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[[File:2017 Enon Ridge Trail sign.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Enon Ridge Trail signage in 2017]]
The '''Enon Ridge Trail''' (formerly the '''Dorothy Spears Greenway at Village Creek''') is a 1.07-mile multi-use trail which forms a portion of the [[Village Creek Greenway]] in the [[Red Rock Ridge & Valley Trail System]]. It opened in [[2013]] as one of the first segments of the regional trail network to be developed.


The [[Enon Ridge Trail]] was among the first segments of the [[Red Rock Ridge and Valley Trail System]]'s [[Village Creek Blueway]] to be developed. It was formerly known as the [[Dorothy Spears Greenway]], it runs along a former railroad bed parallel to [[Bankhead Highway]], and it forms the southwestern edge of the [[Enon Ridge]] neighborhood. The trail totals 1.07 miles long. The trail also connects to the [[Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail]] and [[Dorthy Spears Park]].
The trail follows a former railroad bed from [[Dorothy Spears Park]] in [[East Thomas]], eastward in a loop parallel to [[Bankhead Highway|Old Bankhead Highway]], where it forms part of the boundary between the East Thomas and [[Enon Ridge]] neighborhoods. It proceeds south alongside the [[Knesseth Israel and Beth-El Cemetery]], and then under {{I-59/20}} to [[Parker High School]] in [[Smithfield]], where it connects to the [[3rd Street North Trail]] and the [[Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail]].


The trail was adopted by the [[Dynamite Hill-Smithfield Community Land Trust]] (DH-SCLT) in March 2018. The DH-SCLT was the first community organization to volunteer for the [[Freshwater Land Trust]]’s [[Adopt-a-Trail]] program, an initiative to support the Red Rock Trail System.
In March [[2018]] the Enon Ridge Trail was adopted by the [[Dynamite Hill-Smithfield Community Land Trust]], which conducts an annual clean-up during Earth Week. In [[2020]] the Community Land Trust partnered with the [[Friends of Dynamite Hill]] to plant the [[Murph Memorial Guerilla Garden|Alexis Murphy "Murph" Memorial Guerilla Garden]] along the trail, featuring perennial herbs, flowers and fruits as part of a broader project to develop a community food forest on the trail.


Starting on the Saturday of Earth Week 2018, DH-SCLT began hosting an annual clean-up on the Enon Ridge Trail. In spring 2020, DH-SCLT, in collaboration with [[Friends of Dynamite Hill]], began developing the ''Alexis Murphy "Murph" Memorial Guerilla Garden'' along the trail. This garden is made up of perennial herbs and flowers, fruit trees, and other perennial fruiting plants. This garden is phase I of developing a sustainable community food forest along the Enon Ridge Trail.
==References==
* Larue, Sally (March 26, 2018) "[https://freshwaterlandtrust.org/adopt-trail-dynamite-hill-smithfield-community-land-trust/ Adopt-a-Trail: Dynamite Hill-Smithfield Community Land Trust]" Freshwater Land Trust.


==References==
[[Category:Village Creek Greenway]]
* [https://freshwaterlandtrust.org/adopt-trail-dynamite-hill-smithfield-community-land-trust/ Adopt-a-Trail: Dynamite Hill-Smithfield Community Land Trust]
[[Category:East Thomas]]
[[Category:Enon Ridge]]
[[Category:3rd Street North]]
[[Category:2013 works]]

Latest revision as of 12:16, 16 November 2020

Enon Ridge Trail signage in 2017

The Enon Ridge Trail (formerly the Dorothy Spears Greenway at Village Creek) is a 1.07-mile multi-use trail which forms a portion of the Village Creek Greenway in the Red Rock Ridge & Valley Trail System. It opened in 2013 as one of the first segments of the regional trail network to be developed.

The trail follows a former railroad bed from Dorothy Spears Park in East Thomas, eastward in a loop parallel to Old Bankhead Highway, where it forms part of the boundary between the East Thomas and Enon Ridge neighborhoods. It proceeds south alongside the Knesseth Israel and Beth-El Cemetery, and then under I-59/20 to Parker High School in Smithfield, where it connects to the 3rd Street North Trail and the Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail.

In March 2018 the Enon Ridge Trail was adopted by the Dynamite Hill-Smithfield Community Land Trust, which conducts an annual clean-up during Earth Week. In 2020 the Community Land Trust partnered with the Friends of Dynamite Hill to plant the Alexis Murphy "Murph" Memorial Guerilla Garden along the trail, featuring perennial herbs, flowers and fruits as part of a broader project to develop a community food forest on the trail.

References