Naomi Manders receives the MHC Pumphery Memorial Award |
 Potomac
Hunt Club member Naomi Manders has long been known as a force with which
to be reckoned in Montgomery County. From 1986 to 1992, as President of
Potomac Bridle and Hiking Trails Association and Montgomery County Coordinator
of TROT (Trail Riders of Today) Naomi successfully negotiated many public
bridle path easements, putting together the Travilah Loop, a four-mile
trail around Potomac composed of thirteen participating subdivisions linking
stables and parklands to preserve an equestrian presence in suburbia.
In fact, Naomi made such a pest of herself that Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning finally gave up and created a job for her in the Department
of Park Planning and Development as a trail planner, where she was instrumental
in setting up the Natural Surface Trails Program and helped to develop
the trails in Rachael Carson Park, Muddy Branch Park, Schaefer Farm Park,
and Northwest Branch. Since she has retired from MNCPPC, Naomi has helped
to develop the trails for Dry Seneca Creek Trail and Breezy Loop Trail
and has been a critical advocate for the recently approved development
of the Seneca Greenway. |