Partners are those people or groups aiding the Manchester Riverwalk mission.

They include such stakeholders as abutting landowners, the Town of Manchester, and the State of Vermont, and a number of state committees.

We also consider our guides and advisors as our partners.

We have worked with David Raphael and his landscape architecture firm, LandWorks, in Middlebury, VT. He drew up the schematics that bring into focus the ideas of the Vision  and Design Committees.

Once we are permitted, we look forward to working with Timber & Stone, a recreational trail design and construction company out of East Montpelier, Vermont.

We have benefitted from the vast knowledge of native flora that Russ Cohen has shared with us, helping us identify invasive plants, and recommend native replacement species for our Eco-restoration plot.

The Riverwalk committee is grateful to the Manchester VFW Post, which has given us the use of their Event Room, to hold our monthly meetings. Join us on the first Monday of each month at 6PM (meetings last an hour and are always entertaining!).

Jennifer Waite, Vermont Project Director, National Park Service Rivers & Trails Program, who guided us for three years as we learned how to make a Riverwalk.

In addition, these local groups and individuals have worked with us either as grantors, donors, or workers:

The Lions Club, The Berkshire Bank Foundation, The Right Track Foundation, The Manchester Historical Society, Ben & Lana Hauben, The Vermont Community Foundation, Eric Severance, Ed Clark Landscaping, Bob and Jo Dowling, and both Burr and Burton Academy’s and The Stratton Mountain School’s community service students.

We owe a big debt to the University of Vermont graduating engineering students—Kaitlyn Fuller, Andrea Ameden, Shaun Roberts, and Augie Arles—who took on the challenge of figuring out how and where to place our Lower Bridge, and what sort of abutments it will need.