Havre Trails group joins county Health Consortium

The Havre Trails meeting Monday moved forward to join the Hill County Health Consortium and talk about other plans.

Lindsey Bennett, the president of the group, said that she had received an invitation for Havre Trails to work with the Hill County Health Consortium under the “Open Gym” project.

Open Gym is in initiative by multiple community groups and members to increase use of the outdoors in the area for the health and well-being of the community.

Working with the other groups like Building Active Communities, would join together their efforts, which sometimes overlap and open up more opportunities for grants.

In addition to the decision to the move under the umbrella of the consortium, John Klein, a Boy Scout looking to complete an Eagle Scout project, which are initiatives to improve a community in some way.

Klein is looking to create a dog park on one of the existing city parks, said that he would like to include a walking path in his plans.

He said he does not know which park he hopes to use, but he is planning on attending city meetings to talk with officials about his plans.

Andrew Thomas, a skateboarding enthusiast, also spoke at the meeting about his plans to revitalize the decaying Havre Community Skate Park on 9th Avenue. He said he discovered that there used to be a skateboarding committee for the city and said he wants to restart it.