SUPPORT YOUR PATHWAY

The most important item: the pathway itself!

An effort like the Link Pathway can only happen with the support of an entire community, and with the power of many, big dreams can become reality. We all love the outdoors, and want to see our communities come together and participate in healthy activity. With a grassroots fundraising tier like this, we can all help to make it happen.

Tree Sponsors help the pathway to beautify and route, giving money that lets us plant native trees that will grow deep and tall and provide shade and beauty to the route. When a tree sponsor gives to the project, they create new life along the route that users will enjoy for generations while also helping to re-tree the prairies and help the environment.

Bench Sponsors help to populate the route with seating for pathway users to enjoy. These benches will be placed at natural stopping points or scenic overlooks for users to take advantage of. When someone sponsors a bench, they enable a tangible piece of infrastructure that will be enjoyed for generations along the path.

Picnic Table Sponsors help to populate the route with picnic facilities for families to enjoy. When someone sponsors a picnic table, they enable a tangible piece of infrastructure that will be enjoyed for generations along the path.

Active Living sponsors support the reason that we’re building this pathway by donating money towards the project while enabling a new cyclist to get into the sport. For each donation, a bike will be purchased and given to a child from a family in need as identified by the Family Centre in Lethbridge. This will help us fund the construction AND inspire a young person to pursue active living activities.

Not only is the Link Pathway linking communities. It intends to do so in a safe manner. Sponsoring one of 3 repair stations will allow bicycle users of the Pathway to do so in a safe and reliable manner with access to a bicycle repair station at both Pathway-head Kiosk and the halfway Kiosk. These repair stations will be a first for this region and are meant to provide maximum enjoyment and benefit for Pathway users.

Here is your chance to leave your mark on the Link Pathway in a fun and customizable way. These kilometer markers will be precisely placed at the kilometer marks from each end. Each donor of a kilometre marker can choose an inscription to be featured on the marker. 

Bridge Sponsors are proud supporters of the irrigation canal bridges that help us connect the pathway along the route. These bridges produced locally in southern Alberta will majestically span the canals allowing pathway users to enjoy the sights of our main canals in action as they cycle along the route.

A 3-season grand picnic shleter will be located south of Highway 512 and east of Research Centre Road. The picnic shelter  concept design includes a picnic area, a butlers kitchen, public washrooms and a stage area. 

The Link Pathway will be a destination for cyclists and pedestrians to picnic along and host events in the open sun. Two small picnic shelters will be named for their respective sponsors who will proudly enable generations of users to enjoy picnicking in the middle of the prairie landscape.

The Tunnel Sponsor is a proud supporter of the underpass that dives beneath Highway 512 and which is to be installed by Volker Stevin in the summer of 2025. This donation significantly off-sets the costs of install, helping the Link Pathway complete an important connection across a major provincial highway.

The Naming Sponsorship attaches the name of the sponsor in perpetuity to the Link Pathway such that the project, the committee, and anything connected with it is re-named to be the DONOR Link Pathway.