Community Wide Trail System Project Updates

In the spring of 2004, the Kennesaw Greenspace Committee (now known as the Kennesaw Environmental Committee) sought input into a proposed greenway trail system for the City of Kennesaw.

The trail system envisioned is a series of greenway walking/bicycling trails throughout the community. The trail system would focus on linking four primary destinations:

• Downtown Kennesaw
• Legacy Park and surrounding residential areas
• Kennesaw State University
• Kennesaw Mountain High School

These four primary destinations would be linked through a series of greenspaces including areas along streams, utility easements and undeveloped land. The series of envisioned trails would eventually be connected to other regional trails and destinations including the Noonday Creek Trail, Silver Comet Trail, Kennesaw Mountain, and Lake Allatoona. The highest priority trails identified in the Spring of 2004 included:

• Downtown Kennesaw to Legacy Park trail, along Procter Creek
• Downtown Kennesaw to Kennesaw State University, along Big Shanty Road
• Integration with the Noonday Creek Trail, Lake Allatoona Trail, and Battlefield Trail
• The use of existing utility easements to create connections between the Noonday Creek Trail, Downtown Kennesaw, and Kennesaw Mountain High School

The City of Kennesaw estimates that the total cost of the trail system, including design and construction will be $600,000, however it is anticipated that the trail will be developed in phases with the City of Kennesaw allocating $160,000 for the initial phase of construction, with the design of the entire trail completed by a design firm in the initial phase.

The initial phase of the trail will be partially funded by a grant received from the Department of Natural Resources Parks and Historic Sites Division Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). This trail will travel along Proctor Creek, passing through three neighborhood parks, and will eventually connect to existing sidewalks from the center of downtown Kennesaw to the northwest corner of the City, ending just across from one of the City’s largest residential developments, Legacy Park.

The trail system will include the following facilities:

• Small Picnic pavilions
• Bridges
• Hard Surface Multi-Purpose Trails
• Soft Surface Trails
• Parking Lot For Approximately 10 Cars
• Signage

Project Updates

Sep 2005
MACTEC Engineering and Consulting (E&C) was selected by the City of Kennesaw to design and engineer the Community Wide Train System.

Oct 2005
Mayor Leonard Church creates a Community Wide Trail Steering Committee and appoints the following members: Jane Bailey, Jeff Drobney, Steve Kennedy, Darryl Simmons, Doug Taylor, and Steve Turner.

Summer 2006
MACTEC completes design/construction plans for Phase I development of the Community Wide Trail System.

Sep 2006
Cline Services Corporation was selected by the City of Kennesaw to construct Phase One of the Community Wide Trail System, known as Deerfield Park Trail.

Oct 2006
Deerfield Park Trail construction started.

Dec 2006
Deerfield Park Trail construction completed (see photos inset).

Deerfield Park Trail is accessible by parking at Deerfield Park, a neighboorhood park located inside the Deerfield subdivision (off Moon Station Rd).

Please continue to check this site for updates.