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DAYTON—About forty people gathered in the Delany Room last week to help kick off the first in a series of discussions regarding the planned 9.7-mile Waitsburg-to-Dayton Multi-use Path.

Alexandra Stone, a landscape architect with the National Park Service’s Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance program was the guest speaker at the Dayton Chamber-sponsored Cup of Joe.

Stone said the main thrust of the meeting was to gather concerns and interests to let a steering committee begin more focused work, in a sustained way.

“Think about a dream or vision today,” Stone said. “This is...