ORGANIZATION HISTORY
1966 S.P.U.R. founded
1967 Organized the first Gorge Clean-Up as part of the Gorge Beautification Project
1968 Began hiking trail in the Whitewater Gorge between Test Road and South G Street
1975 Formed Resource Inventory Council, which mapped Wayne County’s natural resources and led to the Wayne County Geographic Information System (GIS).
1976 Helped establish Bicentennial Park at Bridge Avenue and Sim Hodgin Parkway in the Whitewater Gorge
1980s SPUR used grants and donations to acquire key properties and easements in the Whitewater Gorge to continue the trail north from G Street
1993 Supported creation of the Southeast Aquifer Ordinance protecting Richmond’s drinking water source from contamination and exploitation
1999 SPUR donated its Gorge Trail (including the Test Road property) to the City of Richmond for permanent public recreational use.
2001 Sponsored a Farmland Conservation meeting
2006 Sponsored research on the historic mill sites of Wayne County, once home to more than 166 mills
2010 Sponsored the creation of the Fossil Park on the grounds of Richmond’s Bicentennial Park.
1967 Organized the first Gorge Clean-Up as part of the Gorge Beautification Project
1968 Began hiking trail in the Whitewater Gorge between Test Road and South G Street
1975 Formed Resource Inventory Council, which mapped Wayne County’s natural resources and led to the Wayne County Geographic Information System (GIS).
1976 Helped establish Bicentennial Park at Bridge Avenue and Sim Hodgin Parkway in the Whitewater Gorge
1980s SPUR used grants and donations to acquire key properties and easements in the Whitewater Gorge to continue the trail north from G Street
1993 Supported creation of the Southeast Aquifer Ordinance protecting Richmond’s drinking water source from contamination and exploitation
1999 SPUR donated its Gorge Trail (including the Test Road property) to the City of Richmond for permanent public recreational use.
2001 Sponsored a Farmland Conservation meeting
2006 Sponsored research on the historic mill sites of Wayne County, once home to more than 166 mills
2010 Sponsored the creation of the Fossil Park on the grounds of Richmond’s Bicentennial Park.
