Huntington District leadership, along with community partners in the Muskingum Watershed area, celebrated the opening of two new recreation features at Beach City and Clendening on Monday, September 23.
Beach City is now home to a new Disc Golf Course while a Wetland Hiking Trail adds outdoor activity opportunities at Clendening. Both projects were made possible through the Handshake Program, which offers seed money to Corps installations to support worthwhile partnership projects. The intent of this program is to initiate new or enhance existing recreation and natural resources management opportunities.
This program serves to provide an incentive to Corps projects to utilize partnering initiatives to their fullest potential. In addition, this funding is intended to encourage local organizations to partner with the Corps to construct, operate, and/or maintain local partnering projects. The Handshake Program is a way for the Corps to demonstrate our recognition that partnerships flow in both directions (i.e. partnerships are a "handshake," not a handout). Corps leadership has demonstrated their commitment to a partnership culture by establishing this program.
Handshake Partnership Program funds combined with funding from local Corps projects and their partners‘ contributions benefit the community by improving our environment and providing additional recreation opportunities.