Love of nature. With the support of the Town of Victor in favor of a trail system within the town limits, we put a small ad in the local papers announcing that we were going to form a hiking group. Anyone interested in helping to start this group was ask ed to attend an organizational meeting. About 20 people attended that first meeting. You must have at least one person who will champion this endeavor and lead the first meeting.
Preparation is key.
We were fortunate to have a person who had served on the town s conservation board for the previous ten years and who was familiar with many areas of town. She is an avid hiker who loves the outdoors and wanted to preserve open space in the area for future generations. She realized that open space in close pro ximity to where you live and work is an asset and improves the quality of life. As people came in to that first meeting, they filled out a form that asked for their name, address, telephone number and what they would like to do to help establish the trails. Choices included trail acquisition, trail clearing, trail maintenance, leadi ng hikes, fund raising, newsletter, membership, telephoning, etc.