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EAGLE LAKE – Members from the Eagle Lake community and beyond including Fulshear came out to the community meeting held at the Community Center Tuesday, March 7.
This meeting was the first of a series of meetings that will go over the 31-mile shared-use trail alongside FM 1093 from Fulshear to Eagle Lake. The purpose of the trail is to provide hiking and biking opportunities for local residents, serve as a tourist destination and offer alternative transportation options between communities, according to a previous release.
Attendees were able to learn more about the history of the project and meet members of the 1093 Rails to Trails Local Government Corporation, including from city official GayeLynn Thomas who is also a member of the LGC. Attendees were invited to share their input about the trail as well as some of the desired amenities through stations.
The two different stations allowed residents to share what their thoughts on trail appearance, health and safety concerns, style, design and accessibility, branding, heritage and future, and more. They wrote these ideas down on note cards and pasted them to the board that matched their area of interest.
Barbara Class who has a local business called Class Concrete, said she is for the project.
“I think it’s wonderful,” she said. “I think it’ll bring people into Eagle Lake because I am with the Chamber of Commerce and we want to do anything we can to bring business to our businesses here.”
Class believes the exposure may help businesses in one way or another.
“They may learn of us and say, ‘Oh, this is a nice town to settle down’ or ‘I need two buy 100 yards of concrete to put my house up,” she said. “People may think it’s not anything, but when people talk about the places they’ve been, word gets around,” she said. “Eagle Lake needs recognition and we have so much to offer, but it’s just not getting out there.”
From birdwatching to hunting, Class mentioned some of the opportunities people may not be aware of in the city.
Representatives Joshua Tuck and Gibrán Lule-Hurtado with the National Park Service each spoke to attendees at the stations and provided feedback to help answer any questions attendees had concerning the project.
According to a previous release, the 1093 Rails to Trails Local Government Corporation was established in February 2022 and is a non-profit organization acting on behalf of Austin County and the cities of Eagle Lake, Fulshear, Wallis, and Weston Lakes. The LGC said it will enter an agreement with the Fort Bend Toll Road Authority to build the trail.
The next meeting will be in Wallis April 11 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Wallis Columbus Club Hall, 703 Columbus Road.
To learn more about the 1093 Rails to Trails project, visit 1093railstotrails. weebly.com or facebook. com/1093Rai lstoTrai ls. Email [email protected] for questions.
“People may think it’s not anything, but when people talk about the places they’ve been, word gets around. Eagle Lake needs recognition and we have so much to offer, but it’s just not getting out there.”
Barbara Class of Class Concrete
