Draft 1 The Franklin Citizens Rail Trail Committee (FCRTC) is a volunteer advocacy group dedicated to developing the Southern

New England Trunkline Trail into a multi-use, universally-accessible recreational trail. FCRTC is a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Trail Blazers, a recognized 501(c)(3).

Draft 2 The Franklin Citizens Rail Trail Committee (FCRTC) is a volunteer advocacy group dedicated to the development, maintenance, and financial support of the Southern New England Trunkline Trail as a multi-use, universally accessible recreational path. FCRTC is a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Trail Blazers, a recognized 501(c)(3), working in partnership with state and local governments.

Draft 3 The Franklin Citizens Rail Trail Committee (FCRTC) is a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Trail Blazers working with state and local governments to develop, maintain, and financially support the ----- miles of the Titanic Rail Trail" located in the towns of Franklin and Bellingham as a multi-use, universally accessible recreational path.

---------------------------------------The Franklin Citizens Rail Trail Committee (FCRTC) is a non-profit, community based organization that is dedicated to the development of the Southern New England Trunk Trail into a multi-use, recreational path that will link communities and businesses in a safe, healthy and aesthetically pleasing manner. Members of the FCRTC are committed to exploring all private, state and federal funding avenues, to implement all necessary design plans and studies and to develop our multi-use path for non-motorized bikers, joggers, strollers, horse riders and the handicapped.

Other Sample Statements: Friends of the Bruce Freeman Trail (lowell, sudbury, framingham): The Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is a group of citizens working in partnership with state and local governments toward the completion of the proposed rail trail. This is a volunteer group which is active in moving forward the state and federal issues required for the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of the rail trail, fundraising activities and support for rail trail issues at local town meetings. The Friends work to ensure that all the questions, concerns and other issues are addressed by working in concert with neighborhood associations, each town government, and the citizens of the towns.

Grand Trunk Trailblazers The Grand Trunk Trail Blazers is a non-profit 501(c)(3) chartered in 1992. Our goal is to collaborate with local trail groups to establish a non-motorized 60-80 mile East-West trail linking the Blackstone with the Pioneer Valley names "The Titanic Rail Trail".