Park programs, facilities improve despite tight finances

Lee Botts, left and Bill Miller, both of Gary's Miller section walk along the first portion of the Grand Calumet River Trail near Roosevelt and 2nd Street Monday following a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The nearly mile long segment is one of three sections of a 30-mile long walking and biking trail system connecting the Grand Calumet River, the Little Calumet River and the Lake Michigan shoreline.