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Trail built in partnership with Trails Committee, Native American organization

Hopkinton Trails Committee chair Peter LaGoy (right) looks on as Larry Spotted Crow Mann (red hoodie) from the Ohketeau Cultural Center sings an honor song at a ceremony Sunday commemorating the construction of a new trail on East Main Street. The trail was built by the 26.2 Foundation with help from the Trails Committee. PHOTO/NICK SCHOFIELD

The 26.2 Foundation on Sunday celebrated the opening of a new trail on East Main Street that will be integrated into the future International Marathon Center campus.

According to Kim Chisholm, the foundation’s executive director of development and institutional advancement, the half-mile trail is a collaboration with the Hopkinton Trails Committee and Athletic Brewing Company.

“We thought this would be a great opportunity to partner with [the committee] to clear this trail out,” said Chisholm. 

“It’s an opportunity for the community and region to start to get a sense of what we will be doing with the International Marathon Center [IMC] and the property,” she added.

Athletic Brewing provided funding for the trail through its Two for the Trails conservation program. Chisholm noted the brewery’s grant allowed the foundation to clear the trail and put up signage with the assistance of the Trails Committee. It also helped fund an equipment shed.

Chisholm said the trail is “a preview of what’s to come” and is connected to the town’s broader trail system. She said the vision is to have the IMC become a “trails hub” once opened.

Signage on the trail is the result of another collaboration with the Ohketeau Cultural Center. The signs explain how people used the land in Hopkinton and provide information about the local Nipmuc culture and traditions while tying back to running a marathon, Chisholm explained.

According to a display posted at Sunday’s trail opening celebration, Hopkinton was the site of a Nipmuc village called Magunkaquoq, which translates to “A Place of Great Trees.” Ohketeau representatives present at the celebration also noted the path of the Boston Marathon sits on much older Native trails that connected Nipmuc communities across the region.

Chisholm said the trail is open until construction on the IMC begins. She explained the project still is in the leadership phase of its capital campaign. It has received additional gifts to complete necessary reports such as site plans and traffic studies, she added. 

“Once we do those things, we can start moving forward with the permitting process,” said Chisholm. 

— NICK SCHOFIELD

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Photo of the Day

New England Revolution defender Mamadou Fofana (back middle) stands with Hopkinton Youth Soccer players after helping lead a training session at the Fruit Street fields last week.