THE
HOCKANUM RIVER
LINEAR PARK:

….do happen!

HRLP Committee
.....32 years old!

August 24, 1970

• Vernon Town Council affirms membership in four-town river park committee

• The goal - to create a greenway along the entire length of the Hockanum

The Early Years: A Quick Report

• 1970 to 1981 - little progress

• 1981 - DEP study: river park is feasible!

• 1988!  State legislature appropriates $5.75 million dollars for the four towns

• Vernon received $1.05 million

• Town Council re-established the HRLP Committee to work with Parks & Rec. Dept to prepare a master plan & administer the grant 

• 1988 - HRLP Planning Begins - an intense effort!