Celebrating 25 Years of the Pinellas Trail

On Saturday, December 5, 2015 officials, volunteers and users of the popular Pinellas Trail gathered at Taylor Park in Largo to celebrate the trail’s silver anniversary. The morning was highlighted by notable speakers and a ribbon cutting on the trail.

"It is with great pride and humility I stand before you today and I can say this is the most important project ever built by Pinellas County,” said Fred Marquis, former Pinellas County Administrator, the namesake of the Trail.

Other speakers included Charlie Justice of the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners, U.S. Congressman David Jolly, state Senator Jack Latvala, the Trail’s namesake Fred Marquis, Bert Valery and Scott Daniels, president of Pinellas Trails, Inc.

In 1990, the first section of the Pinellas Trail opened in an abandoned CSX railroad right of way connecting Taylor Park to Lake Seminole Park. The passage of the Penny for Pinellas 1-cent local option sales tax spurred its expansion from St. Petersburg to Tarpon Springs. An average of 70,000 people now use the trail each month for bicycling, walking, skating and jogging.

For more information about the Pinellas Trail, including photos, facts, maps and a detailed history, visit www.pinellascounty.org/trailgd.

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