October 17, 2015 Improved Centennial Trail opens to great fanfare (MWRD - Metropolitan Water Reclamation ...

(Source: MWRD - Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago) 8718e8ad-f41d-443b-af35-6a4f02b35427.pdf For immediate release October 17, 2015 Improved Centennial Trail opens to great fanfare New scenic overlook offers sweeping views above the Des Plaines River Valley A new public amenity was unveiled on Sat., Oct. 17 at Columbia Woods Forest Preserve in Willow Springs, along property owned by the MWRD and leased to the For- est Preserves of Cook County (FPCC). Two new foothills acces- sible to hikers and eventually to moun- tain bikes in 2016 have been added to the Centennial Trail. The hills were con- structed as part of an Scenic overlook at the new Centennial Hill along the...