About the Angelica Greenway Project
The Angelica Greenway project (funded in-part by DCNR, William Penn Foundation, and the Russell L. Hiller Charitable Trust of the Berks County Community Foundation) aims to connect the city-owned and newly restored Angelica Park to the Ken-Grill Pool, and ultimately to Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center.

The Angelica Greenway Project is a two phase project.
 
Phase 1, the trail from Angelica Park to the Ken-Grill Recreation Center in Kenhorst, is completed.
 
Phase 2 is a DCNR funded Feasibility Study to determine potential multi-purpose and foot trail routes between Angelica Park and Nolde Forest. There are also several side trails being studied in this Feasibility Study. They are as follows:
• Shillington Memorial Park
• Governor Mifflin School Campus
• Lock 54 site
• Flying Hills Community
 
The need to create a greenway link between Angelica Park and Nolde Forest was first identified in the 1993/94 Berks County Open Space and Recreation Plan. The Angelica Creek Corridor was identified as an Open Space Area to be protected.
 
It is a goal of the Angelica Greenway Feasibility to create a regional trail connection that allows for connections between communities, schools, parks and regional recreational opportunities.

The Berks County Conservancy is working with consultants, Depallo Design and Planning in association with A.D. Marble & Company, both in Conshohocken, PA to conduct the Feasibility Study.

Steering Committee and Public Meeting dates and minutes will be posted here when made available. Click here to sign up for our E-News to keep updated with events.
Steering Committee Minutes - January 21, 2009
Steering Committee Minutes - March 11, 2009

History
The City has committed to complete several projects designed to protect the creek’s aquatic life and recreational uses, and to reduce discharges of sediment and other water pollutants into the Schuylkill River. These projects include the removal of excess lake bed sediments, restoration of about 2000 feet of Angelica Creek, creation of two acres of wetlands, and the creation of a three-acre flowering meadow flood plain. This will be the City of Reading’s Environmental Education Center.

The city has also agreed to perform a community environmental project to restore the recreational uses and aquatic life of the Angelica Creek from Angelica Park to the Schuylkill River.

With the creation of this park and the neighboring Alvernia College it creates an opportunity to connect the City’s Environmental Education Center through Alvernia College to the Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center in Cumru Township. This entire project area is referred to as the Angelica Greenway.

Utilizing a state grant and William Penn Foundation grant, the Berks County Conservancy is conducting a feasibility study for the Angelica Greenway in 2008-2009. Our partners have been identified and this project is currently a priority project of the Conservancy.