Community trails around Rossville

 ROSSVILLE — New trails are creating buzz in Rossville.

Phase 1 of the new Rossville Community Trail, a quarter-mile stretch of concrete, starts at the Rossville Fire Department just south of US-24 highway and circles around the nearby high school to the east. Phases 2 and 3 are expected to complete the nearly 1.5-mile route by next year.

To the west of the new concrete paths are another first for the town: a natural surface trail spanning about 0.65 of a mile that was completed earlier this year.

The two new trails are just the beginning for the Shawnee County community looking to give alternative routes for its residents.

"This is a good opportunity for not only for economic development, but primarily for community health and public health," Myron Leinwetter, with Rossville Community Foundation, told The Capital-Journal.