artist-in-Residence, Lindenwood University
Martie Geiger-Ho
Patricia Shippee – In Memory of Nathan Shippee