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San Antonio Express – New trail in San Marcos

The San Antonio Express announces the new Great Spring Project trail segment in San Marcos, TX! Working hard with our San Marcos Green Belt Alliance partners, this 1.3-mile trail will help progress toward a greenbelt around San Marcos and the GSP trail from the Alamo to the Capital. Click here article

City of Schertz & Great Springs Project Announce New Park

Shertz, Texas – The City of Schertz and Great Springs Project are pleased to announce a new 10.5-acre park on Dry Comal Creek generally at Bunker Street and FM 482. This park provides trail connectivity for the Great Springs Trail and is along the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail. Given the […]

Manu Ginóbili Narrates Video for Great Springs Project

Austin, TX –Great Springs Project is honored to present a short film, narrated in Spanish by four-time NBA champion, Olympic gold medalist, and bike enthusiast, Manu Ginóbili. The short film encapsulates who Great Springs Project is as an organization, its goals, the urgency of the mission, and how community members can get involved. The Great […]

KENS5 Interviews GSP CEO, Garry Merritt, and Board Member April Ancira

Effort to connect SA and Austin with 100 miles of trails underway The Great Springs Project would connect San Antonio to Austin through 100 miles of a series of trails through famous and historic springs along the way. By: Holly Stouffer (KENS5). Kristin Dean, Katie Standing Read the full story on KENS 5 San Antonio.

Texas Monthly Feature Article

The Great Springs Project Aims to Build a 100-Mile Hike-and-Bike Trail From Austin to San Antonio The nonprofit effort will cost hundreds of millions and preserve 50,000 acres over the fragile Edwards Aquifer. Can it be done? Written By: Megan Kimble Read the story on Texas Monthly Scott Way grew up on land his great-grandfather […]

Great Springs Trails Plan Announced for the 100+ Mile Trail

Austin, TX –Great Springs Project is pleased to present the Great Springs Trails Plan for the proposed 100+ mile spring-to-spring network of trails from the Alamo to the Capitol. Thanks to the expert guidance of Alta Planning + Design, this plan is a living document that serves as a resource for the completion of the […]

GSP’s Bill Barker on Flood Management in the San Antonio Express-News

Commentary: Embrace green measures to combat flooding Written By: Bill Barker Read the story on San Antonio Express-News It is good news the 86th Texas Legislature authorized the first Texas statewide flood plan under Senate Bill 8 in 2019. Floods are the second deadliest weather-related hazard in the United States, after heat, and Texas leads the […]

Economic Benefits of Great Springs Trail to Exceed $55.9 Million Annually

Austin, TX – Thanks to the expert guidance of Alta Planning + Design, Great Springs Project is pleased to present the Economic Benefits Report for the proposed 100-mile spring-to-spring network of trails from the Alamo to the Capitol. This report serves as a resource to quantify the financial benefit of both the trail and 50,000 conserved acres of land […]