Folsom City Council member Anna Rohrbough (l) and Parks & Recs Commissioner Samantha Davidson (r) honored us by attending last night's monthly meeting. We thank Anna and Samantha for both being members of friends of Folsom Parkways!
Folsom, California, is fortunate to have a wonderful, ever-expanding network of trails--ideal for bicycling, commuting, jogging, walking, or just wandering.
Over 40 miles of trails meander throughout the city, connecting beautiful open spaces, natural areas, friendly neighborhoods, parks, businesses, and other trail systems, including the American River Parkway.
An additional 30 miles of trails are gradually being added as part of the Folsom Plan Area south of Hwy 50.
Click this map for a downloadable Folsom Trails Map
News on the Parkways
2023-05-16
Meet our new Youth Director, Hitha Varganti.
The Friends adopted a new
set of bylaws, the end of
2022 and included three
voting positions for
Youth Directors. The
young people must attend
Folsom high schools and
have a desire for
advocacy and education on
trails and trees, and
promoting the mission of
the Friends. Hitha will
be our first Youth
Director, voted in
unanimously by the Board
on May 11.
Hitha is a junior at
Folsom high school and
has built quite a
résumé for herself.
When not studying in her
AP Computer Science,
Calculus, Language and
Composition, and Digital
Art Classes, she is a
weekly volunteer at Mercy
Hospital, serves as
President of the
SkillsUSA club at FHS,
enjoys painting and
classical Indian dance.
She worked as a youth
leader last summer for
Folsom Parks and Rec
(returning again this
summer) and, of course
loves being out on Folsom
trails.
The Friends are excited
to bring a youth
perspective to our Board.
We are currently seeking
two other young people
for the 2023/2024 year.
Welcome Hitha (click
below to see her photo)
2023-05-12
May Meeting Followup News
Folsom City Council
member Anna Rohrbough and
Parks & Recs
Commissioner Samantha
Davidson honored us by
attending last night's
monthly meeting. (See
photo above and on Star
Pics page.)
And, newly appointed
Youth Director Hitha
Varganti pauses preparing
for final exams to attend
our May 2023 monthly
meeting. Welcome to the
Board, Hitha!
(See photo on Star Pics
page.) 2023-04-14
How we are "Showing Up"
From FoFP President
Robert Goss:
"Last month I wrote
about "showing
up" and that
those who do have a front
seat in the
decisionmaking process.
In just the first few
months of
2023, the Friends of
Folsom Parkways have
already "shown
up" in several
important places.
Here are a few:
• A Saturday morning
clean-up of the Natoma
Ground Sluice Diggings
• Advocacy for trail
safety on the American
River Parkway
• Advocacy for a Class
I trail connection to
Folsom Ranch along Old
Placerville Road
• Participation in the
Folsom Blvd Overcrossing
Concepts, city-sponsored
focus
group
• Preparation for the
upcoming Trails Day
event (more info coming
soon)"
Read the complete article
in April's Newsletter:
2023-03-11
A Very Successful Cleanup of Diggings Site
A hardy group of members
of the Friends of the
Folsom Parkways dodged
the rain and had a great
trash cleanup project on
Saturday, March 11, at
the Chinese diggings
site. Our group included
FOFP member,
Councilmember Sarah
Aquino. The group found a
number of abandoned
homeless camps and
removed over 30 bags of
trash, pallets, old tents
and rubbish in the
morning’s work.
It was wonderful to be in
this special place and
dust her off a bit, while
we imagined what this
location once was, and
what a fabulous cultural
interpretive site it
could be for our city.
Take a look at the event
photos in the Gallery!
2023-03-07
President Goss stresses "Showing Up"
The Friends of Folsom
Parkways exists to
"show
up."...Showing up
doesn't mean you always
get your
way. But it does mean
that your concerns and
priorities get heard.
...We urge you to show
up too...at community
workshops...at
commission
meetings...at city
council meetings. Voice
your
interests and
concerns...always
respectfully, and
with facts and reason,
not conjecture and
hyperbole.
We'll do the same on the
community's behalf so
that our amazing parkway
system expands for
our collective enjoyment,
and to preserve nature
in our city for decades
to come.
See the March 2023
Newsletter for the
complete article.