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Iron Belle Trail Fund Campaign

The Iron Belle Trail Fund Campaign is a major fund-raising effort to create a seamless, 2,000-mile trail – with two distinct routes, one for bicycling and one for hiking – that connects Michigan from Belle Isle in Detroit to Ironwood in the western Upper Peninsula. The fund campaign aims to raise $135 million in private funds to support the work necessary to finish the trail, which currently is 70 percent completed.

Board of Directors

• Peaches McCahill - The McCahill Group (Chair)
• Tom Bailey - Little Traverse Conservancy
• Larry Brinker, Jr.  -  Brinker Group
• Julie Clark, T.A.R.T. Trails
• Glen Chown - Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
• Amy Ghannam - Michigan Fitness Foundation
• Jeff Hardcastle - Hardwood Solutions Inc.
• Robert L. Hughes -  Advantage Benefits Group
• Chris MacInnes - Crystal Mountain
• Peter Remington - The Remington Group
• Craig Sharp, Merrill Lynch

Key Staff

• Steve DeBrabander - Executive Director
• Peter Remington - Fundraising Team
• Justin Remington - Fundraising Team
• Kate Cahill - Fundraising Team

• Madeline Wyatt - Fundraising Team

For more information

Interested in partnering with the campaign to support the Iron Belle Trail? Contact the campaign’s executive director, Steve DeBrabander, at 517-285-4096 or steve.ibtf@gmail.com.