If you'd like to see the Walking City Trail become a more established recreational destination in Boston, here are a few ways in which you can help...

#1: Go for a hike. The most important step toward establishing and improving the Walking City Trail is having lots of people hike it! Whether you plan on exploring a section of the trail or completing the whole thing, you can help get the word out. Share pictures from the hike on your social media page(s) of choice. Use the hashtag #WalkingCityTrail. Follow the  Walking City Trail Instagram page at @WalkingCityTrail. Bring a friend or maybe a bunch of your coworkers out for a day hike along the trail. (Navigating through Stony Brook Reservation together beats trust falls any day).  Hit up your favorite local media outlets and encourage them to produce a story on the Walking City Trail. Or get in touch  directly to talk about your trail experience and share ideas for how it can be improved. 

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#2: Make a contribution. It's extremely important that the maps and directions for the Walking City Trail remain 100% free. But it takes a lot of time and labor to make these free trail resources. If you'd like to  support the growth of the Walking City Trail, a  cash donation can go a long way toward covering website  maintenance  and trail improvement projects like updated guides and more. You can make a donation by clicking on the PayPal button below.

 
​In the not-too-distant future, there may be crowdfunding initiatives to finance specific trail resources such as multi-language trail directions and detailed maps produced by a cartographer. While it's somewhat common in the outdoor recreation scene to outsource these projects as volunteer labor, I believe that paying people for their work needs to be more normalized within this space. (After all, the rent is still too damn high.)  Be on the lookout for any fundraising efforts by signing up for the Walking City Trail newsletter!

#3: Lend a hand in a Boston green space. An urban trail like the Walking City Trail is nothing without a thriving ecosystem of urban green spaces. If you'd like to help keep Boston's paths in solid shape for the next generations of urban hikers, please consider donating some time and labor to any of these  local organizations:

- Arnold Arboretum
- Boston Park Advocates
- Charles River Watershed Association
- City of Boston Urban Wilds Program
- Franklin Park Coalition
- The Emerald Necklace Conservancy
- The Esplanade Association
- Friends of Nira Rock
- Friends of the Public Garden
- Mass Audubon
- Massachusetts Volunteers in the Parks
- Neponset River Watershed Association
- The Rose Kennedy Greenway
- Southwest Corridor Park Conservancy
- The Trustees of Reservations
- WalkBoston