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July 22nd DATC Meeting

The Duncannon Appalachian Trail Community Advisory Committee will hold its next meeting at 6:30 PM on Monday July 22nd, 2013 near the bar in Sorrento’s Pizza. Please note this change in meeting location!  Join us for some FREE PIZZA and share your experience with us.  RSVP is not required but is greatly appreciated.

This meeting’s agenda will primarily focus on next year’s 2014 Duncannon A.T. Community Festival. We’ll discuss the past 2013 DATC Festival Survey results and cover topics such as:

  • A better date or time of year.
  • How to attract more people.
  • Catering to the needs of hikers.
  • Getting younger people involved.
  • Making it a better experience for vendors, volunteers and attendees.
  • Promoting the DATC to increase membership and participation.
  • What we must do right now to get on top of the 2014 festival.

Anyone who wants to be involved with this organization, offer guidance or influence its policies is welcome to attend. You might find a volunteer opportunity that suits you in any number of fields such as: planning our next 2014 DATC Festival, fundraising, supporting the Duncannon Outdoors Club, learning about Appalachian Trail maintenance and inspiring people to enjoy outdoor activities in the Duncannon area.

We hope to see you there!

June 17th DATC Meeting

Duncannon Appalachian Trail Community LogoThe Duncannon Appalachian Trail Community Advisory Committee will be holding its next meeting at 6:30 PM on Monday June 17th, 2013 near the bar in Sorrento’s Pizza. Please note this new change in meeting location!  Join us for some free pizza and share your experience with us.

This meeting’s agenda will primarily be focused on discussing the recent Saturday June 1st, 2013 Duncannon AT Community Festival. Topics will include a potentially different date or time of year, how to attract more people, how to cater to the needs of hikers, how to get younger people involved, how we can make it a better experience for vendors, volunteers and attendees, and how we can better promote the DATC so more people take part in next year’s festival.

To receive timely meeting notifications via e-mail, signup for the DATC Newsletter and select “interested in meeting notifications”.  You can also leave a comment below to let us know if you’re interested in attending or if you’d like more information. We hope to see you there, it takes good people to make a good community.

Please log your volunteer hours here

 

May 20th 2013 DATC Meeting

Duncannon Appalachian Trail Community LogoThe next DATC meeting will be Monday, May 20th 2013 at 6:30 PM near the bar in Sorrento Pizza located at 104 N Market St.  All interested parties are welcome to attend.

The agenda will primarily be focused on managing the upcoming Saturday June 1st, 2013 Duncannon AT Community Festival. Topics will include attracting more volunteers, vendors and attendees.

To receive timely meeting notifications via e-mail, signup for the DATC Newsletter and select “interested in meeting notifications”.  You can also leave a comment below to let us know if you’re interested in attending or if you’d like more information. We hope to see you there, it takes good people to make a good community.

Please log your volunteer hours here

Trail Maintenace with the SATC

I had a fun day out in the woods with the Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club in the Stony Creek valley.  We spent the day planting 1,100 three year old White Pine seedlings, doing rock work and clearing blow-downs.

The White Pine seedlings are needed to help replace the beautiful Hemlock groves which will all eventually be destroyed by the invasive Woolly Adelgid.  There is no known mitigation technique to keep this foreign pest from spreading and eventually devastating every Hemlock in the northeast region Continue reading

May 6th 2013 DATC Meeting

Duncannon Appalachian Trail Community LogoThe next DATC meeting will be Monday, May 6th 2013 at 6:30 PM in the Duncannon Borough Office located at 428 North High Street.  All interested parties are welcome.

The agenda will primarily be focused on managing the upcoming Saturday June 1st, 2013 Duncannon AT Community Festival. Topics will include attracting more volunteers, vendors and attendees.

To receive timely meeting notifications via e-mail, signup for the DATC Newsletter and select “interested in meeting notifications”.

Please log your volunteer hours here

Subscribe to the DATC Newsletter

DATC NewsletterThe Duncannon Appalachian Trail Community is proud to announce the release of its much anticipated newsletter. If you signup now you’ll be sure to get the next available e-newsletter as soon as it is published and distributed to community-minded people such as yourself.

We’ll be sending out informational e-mails in the form of digital newsletters to anyone who is interested in the following topics: Continue reading