EQUESTRIANS TO GET ARENA OFF BARREL SPRINGS TRAIL.Byline: JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape SKEEN Staff Writer PALMDALE -- City officials and horse riders on Thursday announced plans for an equestrian arena at the western end of the Barrel Springs Trail, giving riding groups a place to hold events. A 45,000-square-foot arena will be built at the trail on Barrel Springs Road, east of Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . The arena will be used for horse shows, club competitions, fundraisers, clinics and other events for local groups, supporters say. The project, financed with the help of a $160,000 Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County grant, is expected to be under construction by late June and take about a month to complete. The city will work with an equestrian advisory group on the project. That group will include representatives from the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Trails, Recreation and Environmental Committee of the Antelope Valley Conservancy, the Backcountry back·coun·try n. A sparsely inhabited rural region. Horsemen and Equestrian Trails Inc. "We will come up with something wonderful for the equestrian community," said Elaine Macdonald, leader of AVTREC. Equestrians have been working with the city since 2002 to come up with a place to hold events. Horse riders used to go to the old Antelope Valley Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. at Division and AvenueI for events, but that arena was lost when the fairgrounds shifted to a site at AvenueH and the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. . Local equestrian group representatives estimate there are 45,000 horses -- and mules and donkeys -- in the Antelope Valley. The announcement was made at an event noting the upcoming California Trail Days on May19 and20, a statewide recognition of the importance of trails and their upkeep. The annual recognition is intended to encourage volunteers to work together with park officials, land managers and other trail users on trail access, advocacy, education, fundraising, and maintenance and repair. "Palmdale has recognized how important trails are to making the city a livable community," Macdonald said. The arena is being built on part of 17acres earmarked for the future Tejon Park. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Members of the Antelope Valley Trails, Recreation and Environmental Committee ride on the Barrel Springs Trail after a news conference Thursday about an equestrian center planned for the western end of the trail. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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