Trails From Freeport accepts $16,575 check from Rubaiyat

(Left to right): TFF members Jerry Weis and Cindy Simpson, Rubaiyat owners Kim and Andy Bonnet and TFF members Dale Putnam and Heidi Rockweiler

The Trails From Freeport Board of Directors has gotten a big boost for its fund drive to pay for a trail extension that will connect Freeport to the existing Trout Run Trail.

TFF board members on Friday accepted a check for $16,575 from Rubaiyat.  The Decorah restaurant last month hosted a fundraiser for TFF which featured a variety of wines, beers and appetizers, as well as a silent and a live auction.

The Freeport trail extension is projected to cost $500,000.  Fundraising is actively underway, with donations and pledges approaching the $100,000 mark.  The board's goal is to reach $125,000, at which time engineering can be finalized and construction begun.

Tax-deductible donations to the Freeport trail project can be made by sending a check payable to Northeast Iowa RC&D to Trails from Freeport Fund, P.O. Box 125, Decorah, IA 52101.