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   The draft Corridor Management Plan Ormond Scenic Loop & Trail (OSLT) corridor advocacy group is now posted.
The next meeting of combined CAG will be Nov. 29 at 5:30pm at the Ormond Beach Library.
Note that due to the holidays, the November and December meetings will not be on the regular weeks. Instead, the meeting dates are Nov. 29 (5th Wed.) and Dec. 20 (3rd Wed.).
Stay up to date on the workings of the CAG on the Ormond Scenic Loop & Trail page (link also on the menu bar above). The Corridor Story, Vision, Goals & Objectives, and By-laws are now posted there.
   Photos from the Fourth Annual Save The Loop 5K Run and 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk are now posted on the Events page, results are here.
   Thank you for making the Celebrate The Loop Runs a success!
Read about the celebration in the Fall/Winter 2005 Trust for Public Lands newsletter on the TPL website.
   A profile of attorney Dennis Bayer in the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
   You can now purchase Save The Loop merchandise through the mail - see the Mail Order page.
   Read a wonderful story about The Loop by Peggy Musial posted on Fort Lauderdales's Sun-Sentinal newspaper website.
   Loop land acquired for Tomoka State Park
The Trust for Public Lands finalized a deal to purchase 406 acres along the loop on Wed. Nov 10, 2004. Read the story on the tpl.org web site.
   New Save The Loop T-shirts now available at three Ormond Beach locations.
   Read about recent developments in the Plantation Oaks permitting process, the advantages of dry retention areas over wet retention ponds, and more in Eric West's letters.
   Opinion pieces published in the News-Journal
   Share your pictures, thoughts and memories about the Loop!
   Here are 19 things you and your group can do to Save the Loop!
Loop Photo by Lisa Pardue
Thanks to Lisa Pardue for this beautiful photo of the Loop 		What's the Loop?
The Loop is a 23-mile stretch of roadway through a landscape and ecosystem that is uniquely Floridian. This rare and beautiful patch of Old Florida is prized by cyclists, bikers, and runners, as well as by visitors and residents in Volusia county, north of Daytona Beach.

Sadly, development looms behind the lush screen of live oak and palmetto. The county has approved a 1500+ home subdivision, complete with a public golf course; many
believe this project will sacrifice the magnificent canopy of oaks shrouding the roadway over our region's most precious natural wonder. Access from the subdivision onto the narrow, two-lane road threatens further destruction. Read more about the impact of this development.

Why save it?

To know wild Florida is to relish the opportunity to share our natural heritage with others. We treasure the striking and surprising beauty that makes our state unique in all the world. Beyond the beaches and speedways lies a mysterious, moist, unexpected wildness that transports anyone who experiences it back through the eras to an ancient time. Here we can drink in the incredible flavor of verdant sub-tropical forest, much as it was found by Native American residents and Florida's earliest settlers.

Volusia and Flagler counties contain numerous golf courses and much real estate ripe for development. The current proposal serves only to enrich a very few landowners, while depriving the rest of us of the environmental quality that has made life in Florida a dream fulfilled for so many.

Map of the Ormond Loop
Click on the map for a larger view.
What can I do?

Speak up:  
If you are a resident of Volusia County, we urge you to make your feelings about this issue known to our county's elected leaders. We have been saddened by the position the County Council has taken. County Council chair Frank Bruno has said that growth is "inevitable." While this may be true, we have an obligation to protect certain areas from destruction in the name of progress.

You can let the members of the council know your feelings about protecting the Loop and other environmentally sensitive lands in Volusia County. On a positive note, it is very encouraging that the Council has agreed to make the study of growth and its impact a top priority in the coming year.
Get active:  
Click here 17 things you can do! Here are four examples:
  1. Attend meetings.
  2. Talk to friends, neighbors and colleagues.
  3. Plant a Save the Loop signin your yard.
  4. Volunteer to help with activities.
Support the cause:
Your financial support will help us continue to spread the word through printing, signage and events. Please mail donations to the address below. Make checks payable to Volusia/Flagler Environmental Action Committee; earmark them for Save the Loop.

Thank you!

The Save the Loop action is a program of
Volusia/Flagler Environmental Action Committee
Thanks to Lisa Pardue, Lynn Smith and the Daytona Beach News-Journal for the photos.

Special thanks to Jon at Daysite.net for securing and hosting savetheloop.org for us.

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