A3. Landowner Invitation

Dear Surry County Neighbor:

We are fortunate to be one of the counties on the route for the Mountainsto-Sea Trail (MST) which extends from Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Jockey’s Ridge State Park on the Outer Banks. This State Trail is 1,175 miles long and highlights the best of North Carolina’s landscape and small towns. Surry County offers trail users views and experiences of rolling Piedmont farms, country churches, hardwood and pine forests, and friendly people. While the MST currently exists as a combination of trail and connecting backroads across the state, Surry County is committed to developing the path as a continuous, natural surface trail across the county.

Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, Elkin Valley Trails Association, Sauratown Trails Association, Piedmont Land Conservancy, and NC State Parks are partnering with Surry County and other local non-profit and government leaders to explore a feasible natural surface trail route to become part of the Mountains-to-Sea State Trail. The project team has identified a broad corridor that includes a number of parcels. You are receiving this letter because your property falls within this corridor.

This is your invitation to join other landowners within this potential corridor area at a special landowner meeting to learn more about the Mountainsto-Sea State Trail and the opportunities for local landowners to work with trail partners to make this trail a reality. Please be assured that any and all involvement on your part will be totally on a volunteer basis.

Meeting Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 6:00 pm

Location: Children’s Center 520 North Main Street Dobson, NC 27017

Please let us know by email or phone if you can attend this special meeting or if you are interested in finding out more information but are unable to attend.

RSVP to Tim Johnson, Project Manager tim@dbdplanning.com 828.386.1866 Thank you on behalf of,

Surry County Mountains-to-Sea State Trail Planning Committee