The new walkway is a great addition to the meetinghouse
and its surroundings. It would bring people past the new sign, past the gardens and directly to the front entrance. It makes it easier for people, especially those who are handicapped, to walk to the front ramp instead of going into the street. During the winter and when it rains, the street gets icy and the road is full of muddy puddles. Then, of course, there are cars and it is very dangerous for little kids to go right into the street on their way out of Meeting or back from school.

     The walkway took us a lot of time but it was worth it. People from the Meeting and
First Day School spent more than four hours working on putting down gravel all along the path and then putting the pavers in, making sure that they were level. We still need to level some that have settled and then add a top sealer that will hold everything in place.

     It all started when the First Day School Meeting, acting as the Building Committee, went out to look at the gardens to see what needed to be done for spring planting.

     Then we thought that a walkway would be a good idea for the Meeting and the community. We asked Kim Wiegand to come down and talk to us about how to build
a walkway. She told us how a walkway is built and showed us the different kinds of pavers we could have. Then we picked what we wanted, the we could have. Then we picked what we wanted, the color, the design, and then we planned and measured the walkway and we figured out the costs.

     After that, the FDS Meeting brought the project to Meeting for Business in

Saylesville. After the FDS Meeting presentation, everybody agreed that it was a good idea and we got the go ahead. We sprayed the outline of the walkway and a landscaper dug it out for us.Then we asked everybody to help. We had many people helping us on June 1st. Kim Wiegand and Peter Swaszek guided the group of workers and Bob Elliott, Pierre Morenon, Ron Dass, and more strong men spent hours moving the stone post that was in the way.

It was hard work for everyone but the walkway is in and it is beautiful! Take a walk!