Massey’s Outfitters recently worked with Patagonia to fund re-development of an urban, light-rail corridor into a city-wide bike trail.

Known locally (in New Orleans) as the Lafitte Corridor, the plan is to deploy a bike trail from near Lake Pontchartrain to the French Quarter, cutting across a wide variety of commercial, industrial, and residential areas.

Together with Patagonia, Massey’s donated $5,000 to two groups associated with the project; Urban Conservancy and FOLC.

ABOUT URBAN CONSERVANCY: Urban neighborhoods provide diversity, community, cultural activities and amenities in pedestrian friendly environments. Urban neighborhoods should provide choices for how we live our lives. They should maintain a human scale and allow for a range of transportation options.

ABOUT FOLC: The Friends of Lafitte Corridor seeks to preserve the open space of the Lafitte Corridor from the French Quarter to Canal Boulevard by advocating and facilitating the creation of a greenway with bicycling and pedestrian paths linking neighborhoods, cultural features, historic sites, retail areas and public spaces.