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AARP V.I. and V.I. Trail Alliance Announce Opening of Windsor Farm Trails Network

AARP in The Virgin Islands, alongside their 2021 AARP Community Challenge Grant Grantee, VI Trail Alliance and Partners, announced Friday the opening of the Windsor Farm Trails Network, a project to reopen and improve the walking and biking trails at Windsor Farm on St. Croix. On Friday, both organizations, in conjunction with the VI National Park Service and stakeholders, including the VI Department of Agriculture and My Brothers Workshop, held a soft opening of the trails and improved areas, according to the release. The VI Department of Agriculture granted use of the lands to make the project possible. VI Trail Alliance and Partners (VITAL) applied for the 2021 AARP Community Challenge Grant and is one of the selected grantees. The funds were used to reopen existing trails. Past hurricanes closed part of the route and signage was lost. The National Park Service has been working with VI Trail Alliance since 2017 to expand the trail network and link it with the National Park Service...