By: Raccoon River Valley Trail (bit.ly/9L3G5L)

PANORA, Iowa, February 22, 2010 – Carla Offenburger, president of the Raccoon River Valley Trail Association, has been saying lately that there’s a “whole new era” coming into bloom right now on the well-known recreational trail in west central Iowa.  And anybody who was at the RRVT’s third annual membership banquet here on Saturday night, February 20, could feel it in the air.