Grove and Gables neighbors are working together to create a world-class urban trail through the oldest neighborhoods on Miami’s waterfront. These Friends of the Commodore Trail seek to create a five-mile pedestrian-bike pathway alongside the roads that join Coconut Grove’s parks, schools, businesses and neighborhoods. The Friends’ advocacy extends beyond creation of an important transportation link to include core contributions to the health, heritage, environment and neighborhoods of Miami.
Commodore Trail Board Chair Mel Meinhardt discusses the Trail’s history, current challenges, and the community’s vision for its future during this interview on the Mobility Matters Podcast.
Let’s Build It!
The FCT’s Trail Blazers are the leading advocates for the construction of a world-class safe pedestrian-bike corridor. Local governments need steady, thoughtful partners to design, fund and execute multi-year construction projects. The Friends provide critical connections to the many valued voices and ideas of the Grove and Gables residents, businesses and civic groups. Trail Blazers are the Voice of the Trail.
Walk. Run. Bike. Play.
The FCT Health Initiative inspires and promotes the endless variety of get-out-there-and-do-it opportunities created by the Commodore Trail. Evening strolls with your puppy, world-class marathons and adult kickball games with friends all happen along the Trail. Children and workers bike and walk to school or work, couples walk to restaurants and art enthusiasts inspire their spirits in the parks and vistas that make the Commodore Trail corridor unique in the world. To be in the know about healthy happenings along the trail, bookmark our events calendar.
Before Miami, There Was The Trail
The heritage of Miami starts on the Commodore Trail. Our earliest pioneers and Bahamian immigrants joined where native peoples hunted to build Miami’s earliest settlement and economic engine. Later generations followed, each adding to the balance that makes Coconut Grove so special. The FCT Heritage Initiative helps today’s new-comers and youth value this continuity between the past and shared future.
It’s The Trees
As Friends of the Commodore Trail, we don’t stand by and watch our precious trees stress, suffer and fall. The FCT Nature Initiative aggressively seeks to improve the health of existing trees, plant new heritage trees and protect the established canopy of the corridor. The Initiative adds to the unique urban wildlife corridor along the Bay and positions the Trail itself as a defense to protect the Bay’s waters and shoreline from urban pollutants.
Connecting Neighbors
Since inception, the Commodore Trail has joined neighbors from across truly diverse social, economic and cultural backgrounds. It still provides literal common ground shared by immigrants, artists, industrialists, parents, shopkeepers and students. Friends of the Commodore Trail creates community-building programs and events designed to bring locals and visitors together. Partnering with and supporting existing civic groups make it more fun for all.
You And Your Friends
The Friends of the Commodore Trail pursue initiatives centered around five themes. What speaks to your passions? The Friends welcome you to match your energies to our shared interests.
