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		Received $20,000 Recreational Trails Program grant in 2005 from state of New Hampshire Trails Bureau.  Used this to re-surface most of the 1.7 miles in Andover from Potter Place to Blackwater Park.  Torrential rains forced postponement of part of this effort until May, 2006. Received $30,000 Recreational Trails Program grant in 2006.  It enabled re-surfacing 2 miles from Blackwater Park to Switch Road in East Andover. Received $30,000 Recreational Trails Program grant in 2007.  Used this to re-surface another 2 miles from Switch Road to Highland Lake in East Andover. The 2008 Recreational Trails Program grant of $30,000 was used to improve the 2007 trail extension and to resurface nearly two miles of new trail between E. Andover and Dyer's Crossing. Received $30,000 Recreational Trails Program grant in April, 2009.  Used this to re-surface another 2 miles from Dyer's Crossing to Chance Pond Road in Franklin, NH.